From: San Antonio Heron
Give it two years.
By then, if everything goes according to plan, this section of the San Pedro Creek project will be finished and pedestrians will stroll the tree- and mural-lined walkway, which will seamlessly connect the creek with West Commerce Street and the plaza in front of the new Texas Public Radio (TPR) building—all of it opposite a 250-foot-wide waterfall on the creek’s east bank. Part of the $75 million phase, which is expected to be completed by April or May of 2021, included the demolition of the old Dollar General building, which now creates room for the gardens area at creek level. The San Antonio River Authority, the project’s manager, purchased the building, which was a local landmark, according to city records, from Penner Brother’s LLC in 2016 for an undisclosed price.
As the owner of roughly a dozen properties in this western half of downtown, Weston Urban intends to build multiple housing developments, all with retail on the ground level, totaling something like 1,000 new units.
Future housing and retail in this area, whether it comes from Weston Urban or Lifshutz or other property owners, will likely cater to the university demographic: students, faculty and staff alike. Part of the expansion of the University of Texas at San Antonio’s downtown campus will manifest in these parts, in particular on Dolorosa street, a block south of West Commerce, where new buildings for its National Security Collaboration Center, the College of Business and the School of Data Science will go.
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