Study to advance 'The Link' in downtown San Antonio between River Walk and San Pedro Creek
https://www.tpr.org/san-antonio/2022...an-pedro-creek
Bexar County Commissioners on Tuesday approved the start of negotiations for a $2 million engineering study to build "The Link" between the San Antonio River Walk and the San Pedro Creek Culture Park.
Described as a project that would turn a concrete urban jungle into a green space oasis in the heart of downtown, The Link would connect the San Antonio River Walk at Convent Park following Savings Street to San Pedro Creek and pass below Soledad, Main and Flores Streets, connecting at street level on Camaron. The public pathway would include green spaces, water features and art.
Universal Services Group already plans to anchor one end of The Link with the new Dream Hotel, part of a complex of five skyscrapers of office space, housing, retail, and mixed use space.
Precinct 4 County Commissioner Tommy Calvert told his fellow commissioners the complex is valued at $400 million, so it would make a good return on county investments.
"What we have found in all these projects is that the new development around these projects ends up paying for the debt service for the infrastructure," he said.
Calvert said the high rises would have rooftop amenities and the water features would include use of recycled condensate from the air conditioning systems of nearby buildings.
The engineering study also received a yes vote from Commissioner Justin Rodriguez and County Judge Nelson Wolff. Wolff expressed confidence in the San Antonio River Authority as a partner on the project.
"It has a chance to make a dynamic change," said Wolff of the project's impact on downtown life.