Good news in the SABJ about eastside business development:
"The Texas Research and Technology Foundation's redevelopment of the Merchants Ice and Storage complex along East Houston and Cherry streets will begin Aug. 2, said Randy Harig, CEO of the TRTF and VelocityTX....
The campus, which encompasses about 120,000 square feet, will include offices, labs, at least two innovation centers, a genius bar for happy hours and a boutique hotel within one of the restored buildings, Harig said. The Alamo City Music Hall, which operates on the Merchant Ice campus, will eventually be converted into a 500- to 700-seat auditorium....
Harig expects future development in the area to follow and wants the area between Interstate 35 and Commerce Street and Interstate 37 and Cherry Street to eventually be dedicated as a science and technology district, making the Merchant Ice campus a focal point...."
(with renderings)
https://www.bizjournals.com/sananton...east-side.html
Also:
"The Texas Research and Technology Foundation, The NRP Group and RedLeaf Properties have been chosen to redevelop the G.J. Sutton complex on San Antonio's East Side....
While few details have been revealed about what the winning RFP response includes, Harig said the proposal involves adding housing and saving a majority of the 110,000-square-foot G.J. Sutton Building, along with replacing the condemned portion of that building...."
https://www.bizjournals.com/sananton...chosen-to.html