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Old Posted Nov 29, 2011, 2:42 PM
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South Flores and Guenther

Does anyone have renderings of the new apartment/retail space going up at South Flores and Guenther?

http://www.mysanantonio.com/default/...as-2249395.php
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Guenther apartments

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Old Posted Nov 30, 2011, 11:27 PM
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Downtown Christmas light update: Marriott Rivercenter is now lit red and green along with Tower Life...Weston Centre has large, changing multicolored lights along the roof..Tower of the Americas is the same as previous years...Grand Hyatt appears to have clear lights running along the roof....Riverwalk lights are now multicolored LEDs (very different lighting ambiance as a result)...Houston Street lit with clear lights
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Old Posted Dec 1, 2011, 3:24 PM
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Here is the picture of the Gunther Apartments. It wasn't showing up.

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Old Posted Dec 1, 2011, 3:43 PM
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Thanks, ydoc that's very informative, especially for tourists that are coming for the holidays to our city! Here is a list of the top 10 destinations for Christmas lights according to Yahoo! Travel: we are the 8th top city, and the only city in Texas picked for the most dazzling Christmas lights. New York City, is number one.

http://travel.yahoo.com/ideas/top-10...080000057.html
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Old Posted Dec 1, 2011, 6:19 PM
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Here is the picture of the Gunther Apartments. It wasn't showing up.

Great, thanks!
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Old Posted Dec 2, 2011, 5:36 AM
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New rendering of 1800 Broadway, currently under construction.



Four mixed-use developments currently under construction in the Lower Broadway/River North/Pearl Districts. All told, these four developments will add nearly 1,000 residential units to the urban core.

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Love it. Only thing i would change is to put some retail at the bottom, other then that. Its kewl...
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Base of crane is set at Mosaic, 3rd floor is going up at Steel House Lofts.
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Old Posted Dec 20, 2011, 6:05 PM
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I guess this is the hotel proposal/concept for rivercenter?

http://sapartnership.com/?portfolio=...elodeon-hotels
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Old Posted Dec 20, 2011, 6:22 PM
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Ahhhh these concepts always tease me; If only actual construction looked like concepts more often. But hey that potential underground entrance with a link to the Riverwalk looks pretty cool in the second pic.
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Ahhhh these concepts always tease me; If only actual construction looked like concepts more often. But hey that potential underground entrance with a link to the Riverwalk looks pretty cool in the second pic.
That's an interesting idea. I work in the old Joske's building and I've been underneath Rivercenter Mall-- it's a real space. It's where the loading docks and freight elevators are.
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Old Posted Dec 23, 2011, 5:41 PM
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The Joske's building looks a little different than the other renderings I've seen of it.
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Does anyone have any info on the proposed Monterrey Village downtown? I saw it on here:
http://www.smartapartmentdata.com/sh...nstruction.pdf

It says that it is mixed use with 1000 units and the developer is Hodges and Associates. I thought it was the Monterrey Village on the far north side at first, but that one is listed below as cancelled. So does anyone know anything about this project?

EDIT: I found this. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantoni...30/story3.html Error on pdf I assume.

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No information here; but it says it's on 151 and 410, so I don't really consider it to be downtown.

What I found more interesting was on the link you provided for projects it showed Big Tex to be cancelled. I knew it ran into problems with the site being possibly listed as a superfund site. I thought they were working on cleaning it up, but I guess that was bad enough publicity to kill that project.
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No information here; but it says it's on 151 and 410, so I don't really consider it to be downtown.

What I found more interesting was on the link you provided for projects it showed Big Tex to be cancelled. I knew it ran into problems with the site being possibly listed as a superfund site. I thought they were working on cleaning it up, but I guess that was bad enough publicity to kill that project.
I think this article from May explains the current status of Big Tex:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/business...fe-1364172.php
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Old Posted Dec 30, 2011, 3:07 PM
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I think this article from May explains the current status of Big Tex:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/business...fe-1364172.php
Thanks for the link. It certainly makes sense.
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Old Posted Dec 30, 2011, 3:16 PM
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I read this from the Current:
http://sacurrent.com/news/recall-dec...-one-1.1249963
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San Antonio's central business district saw a dismal 2 percent growth rate over the past two decades, coming in dead last among major U.S. cities like Houston (119 percent growth), Dallas (94 percent growth), Los Angeles (66 percent growth), or Austin (41 percent growth). "There's no other comparable city that has seen less downtown growth than San Antonio," HR&A consultant John Alschuler told members.
Here is a link to HR&A
http://www.hraadvisors.com/

Looking back to 1990, it does seem that the efforts of the city to invest in downtown have not paid off in any real growth. There have been a number of hotel rooms added during that time, but still all that is there is the riverwalk. You would think that with the number of visitors the city gets there should be block after block of restaurants, bars and shops. Why has this not happened?

Now the city is talking about redeveloping Hemisfair Park (which will cost a lot of money). Does anyone see their current plan as some sort of catalyst for growth? Is this the right place to start (should the money go elsewhere)? Is it addressing any of the real obstacles for growth downtown?
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Old Posted Dec 31, 2011, 6:26 PM
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No. they need to get a major housing, and employment downtown and the rest will follow.
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Old Posted Dec 31, 2011, 8:49 PM
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And this becomes the issue of the Riverwalk. It is a dream for cities to have but it is also a detriment to cities as well. We do have block after block of restaurants and shops downtown, however, they are all located below street level along the river. With this funneling of people one level below the street it makes downtown seem empty and void of ground level retail. Even in the summer time the Riverwalk is packed but the streets remain relatively void of people in terms of how many are actually visiting downtown.

I think the Riverwalk is the reason why there is not much at the street level in downtown. So much emphasis has been poured into the Riverwalk that the street level areas are often neglected.

As far as the HemisFair redevelopment, I believe it will have its greatest success as long as the city can work with the private sector as a public-private partnership. Within the past few years it seems as though San Antonio can support a moderate rental market downtown so it is possible that it may work if it is designed well and is aesthetically appealing.
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