SAN ANTONIO | Urban Core Development Thread

[theOGalexd]

Originally Posted by bosshaa5

The owner of this property activates it seasonally - a pumpkin patch in the fall, a skating rink in the winter, etc. So, probably another temporary something or other.

BUT I could be wrong and maybe were finally getting a high-rise hotel here

The main thing i noticed between now and the update the year before is the construction fencing, the "Town Center" sign, and then the dirt mounds. Could just be something seasonal though I guess.

[JACKinBeantown]

Maybe they're making a seasonal motocross park. (I highly doubt it.)

[starvinggryphon]

For the last few holiday seasons, I have always seen signage referring to the pumpkin patch as Town Center. So that might be a new sign, but that just indicates that it's still going to be used as a seasonal holiday lot by the same group. To my knowledge, there have been no new plans announced regarding this parcel.

[Spoiler]

Town Center in the shadow of a freeway ramp.

[JACKinBeantown]

Originally Posted by Spoiler

Town Center in the shadow of a freeway ramp.

This seems kinda fitting. (Start at 0:45.)

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[The Model]

[IMG]Aztec Hotel by Raul Medina III, on Flickr[/IMG]

[Spoiler]

Originally Posted by The Model

[IMG]Aztec Hotel by Raul Medina III, on Flickr[/IMG]

I like it. Strong Googie influence makes the new addition seem retro.

[SpiritofSeguin]

This is on display at the Centro San Antonio (the downtown yellow-shirt ambassadors) offices inside the Weston Center. No clue if this is some kind of student thought experiment or a teaser for a legitimate project.

Considering how slow the South Alamo project took (and how long Project Marvel will take), this would probably take…oooh, fifty years to complete? Five new parks along one road with a bike path connecting it all together?

Speaking of Marvel, a new development called Project DC (District of Cattleman) has also been proposed and is in the feedback stage. At least somebody has a vision for the inner West Side…that wonderful intersection of Centro Plaza/County Jail/Haven for Hope/train tracks and bail bond offices…

[Rynetwo]

Alamo Heights is going to be getting a new six story apartment building. The residents are not gonna like it though....

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2026/06/29/embrey-alamo-heights-grove-place.html

[SproutingTowers]

Originally Posted by The Model

[IMG]Aztec Hotel by Raul Medina III, on Flickr[/IMG]

The Aztec Hotel is listed on Marriott's website. Opening December 2026.
https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/satbw-aztec-hotel-san-antonio-a-tribute-portfolio-hotel

[JACKinBeantown]

Does anybody know what this is about? There's a paywall.

"Suit between McCombs, business partners goes to mediation.

A deal could be reached to resolve the dispute before the end of the year.

A suit over the Holiday Inn property at 318 W. César E. Chávez Blvd. has gone to mediation.
Gabe Hernandez | SABJ"

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2026/06/30/mccombs-suit-mediation.html

[bosshaa5]

Gabe Hernandez | SABJ

A dispute over a downtown property deal is being taken out of court for now.

McCombs Enterprises and the Miller family hope to resolve a lawsuit over the property 318 W. César E. Chávez Blvd. in mediation, both sides told the Fourth Texas Business Court. They have engaged local attorney Michael Black as their mediator and hope to reach a resolution by Dec. 6, according to a notice filed June 26.

The dispute arose in March in Bexar County District Court and was then transferred to the state's Business Court under Judge Stacy Sharp.

McCombs owns a majority of the property, a former Holiday Inn hotel that now operates as a city-run homeless shelter. The Miller family owns 20%. Attorneys for the Miller family allege in the March petition that, after the Millers declined to join Tierra Mercado LP, a new ownership group for the property, McCombs executives cut the Millers out of decision-making.

The lawsuit alleges this led them to be shut out of ground lease negotiations, which were held by the California firm Pacifica. McCombs acquired that ground lease in 2024. In the fall of 2023, Jay Miller and McCombs discussed redeveloping the property, but Miller never agreed to a deal, according to the family's attorney.

"However, we did not discuss nor do I consent to the demolition of the building unless we have a discussion and separate agreement on that matter," he wrote in a September 2023 email to Marsha Shields, CEO of McCombs Enterprises. "We did not discuss the issues of lease extensions and modifications nor the giving of notices. As tenants in common, my family requests we be included in any such discussions and be given the opportunity to agree or not to such issues."

McCombs declined to comment. Lawyers for both sides did not respond to requests for comment by publication time.

[JACKinBeantown]

Thanks

[JACKinBeantown]

Can anyone get past this firewall?

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/n...el-builder-buys-land-near-alamodome.html

[CWalk99]

Originally Posted by JACKinBeantown

Can anyone get past this firewall?

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/n...el-builder-buys-land-near-alamodome.html

"Land once targeted for a mixed-use hotel and apartment tower is in new hands.

A joint venture of hospitality and construction executives has acquired 1008 and 1012 Hoefgen Ave., two vacant parcels on the East Side, according to Bexar County property transactions. The 1.89-acre site was picked up by C & S Partnership LLC, tied to general contractor Canco Construction and hospitality executive Philip Stamm, according to Texas Secretary of State records. Deal terms were not disclosed.

The Bexar Central Appraisal District most recently appraised the two properties at about $1.4 million combined.

Canco has contributed to numerous hotel projects in the downtown area, its website shows, including renovation work at the Hilton Palacio del Rio, the Grand Hyatt and the Hyatt Regency Riverwalk. Previously the general manager of the Grand Hyatt and Hyatt Regency Riverwalk, Stamm launched hospitality firm Stamm Strategies in 2025.

Bexar County land records show the ownership entity backed the purchase with a loan of about $1 million from TXN Bank. The property was previously owned by lender Ready Capital, which took it back from Bright Lakes Real Estate LLC, a firm run by local developer Craig Glendenning.

Glendenning had planned to build a mixed-use development on the land with 300 apartments and a 270-key hotel. He told the Business Journal in 2023 that he wanted to operate the site as a luxury RV park until capital markets improved. When he tried to obtain entitlements for the short-term revenue generator, he told the city's Zoning Commission that he had received 103 denial letters from banks regarding the tower.

Canco was unable to comment prior to publication. Stamm did not respond to a request for comment."

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/n...el-builder-buys-land-near-alamodome.html

[JACKinBeantown]

Thanks.