SAN ANTONIO | Suburban and Metro Development Thread - Page 31

miaht82 · #**601** Posted **Feb 24, 2009, 3:27 AM**

Drury at Stone Oak

Drury at 1604/I10

Garage parking at Village at the Rim.

No update, unless you haven't seen the 410/281 interchange.

sirkingwilliam · #**602** Posted **Feb 24, 2009, 4:33 AM**

Looks like a small, small skyline is forming. Eilan and the other hotels planned at the Rim as well as the Town Center at La Cantera should add tremendously to it.

JACKinBeantown · #**603** Posted **Feb 24, 2009, 4:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by miaht82

Any more shots of the interchange (for someone who hasn't seen it recently)?

sirkingwilliam · #**604** Posted **Feb 24, 2009, 4:49 AM**

Not taken by me, from flickr by: KeithAlanK

JACKinBeantown · #**605** Posted **Feb 25, 2009, 8:45 PM**

Thanks. How close it it to being finished?

jaga185 · #**606** Posted **Feb 25, 2009, 10:27 PM**

Its finished, and works amazingly.

DruidCity · #**607** Posted **Feb 26, 2009, 1:33 AM**

New Braunfels approves 5-year, $400-million infrastructure improvement plan, including a new city hall:
http://herald-zeitung.com/story.lass...2c9b522275c722

Update on the Scooter Store HQ story:
http://herald-zeitung.com/story.lass...473bb201997c24

sirkingwilliam · #**608** Posted **Feb 26, 2009, 4:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by jaga185

Its finished, and works amazingly.

Yes it does. Now we just need for a interchange at 1604 and 281 and all will be right.

FYI, why can't more of our freeways have color schemes. I know the freeways near the Airport have the rustic color theme as does 151 but aside from those two areas, you don't see much color on the freeways. Man, I'd love to see them all have some type of color scheme.

oldmanshirt · #**609** Posted **Feb 26, 2009, 4:41 AM**

I'm a little confused about this Scooter Store business. Are they talking about relocating their headquarters to another city, or just their new employees??

DruidCity · #**610** Posted **Feb 26, 2009, 1:04 PM**

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I'm a little confused about this Scooter Store business. Are they talking about relocating their headquarters to another city, or just their new employees??

Purely speculation on my part from reading the articles, but it sounds like they started out just looking for incentives for a space for the new employees, then municipalities started offering fat incentives to move the whole business.

Here's yet another article:
http://herald-zeitung.com/story.lass...180657c065ad4e

oldmanshirt · #**611** Posted **Feb 26, 2009, 3:50 PM**

Got it. Obviously that would be a pretty big catch for San Marcos, but you never like to see a home-grown company leave, particularly because another city offered them better incentives. Its kinda like dating a girl for 5 years, then having her marry some other guy because he bought a ring with a bigger diamond.

tgannaway89 · #**612** Posted **Feb 26, 2009, 7:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by oldmanshirt

Got it. Obviously that would be a pretty big catch for San Marcos, but you never like to see a home-grown company leave, particularly because another city offered them better incentives. Its kinda like dating a girl for 5 years, then having her marry some other guy because he bought a ring with a bigger diamond.

You never like to see it, but it happens all the time. Why does the big diamond always win?

Did SA offer any incentive to Whataburger or was it just because they "outgrew" CC?

The Model · #**613** Posted **Feb 26, 2009, 8:11 PM**

In Miami, they have lights on there freeways. Colored lights, like the ones under 37 at Commerce and Houston. Imagine those two large intersection at 410/10 and 410/281, with bright colors on all the individual columns.
It would look awesome

It wouldn't be to green though

sirkingwilliam · #**614** Posted **Feb 27, 2009, 9:23 PM**

The Preserve at Medina River updated their site with new renderings of the overall project as well as the retail portion.

For those that don't know, this is a 530 acre development about a mile west of the Toyota production plant on the far south side.

www.preserveatmedinariver.com

jaga185 · #**615** Posted **Feb 27, 2009, 10:01 PM**

I hate it, this looks like it could fit on the North Side, what happened to smart development down here?

Keep-SA-Lame · #**616** Posted **Feb 27, 2009, 10:13 PM**

Sprawl comes to the South Side! :O

oldmanshirt · #**617** Posted **Feb 27, 2009, 10:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by sirkingwilliam

The Preserve at Medina River updated their site with new renderings of the overall project as well as the retail portion.

For those that don't know, this is a 530 acre development about a mile west of the Toyota production plant on the far south side.

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Wow, I had assumed this project was dead. Seems kinda surprising that there's enough people, let alone money, down there to support something like this. Hopefully that assumption on my part can be proven wrong

miaht82 · #**618** Posted **Feb 27, 2009, 10:43 PM**

THe only part of it I like is the waterfront retail, kinda reminds me of the disneylandish "Boardwalk on the Beach" in MB, SC. The park aspect might add a little more foot traffic after hours, but I would have liked to have seen more retail/office/whatever along the water, even on the same side of the street. They should have done away with that road altogether and made it loop around the hotel. Looks like the exact same layout as the Quarry. Once again, I hate the frontage to the largest road. But hopefully this plus Verano/A&M will lead to people seeing how one design is more pedestrian-friendly than the other.

or not.

Paul in S.A TX · #**619** Posted **Feb 27, 2009, 10:54 PM**

I'ts better than empty rural area. How close is this to A&M?

miaht82 · #**620** Posted **Feb 27, 2009, 11:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by Paul in S.A TX

I'ts better than empty rural area.

Yeah I guess so. But I just wish there were simultaneous projects inside 410 on the Southside.
You can't just run to the boonies just because the older parts of town are falling apart.
But yes, at least it is growth for the southside.

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Originally Posted by Paul in S.A TX

How close is this to A&M?

About 2.5-3 miles to the east/northeast.