SAN ANTONIO │ Official Hemisfair Redevelopment Thread - Page 40

bosshaa5 · #**781** Posted **Apr 20, 2024, 8:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by ILUVSAT

Sinking and capping 37 would cost billions and I'm not sure from where that is going to come - since a project like that would easily garner arguments that it is more about aesthetics than necessity.

Why even bury and cap it. Just get rid of it. Boulevardification...create a thoroughfare. Other cities have done this and the return on investment is ridiculous.

I37 should terminus at 410 in SE SA.

Spoiler · #**782** Posted **Apr 21, 2024, 5:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by bosshaa5

Why even bury and cap it. Just get rid of it. Boulevardification...create a thoroughfare. Other cities have done this and the return on investment is ridiculous.

I37 should terminus at 410 in SE SA.

Keep-SA-Lame · #**783** Posted **Apr 21, 2024, 2:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by bosshaa5

Why even bury and cap it. Just get rid of it. Boulevardification...create a thoroughfare. Other cities have done this and the return on investment is ridiculous.

I37 should terminus at 410 in SE SA.

Bingo. There is no reason for any of the highways to go all the way downtown, let alone create a girdling loop around the entire urban core. Even if you accept urban freeways as necessary, we could easily dispense with at least I37/281. These freeway burying projects are INSANELY expensive, the money is better spent on transit.

jaga185 · #**784** Posted **Apr 21, 2024, 6:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by Keep-SA-Lame

Bingo. There is no reason for any of the highways to go all the way downtown, let alone create a girdling loop around the entire urban core. Even if you accept urban freeways as necessary, we could easily dispense with at least I37/281. These freeway burying projects are INSANELY expensive, the money is better spent on transit.

I've always felt we could at least have 281 terminated at Hildebrand. It would allow the Zoo to have more land and create and much better connective space with just a boulevard there. 37/281 could re-emerge as a highway at 90 to keep costs down.

Keep-SA-Lame · #**785** Posted **Apr 22, 2024, 2:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by jaga185

I've always felt we could at least have 281 terminated at Hildebrand. It would allow the Zoo to have more land and create and much better connective space with just a boulevard there. 37/281 could re-emerge as a highway at 90 to keep costs down.

I'd say Basse but yeah, agreed.

Spoiler · #**786** Posted **Apr 22, 2024, 4:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by Keep-SA-Lame

I'd say Basse but yeah, agreed.

Might as well keep it over the Olmos Basin floodplain, behind the dam.

SpiritofSeguin · #**787** Posted **Apr 24, 2024, 8:26 PM**

Back to topic...Phase Two construction is humming along.

SpiritofSeguin · #**788** Posted **Jun 4, 2024, 12:04 AM**

Na na naaa naaa, na na naaa naaa...hey hey hey...

Goodbye...

JACKinBeantown · #**789** Posted **Jun 4, 2024, 2:01 AM**

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jaga185 · #**790** Posted **Jun 4, 2024, 2:38 AM**

^^^ My sentiment exactly lol

SpiritofSeguin · #**791** Posted **Aug 16, 2024, 3:55 AM**

I’m just gonna pretend like they’re building our answer to Minute Maid Park and not a luxury hotel that won’t even be open in time for the Final Four it was intended to be welcoming guests for by then…

CWalk99 · #**792** Posted **Aug 20, 2024, 5:48 PM**

Lol well it was only a matter of time until we got this news I feel like but the 17-story apartment tower by AREA Real Estate has officially been canceled.

"Local developer AREA Real Estate terminated its agreement with the Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corp. (HPARC) to build a 17-story mixed-income apartment tower on the complex earlier this year, a Hemisfair spokesperson confirmed to the Business Journal. AREA had been aiming to break ground on the 200-unit project in 2025. Hemisfair CEO Andres Andujar said in a statement to the Business Journal that a flurry of factors contributed to the cancellation...'The challenges with finance, design and construction are impacting project viability around the nation,' Andujar said. 'Hemisfair is optimistic about the opportunity to reconsider this critical site as its value is increasing with the emergence of impressive projects in the district and beyond.'...Alternative uses for parcel, known as D5, are currently being explored, Andujar added."

https://www.bizjournals.com/sananton...-canceled.html

texboy · #**793** Posted **Aug 20, 2024, 6:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by CWalk99

Lol well it was only a matter of time until we got this news I feel like but the 17-story apartment tower by AREA Real Estate has officially been canceled.

"Local developer AREA Real Estate terminated its agreement with the Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corp. (HPARC) to build a 17-story mixed-income apartment tower on the complex earlier this year, a Hemisfair spokesperson confirmed to the Business Journal. AREA had been aiming to break ground on the 200-unit project in 2025. Hemisfair CEO Andres Andujar said in a statement to the Business Journal that a flurry of factors contributed to the cancellation...'The challenges with finance, design and construction are impacting project viability around the nation,' Andujar said. 'Hemisfair is optimistic about the opportunity to reconsider this critical site as its value is increasing with the emergence of impressive projects in the district and beyond.'...Alternative uses for parcel, known as D5, are currently being explored, Andujar added."

https://www.bizjournals.com/sananton...-canceled.html

Fingers crossed for a 35 - 40 story mixed use hotel/apartment project.

Wish they were canceling D2... Still cannot believe that sh** is being allowed on that site.

The Model · #**794** Posted **Aug 20, 2024, 6:32 PM**

UUUUGH! Not the 17 story to be cancelled! I wanted the 10 story canceled so that area could be explored and maybe we get another 25 to 30 story building proposal.

cibolo · #**795** Posted **Aug 21, 2024, 6:25 PM**

par for the course. scrap the cool projects and keep the meh ones.

AwesomeSAView · #**796** Posted **Aug 22, 2024, 12:41 AM**

Out of these ashes, a phoenix will arise!!!

Tornado · #**797** Posted **Aug 22, 2024, 10:45 AM**

Kinda weird for Adelman to pull out of the project, especially since he is a big downtown booster. He didn't provide comment to the story which makes me think there is probably more to this than we will ever hear about.

bosshaa5 · #**798** Posted **Aug 22, 2024, 3:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by Tornado

Kinda weird for Adelman to pull out of the project, especially since he is a big downtown booster. He didn't provide comment to the story which makes me think there is probably more to this than we will ever hear about.

The HDRC keeps denying his request to demolish some buildings on the west side in Cattleman’s Square. Makes me wonder if he is being petty or if there is some deeper financial things going on. Also, multi-family is not doing super great in the SA market as a whole (even though the urban core sub-market is doing pretty well). I bet access to capital is hard right now.

SpiritofSeguin · #**799** Posted **Aug 24, 2024, 11:34 PM**

Is downtown finally ready for…the Big Wheel? They should offer the land plot to this guy.

ahealy · #**800** Posted **Sep 1, 2024, 4:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by SpiritofSeguin

Is downtown finally ready for…the Big Wheel? They should offer the land plot to this guy.

Lol, wait is this being considered? That would be some serious height!