SAN ANTONIO | Suburban and Metro Development Thread - Page 49

necropolis · #**961** Posted **Jun 12, 2010, 1:52 AM**

wow, that thing looks massive. Very impressive

oldmanshirt · #**962** Posted **Jun 16, 2010, 7:35 PM**

Lender embarks on a major building project

Broadway Bank is developing an expansion office next door to their headquarters at NE Loop 410 and Nacogdoches.

At this point an 80,000 sq ft office building on NE Loop 410 might as well be like getting one downtown. With the existing density in the area, one could possibly even call this infill.

UTSABA06 · #**963** Posted **Jun 16, 2010, 9:49 PM**

Good news!

Any renderings?

Lando · #**964** Posted **Jul 8, 2010, 7:52 AM**

Found these webcams you all might like to see.

University Hospital expansion parking garage.

http://www.universityhealthsystem.com/our-vision/webcam/

Downtown University Health Center.
Looks like they're just getting started.

miaht82 · #**965** Posted **Jul 9, 2010, 2:49 AM**

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Originally Posted by Lando

Here are some quick drive by pics I took earlier this evening in the Med Center.

All pics taken by me

Kinda late on commenting on this pic, but for a second there, when I saw this, the first thing I thought was that it looked like an elevated rail station.

Good pics, by the way.

Good find on the webcam; can't wait for the tower to go up at UHMedCent.

sakyle04 · #**966** Posted **Jul 23, 2010, 5:01 PM**

Condos at The Rim...

UrbanTrance · #**967** Posted **Aug 12, 2010, 2:40 PM**

http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/maj...nt_planned_for_south_side_100478404.html

About retail-office going on the southside. I don't know what to take from this. Hopefully not a typical strip mall, but this side of town doesn't get too much attention anyways.

miaht82 · #**968** Posted **Aug 13, 2010, 1:45 AM**

The part that interests me the most is the office portion of the project. It has to include that in order to be even more succesful than it probably will be. Housing in the area also has to be addressed some and density has to be increased some if they want to continue with adding all of this retail; if they overbuild the retail, then we can expect some empty strip malls in 7-10 years when the (then) newer stuff gets built just like every old strip mall here in the city. I still expect strip malls, as I see that the Landmark project has turned to that from the original plans.
GFR website.

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Originally Posted by sakyle04

Condos at The Rim...

http://www.thericchi.com/home.php

They're selling to the "vacation condo" buyers. Website says 20% sold; 22 out of the 85 condos are no longer "available" on the unit listings on the website. The hotel is starting to go up across the way at Éilan.

UrbanTrance · #**969** Posted **Aug 20, 2010, 6:25 PM**

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The part that interests me the most is the office portion of the project. It has to include that in order to be even more succesful than it probably will be. Housing in the area also has to be addressed some and density has to be increased some if they want to continue with adding all of this retail; if they overbuild the retail, then we can expect some empty strip malls in 7-10 years when the (then) newer stuff gets built just like every old strip mall here in the city. I still expect strip malls, as I see that the Landmark project has turned to that from the original plans.
GFR website.

The Landmark looks and sounds less and less interesting to me.

What ever happened to Promenade Place? I see that sign still up there all the time.

Big A · #**970** Posted **Aug 20, 2010, 8:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by Alice93

The Landmark looks and sounds less and less interesting to me.

What ever happened to Promenade Place? I see that sign still up there all the time.

The new plans for the Landmark look very disappointing to me considering what the original plans were. Looks like it's going to be a waste of a piece of the best real estate in all of SA, looks like more parking lots than anything. I would rather they not build anything right now and wait for the economy to pick up than to build just another average strip mall. Promenade Place has probably fallen victim to the economy just like most proposed projects have.

sirkingwilliam · #**971** Posted **Aug 20, 2010, 10:25 PM**

what does the landmark look like now?

miaht82 · #**972** Posted **Aug 21, 2010, 1:07 AM**

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Originally Posted by sirkingwilliam

what does the landmark look like now?

You mean the site plan? Pretty much like University Square on DeZavala..... a long way from the original plan to be high-density, TOD. With so much retail in that area already, they would have to do something different, like what the original plan stated in order for it to work/compete with everything else in the area.