SAN ANTONIO | The Floodgate | 212 FT | 17 FLOORS | T/O - Page 22

RobertS4 · #**421** Posted **Mar 17, 2023, 8:15 PM**

I find that facade to be very ugly with those small windows & white rail.

JACKinBeantown · #**422** Posted **Mar 17, 2023, 8:49 PM**

It looks like it's covered in drywall. Is that the final exterior?

theOGalexd · #**423** Posted **Mar 17, 2023, 10:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by JACKinBeantown

It looks like it's covered in drywall. Is that the final exterior?

I hope not. From the renderings it looks white-ish.

The Model · #**424** Posted **Mar 20, 2023, 3:33 PM**

Yea so far this building is starting to disappoint me. I thought it would have way more glass, and those white rails, UUUGH!!!!

Rynetwo · #**425** Posted **Mar 20, 2023, 6:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by The Model

Yea so far this building is starting to disappoint me. I thought it would have way more glass, and those white rails, UUUGH!!!!

I am almost positive that the building is going to be all white.

Dan In Real Life · #**426** Posted **Mar 20, 2023, 7:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by The Model

Yea so far this building is starting to disappoint me. I thought it would have way more glass, and those white rails, UUUGH!!!!

Same here. I really thought this was going to have much more glass based on the renderings. Guess I was looking at them wrong or projecting my hopes. At this point, I kinda wish they hadn't added the height and stuck to the original design they proposed in 2016.

Rynetwo · #**427** Posted **Mar 20, 2023, 9:02 PM**

Am I the only one who did not think it was going to have that much glass?

Also, agree with the poster above that, that was a the best version of this. (From 2016)

JACKinBeantown · #**428** Posted **Mar 20, 2023, 9:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dan In Real Life

Same here. I really thought this was going to have much more glass based on the renderings. Guess I was looking at them wrong or projecting my hopes. At this point, I kinda wish they hadn't added the height and stuck to the original design they proposed in 2016.

I looooooved the original design. I always thought that since this building won't have any effect on the skyline, why not go with the version that has the best effect on the Riverwalk?

CWalk99 · #**429** Posted **Mar 21, 2023, 12:20 PM**

Yes, looking back at one of the last renderings (at the top) it does appear to be an all-white façade with little else really in the way of accents/ other colors. I have no clue what material the façade actually is but it almost seems to be metal paneling or something along those lines? Either way this was slated to **open** in April

I agree about the design too, I remember there being renderings of this height that had more of a glass-curtain look to it which is what I imagined it as - and of course the first design still had the best Riverwalk integration which would've been great

(Full-sized aerial pics here) https://www.apartments.com/the-flood...io-tx/0n38mc2/

JACKinBeantown · #**430** Posted **Mar 21, 2023, 1:16 PM**

It's still a better building than anything immediately around it aside from the Alamo National Bank/Drury Hotel, so there's that.

I hold out hope that the grey is the unfinished facade and that they'll put some kind of white or near-white coating on it.

jkill34 · #**431** Posted **Mar 21, 2023, 2:49 PM**

Aren't these originally supposed to be condos too? I'm suprised they are listed on apartments.com.

Keep-SA-Lame · #**432** Posted **Mar 21, 2023, 6:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by jkill34

Aren't these originally supposed to be condos too? I'm suprised they are listed on apartments.com.

Original plan was for rentals.

The Model · #**433** Posted **Mar 22, 2023, 4:16 AM**

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Floodgate Construction by Raul Medina III, on Flickr[/IMG]

Montirob · #**434** Posted **Mar 22, 2023, 2:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by JACKinBeantown

It's still a better building than anything immediately around it aside from the Alamo National Bank/Drury Hotel, so there's that.

I hold out hope that the grey is the unfinished facade and that they'll put some kind of white or near-white coating on it.

Fairly certain the grey is just the air barrier applied over the sheathing, with the blue around the windows the associated membrane flashing. The penetrations casting shadows (vents, etc.) also are a clue that they still have a few inches of exterior material to install.

The final finish is, I believe, a combination of metal panels and precast concrete panels.

So... yeah, the final finish isn't up yet.

JACKinBeantown · #**435** Posted **Mar 22, 2023, 3:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by Montirob

Fairly certain the grey is just the air barrier applied over the sheathing, with the blue around the windows the associated membrane flashing. The penetrations casting shadows (vents, etc.) also are a clue that they still have a few inches of exterior material to install.

The final finish is, I believe, a combination of metal panels and precast concrete panels.

So... yeah, the final finish isn't up yet.

https://media.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2l...Jzpu/giphy.gif

KevinFromTexas · #**436** Posted **Jul 31, 2023, 4:07 AM**

From July 15.

SpiritofSeguin · #**437** Posted **Oct 5, 2023, 9:43 PM**

Commerce Street in front of the building is open with a plywood construction canopy, crews are quickly digging up the opposite Drury Plaza side and reconstructing the road. On the Riverwalk side at least the base of the building is keeping the tone of the Esquire with white stonework walls.

Urbannizer · #**438** Posted **Oct 26, 2023, 5:48 AM**

I took this photo while in San Antonio for the eclipse.

theOGalexd · #**439** Posted **Oct 26, 2023, 7:57 AM**

Given how long this has taken I'm assuming they're finishing the interior before they (paint?) the exterior.

If they leave it like that... oh boy.

Keep-SA-Lame · #**440** Posted **Oct 26, 2023, 1:24 PM**

Looking back through this thread, it looks like we've been wondering this for almost a year!