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Old Posted Feb 12, 2021, 12:56 AM
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Damn, if I didn't own the place I live in now I'd move tomorrow. You can really lord over the peasants with that epic Commerce St balcony lol.
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Old Posted Feb 13, 2021, 3:17 PM
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A new restaurant project will include the restoration of 215 Losoya St. I dont remember seeing this building before, but it's cute.



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Old Posted Feb 22, 2021, 2:29 PM
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https://www.expressnews.com/sa-inc/a...photo-20627464

"GrayStreet bought the Light and the adjacent Print building in 2016 from Hearst Corp., the parent company of the San Antonio Express-News, and construction was supposed to wrap up in 2019.

Half of the work is done, Covey said, but structural problems with the Print building pushed back the timeline. GrayStreet commissioned an assessment before buying the site, but the consultant was wrong about the strength of the concrete at the Print building, Covey said.

The firm had to reinforce columns and also decided to add more floors. Designs had to go back to a city commission for approval.

Architecture firm Ford, Powell & Carson and the Express-News, which put its nearby headquarters up for sale in 2019, still plan to move in. Construction is expected to be completed in July, Covey said."






Also a morsel of information about Lone Star renovation:

"The firm is also working with Midway to remake the former Lone Star Brewery, a massive undertaking that would transform the area near the Mission Reach south of downtown.

The brewery closed in 1996 and developers have been trying to remake the 32-acre site at 500 and 600 Lone Star Blvd. for years. Those efforts have been stymied by costs, bankruptcies and environmental problems.

GrayStreet bought the property last year in a deal reached days before it was set to be sold to one of the bankrupt owner’s lenders.

Covey is working on plans for its overhaul.

Midway will play a major role in the day-to-day development, he said, and GrayStreet will also be “building vertical improvements there.” He anticipates working with three or four developers on the mixed-use community."
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Old Posted Mar 6, 2021, 11:01 PM
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Commerce Street may actually start living up to its name soon.

"A developer who recently moved to San Antonio from Los Angeles has made his first downtown purchase: a historic two-story building that has long sat vacant a few doors down from the future path of the San Pedro Creek Culture Park.

After buying the Leeds building, 345 W. Commerce St., last month with a partner, Cory Stehr plans to spend $500,000 sprucing up its façade and renovating its interior, he said. The building will offer about 5,000 square feet of retail space on its ground floor, which he hopes to fill with a local restaurant. On the second floor there will be 4,800 square feet of flexible office space with month-to-month leases geared toward freelancers."

https://saheron.com/historic-west-co...ing-purchased/

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That's awesome! Hoping for a nice lil' restaurant, maybe with inverted outdoor patios on each side
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"The $51 million renovation of the Granada Homes building on South St. Mary’s and Villita streets is likely to begin in August, the development team told the Heron recently. The project includes restoring the common areas to look almost exactly as they did when the building opened in 1928 as the Plaza Hotel.

“This building will also be entirely rehabilitated to the Department of Interior standards, which is the highest level of historic design review and oversight for historic rehab, and gold standard for projects like this,” Tolley said."
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Commerce Street may actually start living up to its name soon.

"A developer who recently moved to San Antonio from Los Angeles has made his first downtown purchase: a historic two-story building that has long sat vacant a few doors down from the future path of the San Pedro Creek Culture Park.

After buying the Leeds building, 345 W. Commerce St., last month with a partner, Cory Stehr plans to spend $500,000 sprucing up its façade and renovating its interior, he said. The building will offer about 5,000 square feet of retail space on its ground floor, which he hopes to fill with a local restaurant. On the second floor there will be 4,800 square feet of flexible office space with month-to-month leases geared toward freelancers."

https://saheron.com/historic-west-co...ing-purchased/



More renderings, plans, and "before" pics here:
https://gis.sanantonio.gov/OHPSystem...F3FBDAF2367%7D
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More renderings, plans, and "before" pics here:
https://gis.sanantonio.gov/OHPSystem...F3FBDAF2367%7D
AWESOME NEWS!!!
Spread the word to those California developers on how easy and cheap it is to develop property in our beautiful, historical, and unique city of San Antonio, not to mention profitable!!
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Thank you for creating this great thread. Renovation is the best way to convert an old building into a new building.
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https://saheron.com/historic-soledad...y-destination/

"A historic preservation project consisting of multiple restaurants and a small hotel is taking shape in a two-story historic building on Soledad Street, next to the old Mexican Manhattan restaurant.

R.S. Merit Real Estate Co. is planning to build three restaurants and an 11-room spa hotel inside the circa-1877 Maverick building at 112 Soledad St. The project includes a river-level restaurant, a street-level restaurant facing Soledad and a rooftop restaurant and bar."
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"A historic preservation project consisting of multiple restaurants and a small hotel is taking shape in a two-story historic building on Soledad Street, next to the old Mexican Manhattan restaurant.

R.S. Merit Real Estate Co. is planning to build three restaurants and an 11-room spa hotel inside the circa-1877 Maverick building at 112 Soledad St. The project includes a river-level restaurant, a street-level restaurant facing Soledad and a rooftop restaurant and bar."
This project looks really nice!





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I promised myself I wouldn't post low-content stuff here, but I like this building very much and I'm glad someone's said they're gonna do something cool with it. Those second floor windows are so sexy.

"A group that includes local real estate agent Dix Densley has purchased a historic landmark on the near West Side with plans to renovate it in a way that “will pay homage to the building and its history,” he said.

The two-story commercial building at 830 W. Commerce St., which last housed the old Estrada Hardware store, is a half-block north of the downtown campus of the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)."

https://saheron.com/group-purchases-...ware-building/



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They're still working on the ground floor, but all the terra cotta tile has been restored above.

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They're still working on the ground floor, but all the terra cotta tile has been restored above.

Did this project end up going back to being lofts?
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Are they gonna paint the terra cotta?
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The Hedrick Building is absolutely going to emerge as a beautiful, historical, renovation building. This is San Antonio!!!
I do believe they are back to lofts, not sure though.
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It's a textbook-worthy example of renovation done right.
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I haven't posted anything here in a while because practically everything seems to be stalled, but Harris Bay is delivering something.

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A four-year effort to turn a downtown office building into luxury apartments is nearing completion. The 63-unit multifamily conversion on the Travis Building at 405 North St. Mary's St. is expected to have a grand opening on June 1, according to its leasing website.
As offices struggle as an asset class nationwide, the collective conversation has turned to housing conversions as a solution, though for many developers the costs are too steep. Local real estate firms Harris Bay and DJE Texas Management Group purchased the site in June 2020. Harris Bay took out an $18.25 million loan as part of the acquisition, Bexar County Records show. The building's appraisal saw a huge jump this year, with the Bexar County Appraisal District indicating its assessed value of about $21.9 million in 2023 versus $12.4 million in 2022.
The 76,000-square-foot building also received a $5 million Texas Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loan from the city of San Antonio and the Alamo Area Council of Governments. The loan covers the cost of energy efficient upgrades and upkeep through the lifespan of the project.
Harris Bay Managing Partner Jake Harris previously told the Business Journal the project would also seek to utilize historic tax credits and opportunity zone funds.
The unit mixture is mostly 1- or 2-bedrooms, as well as a few penthouses, the leasing website indicates. Rents start at $1,550 and top out $3,200 for those penthouse units.
From a makeshift work station on the building's ground floor, a leasing agent recently told the Business Journal that while the apartments themselves are ready for leasing, the lobby is still undergoing construction. It's expected to be ready later this year.
Local architecture firm CREO Architecture designed the project. Harris Bay and CREO are preparing to start construction on the Artista boutique hotel adjacent to the Travis Building in June.
Harris Bay and DJE did not return requests for comment by publication time.
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Another great renovation job. The most interesting new feature is the addition of an elevator system. The difference



...is night and day.

Also, I guess the concept for the beer-taco alleyway Potchernick’s Cervecería on St. Mary's isn't happening? It's been dead since 2020, but I am astonished the city has allowed it's Riverwalk front to be a mess of overgrown trees and plants with a single link of fence, it looks awful. The landscape needs to all be torn out and made viewable at least, and the actual interior from the street is full of dried feces and trash.
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Another great renovation job. The most interesting new feature is the addition of an elevator system. The difference



...is night and day.

Also, I guess the concept for the beer-taco alleyway Potchernick’s Cervecería on St. Mary's isn't happening? It's been dead since 2020, but I am astonished the city has allowed it's Riverwalk front to be a mess of overgrown trees and plants with a single link of fence, it looks awful. The landscape needs to all be torn out and made viewable at least, and the actual interior from the street is full of dried feces and trash.
This building is so cool. I'm glad one restoration project is finally complete. This one took years and two different owners. How much longer for the Hedrick Building?
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