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Old Posted Jul 20, 2022, 2:39 PM
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Same, I'll take it though. Given that the Thompson has seemingly been successful, as well as Hotel Emma, I wonder what the market for a tall condo/hotel tower would be like here. Maybe someone (that isn't graystreet ffs) will revive the W but make it a condo hybrid instead of office.
Agreed on the W. The first person to put condos around the Pearl will make approximately one gorillion dollars imo. Condos are supposed to be historically a pretty soft market in central SA, I know, but that's based off two fairly mediocre products, the Broadway and Vidorra (Vidorra being in kind of a marginal location, and the Broadway being basically a highrise subdivision, more Alamo Heights/Terrell Hills vibe than downtown vibe).

The better more recent data point I think is the Thompson project, which I believe sold out relatively quickly. In a good location like that with a good product, I think the market for condos is much better. And people absolutely lose their minds about the Pearl, my gut is that the market for condos in that immediate area is even better than around the Thompson downtown.
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Development Profile: Continental Hotel project construction in downtown San Antonio scheduled to begin September

https://saheron.com/weston-urban-continental-hotel/

An updated architectural design for an ambitious 15-story mixed-use project by Weston Urban, on the site of the old Continental Hotel next to San Pedro Creek Culture Park, is due for a final review by the Historic and Design Review Commission in early August.

The latest renderings show a 15-story tower, which contains 255 mixed-income apartments, looming over the smaller Continental Hotel building facing West Commerce Street and the Arana Building facing Dolorosa—both historic structures. The development is truly mixed-use with apartments, “creative lofts,” retail, offices and some public parking.

Construction is expected to begin in early September, according to a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. The filing is only for site work, which Weston Urban defines as the “frontage along Laredo and Dolorosa streets” at an estimated cost of $3.35 million, and not the construction of the new tower itself. Previous estimates put the project, both a combination of new construction and adaptive reuse, at roughly $80 million.

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Continental Hotel/Arana Building project

» Address: 332 W. Commerce St.
» Developer: Weston Urban (San Antonio)
» Property owner: Weston Urban (purchased from City of San Antonio)
» Type: Mixed-use (residential, retail, offices)
» New or reuse: Both; adaptive reuse of Continental Hotel (332 W. Commerce St., 1896), Arana Building (601 Dolorosa St., 1926), Melchio de la Garza House (100 S. Laredo St., 1800); O’Henry House (101 S. Laredo St., 19th century) to be relocated
» Status: Planning stage
» Height: 15 stories
» Land size: 1.86 acres
» Rent or buy: Rent
» Total units: 255
» Market rate: 128
» 80% AMI: 102
» 70% AMI: None
» 60% AMI: 25
» 50% AMI: None
» 40% AMI: None
» 30% AMI: None
» Student Units: None
» Section 8: Unknown
» Retail: Size unknown
» Office: Number unknown
» Hotel: N/A
» Parking: 5-story garage, 342 spaces
» Construction start date: Sept. 5, 2022
» End date: Aug. 16, 2024
» Architect: BKV Group (Dallas; new construction); Alamo Architects (San Antonio) and Post Oak Preservation Solutions (Houston)
» Cost: $80 million
» Investors: Unknown
» Financing: Unknown
» San Antonio Incentives: $1.66 million
» SAWS Fee Waivers: $1 million
» City Fee Waivers: $161,000
» City Loans: N/A
» Est. City Property Tax Rebate: N/A
» Tax increment reinvestment zone (TIRZ): $500,000 infrastructure grant (Houston Street TIRZ)
» Bexar County incentives: Full property tax exemption for 75-year lease via the Bexar County Public Facility Corp. (estimate unknown)
» Texas incentives: N/A
» Federal incentives: N/A
» Total public subsidy: $1.66 million (at least)
» Cashflow: Unknown
» Affordable housing fund contribution: N/A
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Old Posted Jul 27, 2022, 7:58 PM
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It'll be a while before we see anything go vertical on this. They are only starting construction on the ground-level portion of this, which IMO they should do last.

But on another note, there is a load of construction going on around downtown right now.
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Very odd/lazy that news websites pouring out details about this project still list it as 15-stories when the height was increased to 16 stories.

The HDRC submissions even show the previous versus current count.
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City panel to decide future of Continental Hotel and downtown residential tower project

https://sanantonioreport.org/weston-...pment-project/

A 19th-century, block-long building built the same year as the red sandstone Bexar County Courthouse is about to help usher in one of the first new residential properties along the San Pedro Creek Culture Park.

The Historic and Design Review Commission on Wednesday will review plans by downtown developers Weston Urban to restore the former Continental Hotel on West Commerce Street and the Arana Building on Dolorosa Street, in the Main/Military Plaza Historic District, as part of its aim to build a residential tower within the same block.

The developer has requested a certificate of appropriateness to construct a 16-story apartment building situated between the two buildings and facing South Laredo Street. The building adjacent to San Pedro Creek will feature 255 units and garage parking for 432 vehicles, according to design documents.

The estimated cost of the project is $3.35 million, according to a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, and construction is scheduled to start in September.

The commission granted conceptual approval to the project a year ago.

If approved in this next step of the historic design review process, the developer plans to rehabilitate the front half of the three-story hotel and demolish the back half, which was added in later years.

Closed since the late 1970s, the hotel later served as home to the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District. Over time, the building’s storefront has been altered so that its current configuration dates to a renovation in the 1980s, according to design review documents.

Weston Urban acquired the property from the City of San Antonio in June 2020 in a deal priced at $4.7 million that included the developer’s commitment to build a residential structure that remains affordable housing for at least 15 years.

The developer plans to restore the storefront, install a new canopy to match the original, restore wood windows, clean the masonry facade and remove a rear addition. The rear wall of the original building will be reconstructed.

Project plans by Dallas-based architects BKV Group show a courtyard connecting the development to the San Pedro Creek Culture Park.

Plans also call for renovating the 1926 Arana Building and restoring a historic adobe house facing South Laredo Street.

Work on the Arana Building opposite the Continental building includes repairing the storefront, replacing non-original aluminum windows, cleaning masonry, restoring the street canopy and removing a rear addition.

A historic adobe house, owned by an early settler until 1849, also will be restored as part of the development. The asphalt surrounding the De la Garza House will be removed, grading improved to its original level and landscaping installed.

Earlier plans called for the De la Garza House to be relocated; the new plans instead state that the adjacent O. Henry House will be removed from the site and relocated.

The O. Henry House is named for the eminent short story writer who lived there in 1885. A new location for the historic house, which is not original to the site, hasn’t been determined, according to the application submitted to HDRC. But staff of the City’s Office of Historic Preservation recommended approval of the plan as long as the house remains in the vicinity of its current location.

The tower project is the first affordable housing project approved under the Bexar County Public Facility Corp., a nonprofit arm of the county that works to increase affordable housing and quality development. The terms of the agreement give Weston Urban full property tax exemption for the duration of the 75-year lease.

In exchange, the developer must commit to renting half the units to people who make up to 80% of the area median income, or AMI, which for a family of four is $66,800. Up to 20% of those, or 10% of the total units, will be available to people making 60% of the AMI. All of the affordable units will not exceed 30% of a renter’s income.
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What are you freaking out about? This is a normal part of the process. HDRC staff have already recommended approval. Relax.

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16-story tower on downtown's horizon as part of mixed-use project

https://www.expressnews.com/business...s-17349296.php

A San Antonio developer’s plan to redevelop a downtown block with apartments, offices, retail space and parking got the green light Wednesday.

The city’s Historic and Design Review Commission gave final approval to Weston Urban’s plans to rehabilitate the former Continental Hotel, Arana building and Melchio de la Garza house and construct a 16-story tower.

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Weston Urban would also restore the Melchio de la Garza house, which was the headquarters of the Texian Army during the Texas Revolution and thought to have been at its current location for over 200 years.

Another building at the site, the O. Henry House Museum, will be moved to a yet-to-be-determined location.
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This will be good for downtown but the final design leaves a lot to be desired. EIFS is the primary cladding for the tower (sim to Thompson Hotel) and the garage wrap just looks like they plopped down bunch of bricks without much thought. There is nothing cohesive about it, from the restored buildings to the huge brick garage wrap to the tower portions which are pretty weak in their own right.
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Got this from another thread.

Looks like Weston Urban is looking to start construction on this site in the summer (quote below).

By James McCandless
Reporter, San Antonio Business Journal

"..... A little further west, Weston Urban is in the midst of redeveloping the site at 322 W Commerce St. into a 16-story mixed use tower. Construction not the project is expected to begin in the summer....."

Really looking forward to this. I think it will be a great activation of space.
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What does that mean "construction not the project is expected to begin this summer?"
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What does that mean "construction not the project is expected to begin this summer?"
My guess is a typo....probably supposed to say "on"
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Construction on this project to start in July!
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Construction on this project to start in July!
Awesome! 300 Main should be topped out by then, so it will be nice to have some continuation of construction in downtown.

It won't be visible on the webcam, so please post pictures for us out-of-towners.
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Weston Urban to start building 16-story multifamily project downtown in July

By James McCandless
Reporter, San Antonio Business Journal

Local developer Weston Urban is planning to start construction on a 16-story, 415,000-square-foot multifamily project downtown in July, according to state filings. Officially listed at 110 South Laredo St., the block contains 322 West Commerce St., home of the former Continental Hotel.

State filings also show that the the project is expected to cost $150 million, though that figure is subject to change. The project would include 290 apartment units, 331 parking spaces and 7,500 square feet of leasing and amenity space.

As previously reported, Weston Urban acquired the land from the city of San Antonio for $4.7 million in 2020. The project would occupy a slot in-between the existing Continental Hotel building and the Arana building. The real estate firm got final design approval from the Historic Design & Review Commission for the Continental's renovation in August.

Construction began on renovating the space in September, with an expected completion date of August 2024. The 16-story multifamily tower is slated to come online in July 2025.

A representative for Weston Urban did not return a request for comment by publication time. Minneapolis-based BKV Group is the architect.
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Local developer Weston Urban is planning to start construction on a 16-story, 415,000-square-foot multifamily project downtown in July, according to state filings. Officially listed at 110 South Laredo St., the block contains 322 West Commerce St., home of the former Continental Hotel.

State filings also show that the the project is expected to cost $150 million, though that figure is subject to change. The project would include 290 apartment units, 331 parking spaces and 7,500 square feet of leasing and amenity space.

As previously reported, Weston Urban acquired the land from the city of San Antonio for $4.7 million in 2020. The project would occupy a slot in-between the existing Continental Hotel building and the Arana building. The real estate firm got final design approval from the Historic Design & Review Commission for the Continental's renovation in August.

Construction began on renovating the space in September, with an expected completion date of August 2024. The 16-story multifamily tower is slated to come online in July 2025.

A representative for Weston Urban did not return a request for comment by publication time. Minneapolis-based BKV Group is the architect.
This project is scheduled to begin next month. How soon until a crane or two go up?
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Frost Tower developer to begin rehab of San Antonio Continental's Hotel

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Weston Urban, the developer behind San Antonio's Frost Tower, is set to begin rehabilitation work for a downtown high-rise apartment project that has been in the works since 2021. The developer will begin to renovate the old Continental Hotel building and the neighboring Arana building in August, according to recent filings with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

The Continental building will be transformed into a 16-story, 255-room apartment complex at 332 W. Commerce St., San Antonio, TX 78207. The construction filing states that work will begin on renovating the ground floor for future retail, and then rehab the second and third floors for apartments. An additional 12-story structure will be added behind the building's facade.

The Arana tract of buildings at 601 Dolorosa, San Antonio, TX 78207 will also be reworked for commercial space on the ground floor and office space on the second floor. The rehabilitation work for both projects has an estimated cost of about $11.2 million, not including the addition to the Continental building and a planned 351-space parking garage.

Crews began foundational work on the property in September 2022, according to an older TDLR filing. This is just one of Weston Urban's planned apartment and hotel projects, which also includes a larger 32-story apartment tower called 300 Main at 305 Soledad St., San Antonio, TX 78207 that the developer broke ground on in April 2022.
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I know we have already seen far more detailed design renderings on here but I thought I'd may as well post these since this is supposed to start going vertical fairly soon. It looks like 171' to the top floor but probably closer to 175' give or take when you factor in the roofline. This area will be pretty busy once San Pedro II starts breaking ground across the street this summer







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This project keeps getting pushed back. But it should get going soon.
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