kingwilliam

Yep, that is King William, my (hopefully) future home.

I found these pictures on the web.

The sketches make me think "no" -- it looks like parking on the ground level, except for that restaurant.

There's 8 buildings in total that make up this project, the rendering only shows three, so it's hard to tell if there will be retail, though there will be a grocery store and a restaurant. The previous development had retail included and I'd venture to bet that the new developers intend to have some as well.

Update: The Fox Photo building was demolished yesterday and the Snow White Cleaners is schedule for demolition on January 7th.

This is the abandoned Villaje del Rio development on Broadway near Jones Street. Ed Cross bought the development and as you can see gave it a new design and a new name.

Thanks to Andres for including these images on his River North site.

Midtown area (the domed building is the Jewish Temple Beth-El)

The Enclave, high-rise living in the heart of suburbia (well, older suburbia) in North Central San Antonio

Building in northwest San Antonio near Callaghan and Loop 410, 8 miles from downtown

Close up of that building

Suburban housing in far Northwest San Antonio, near I-10

More far Northwest suburban San Antonio

More suburban living on the far North Side

Wurzbach Tower in the South Texas Medical Center some 11 miles northwest of downtown

Freeway shot of on the Northwest Side -- De Zavala Road and Interstate 10

Insane amount of signage on the NW side. Crane in the background constructing mid-rise hotel

Midrises on the NW side

Suburban retail in the foreground and Hill Country living in the background

Another building in North Central San Antonio

Same as above

View of buildings in North Central San Antonio

Cluster of buildings near the Loop 410 and San Pedro intersection (Both locations, where shot and what's shot are 10 miles from downtown)

Downtown skyline seen from 10 miles northwest

Downtown skyline from the Great Northwest Interchange

COX Radio building on the NW side

Fredericksburg looking toward the Medical Center

Medical Center

Northwest San Antonio

North Central SA including the 281 corridor and the airport as well as The Web interchange (410/281)

North Central SA with the building cluster in the San Pedro and 410 area (with a good view of the peaks of Camp Bullis on the far, far NW side)

Vidorra high-rise condos

Taken and posted by Paul aka Boquillas from SSP.

Pictures are in order from 1. Downtown, 2. Suburban Metro (mostly northwest, far northwest and north central) and and 3. Suburban metro from downtown.

Yes, this will be just east of the Pearl.

Being a San Antonio native (grew up in Sonterra), I never really thought of downtown SA as anything more than a place for tourists. It seems that business is still done in the suburbs. IMO, this probably limits the appeal of some of the older neighborhoods. The upside is that it means you can actually afford to live in a cool old house, which in Houston is harder to do.

Is there an equivalent to HAR.com for San Antonio, or do you have to rely on individual realtor sites?

Over the holidays we drove down into King William and the surrounding area. So many fantastic homes (or at least homes with fantastic potential) off S St Marys, Guenther, Crofton, etc. We did see some signs of new construction and rehabbing of older buildings. My hope is that my parents give up the suburban lifestyle and move into the city.

Off of Blue Star Street, there is a strange row of round metal buildings that almost look like they are housing (almost, but not quite). I can't figure out what they are! And what is that area called? My dad says it is 'Southtown' is that correct?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&...c=addr&om=1

Yes, Blue Star would be included in Southtown. King William would also be included in Southtown as well. As for the metal buildings, those are the Blue Star Art Silos and they were used as work spaces and gallery spaces and sometimes residential units, for the artists who used them as work spaces and galleries, until recently when they were fenced off and tenants had to vacate. The reason, that area is set to become the Big Tex mixed-use development.

Well, it is a year-old article, so I am sure there is change on the whole list.

SA basically had the same amount last year as well.

Old article but I thought I'd respond. San Antonio is home to 7 billionaires, not 3.

Some more Stone Oak:

These were posted by another poster on another forum a year ago.

Does San Antonio have a suburb city equivalent to Houston's The Woodlands?

I'd say Stone Oak. Stone Oak isn't as far though (15 miles), but fits many of the same characteristics as The Woodlands. They're both master planned communities that have grown to be 50,000 plus populated areas. Though the Woodlands was developed probably 10 or fifteen years before Stone Oak. Actually, Stone Oak didn't really begin to take off until the mid 1990's from what I've been told. In 1995 there was a mega church (Cornerstone), a few subdivisions, hardly any retail or office and no medical space. But now there's so much medical space in Stone Oak, it's dubbed the Second Medical Center of San Antonio. There's tons of office construction going on and much more office buildings now than ever. As for retail, boy does Stone Oak have it. From the boutique shops to the retail shopping centers. There's one development that will feature an Emeril Lagasse restaurant, 3,000 seat event center, 18-lane underground bowling alley and 3 story aquarium planned for Stone Oak.

• Location: Off 151 between Potranco (to the north) and 410 (to the south)
  
• Size: 300+ acres
  
• Details: Three Million Plus Square Feet Mixed-Use Development: Included in the three million square feet will be retail, medical, office, residential (condos and apartments), a hotel and a school. Construction on phase I has begun and the first medical and office buildings should be up by March or April of 2008 with residential units close behind that.
  

I was just wondering if in a city that is over half Hispanic, would the people want to go to a chain restaurant that they say doesn't serve "true" Mexican food?

Well, considering LA, Miami and Houston all have Taco Bells, I don't think it matters what they serve, people will eat it. Also, I think it's a bit illiberal of you to make that comment. First, the word "they", whatdafux? Second, because a person is listed as Hispanic they only eat true Mexican food? It'd be like asking if New Orleans has any Popeyes because you'd want to know if people would want to go to a chain restaurant doesn't serve true southern food.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/stori...an.1f054c6.html

Environmental group moving to Pearl site

Web Posted: 12/19/2007 08:13 PM CST

Creighton A. Welch

Express-News Business Writer

It already uses wind power and water collecting, supports a restaurant with locally grown food and soon will install the state's largest solar project. Now, to continue with its theme of environmental sustainability, the Pearl Brewery has added the Nature Conservancy as its most recent tenant.

The international group whose goal is to save land in its natural state signed a lease for 10,000 square feet of space at the Full Goods Building, a 67,000-square-foot "L-shaped" building under construction.

::Edited by Editor::

The Pearl today. Not literally today. lol

Aveda Institute (one of only two in Texas)

Farm to Table restaurant

Culinary Institute of America (the only one in Texas)

Can Recycling building; now a residential complex. FYI, the old Pearl beer can was replaced with a can that has the new logo

• Size: 22-acres; 1.2 million square feet
  
• Location: North of downtown
  
• Details: Redevelopment of old Pearl Brewery to include a mix of residential, retail, office and work.
  

The vision is to transform the Pearl Brewery into a vibrant village on the San

Antonio River. A gathering place where urban living, education, great food, culture, art and commerce converge in a congenial environment of respectfully renovated buildings linked by gardens, plazas, pathways, open spaces, and tree shaded streets.

Pearl Brewery is dynamic

Sunset Station at night is cool, there's also a Ruth's Chris at Sunset Station as well as other various bars and restaurants.

Are there any Taco Bell franchises in San Antonio?

Yes, why do you ask?

Consisting of 3 four-story buildings, 205 apartment units, 2 live/work units, 3 courtyards and a multi-story parking structure. Eighteen Hundred will be one of many new developments, including the Pearl Brewery redevelopment, for the now established Pearl District.

For the record, I have 'heard' of the South side of LA ... not sure if the city refers to it that way or the media, but I have heard of it.

I was born in LA and lived there until I was 17. I think I can count on one hand the number of times I heard "south side" used to describe South LA/South Central and it was also a new transplant or someone visiting.

I'm the Trae at SSP.

Trae at SSP, Trae at SSC and Gorilla at C-D.

Were did I say undesirable? Please point it out.

You said X was undesirable. I responded. The response you gave to my retort is what you quoted. You're implying the same sentiment as your "X is undesirable."

Yep.

Where did I say it was undesirable?

Read your posts.

You haven't even been here a month.

So you're not the same Trae and Gorilla that I've conversed with on numerous other forums?