San Antonio

Bluerock Sells 269-Unit Stratford Community

Bluerock Real Estate L.L.C. announced the sale of The Stratford apartments, a 269-unit multifamily community in Northwest San Antonio. The company purchased the property in December 2008, in a joint venture with The Lynd Co. Lynd Co., the 34th largest apartment manager in the United States, managed the property on behalf of the partnership.

Scott Felder Homes Selected as Builder for Havenwood Community

Austin-based Scott Felder Homes will serve as the recommended builder for the Havenwood community, following a strategic relationship with SouthStar Communities, a residential real estate development company and owner of the master-planned community located in New Braunfels.

San Antonio to Welcome TRISUN Healthcare Assisted-Living Center

A new TRISUN Healthcare assisted-living and memory-care facility will be built in San Antonio, next to the TRISUN Care Center at Lakeside, which opened this summer. The 53,313-square-foot complex will have 42 assisted-living and 18 memory-care units. Designed by Austin-based DFD Architects and built by San Antonio-based Metropolitan Contracting Co., it will sit on 5.2 acres of land near Loop 410 and State Highway 151.

Aragon Adds M-F Property to Growing San Antonio Portfolio

California-based Aragon Holdings has purchased a 228-unit Class B property in North Central San Antonio. The Carmel at Deerfield apartment complex brings the real estate investment fund’s portfolio to six apartment complexes and a total of 1,248 units in the Alamo City.

Nationwide Insurance Opens Fortified for Safer Business Campus

Nationwide Insurance officially opened its new campus in Westover Hills, making it the first-ever FORTIFIED for Safer Business campus in the United States. The 280,000-square-foot sales and operations center was built to the Institute for Business and Home Safety’s disaster-resistance standards, meaning it is able to withstand disasters such as hurricanes, wildfires and windstorms.

M&G Finalizes Land Purchase for PET, PTA Plants in Corpus Christi

Italy-based M&G Group has purchased land in Corpus Christi on which to build the world’s largest integrated polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plant.

UT, Vanguard to Develop $350M Children’s Hospital

By Camelia Bulea, Associate Editor The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio was authorized to execute an agreement with Vanguard Health Systems, according to which the two parties will co-develop a state-of-the-art children’s hospital in the Alamo City. The proposed $350 million, 250-bed facility, funded by Vanguard, will be designed and built […]

New $45M Teaching Center Gets Green Light

By Camelia Bulea, Associate Editor The University of Texas System Board of Regents authorized the building of a $45 million academic learning and teaching center at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio. In an official statement, Kenneth Kalkwarf, D.D.S., M.S., president ad interim of the Health Science Center, said the necessary funding would come […]

North San Antonio Welcomes New Golf, Garden Home Community

By Camelia Bulea, Associate Editor Austin-area homebuilder Jimmy Jacobs Homes has unveiled a new model home in new community the Fairways at River Crossing, in North San Antonio. During the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the developer presented a small, gated community of 45 home sites in Spring Branch. Prices for the garden homes start at $190 and […]

Continental Properties Breaks Ground on The Springs at Stone Oak Village

By Camelia Bulea, Associate Editor While the single-family housing market in San Antonio attempts to recover from the collapse, the multifamily market is seeing important growth, mainly due to renter demand. With an occupancy rate of 94 percent, San Antonio’s far North Side is rapidly growing in popularity, creating the necessary requirements for a booming […]