Artist replacing another at Ayers Building
Ceramicist Diana Kersey plans to take over this space at the corner of Broadway and Peacock Alley. Carpenter Peter Zubiate is out; ceramicist Diana Kersey is in at the Atlee B. Ayers Building. The...
View ArticleVisionworks slated to open Friday at IBC Centre
If hindsight is 20/20, local vision group HVHC Inc. hopes it works the other way around, too, as it envisions a new future as the first tenant in the IBC Centre since AT&T left in 2008. Friday...
View ArticleKersey extending ceramics shop’s hours on Tuesdays
If you or your business has a Downtown Tuesday special, email me the information and I’ll include it on a list on Monday. Diana Kersey is keeping her ceramics shop and studio, 112 Broadway, open until...
View ArticleAugie’s barbecue opening Houston St. location, sign says
The sign posted outside Augie’s Barbed Wire Smoke House, 3709 N. St. Mary’s St., says: “Second Location Opening Soon 515 E. Houston St. Caddy Corner From the Alamo.” But no deal has been signed, said...
View ArticleBicycle shop gets rolling in new location
A version of this column appeared in the Express-News on Sept. 1, 2012. Cabinets still were being assembled and bikes arranged Friday afternoon inside Charles A. James Bicycle Shop when a young lad...
View ArticleDave & Busters? H&M? Rivercenter Mall inching closer toward new tenants
Before, on the website of REATA Real Estate services, there was shown possible new tenants for Rivercenter Mall. This had to have been more than a year ago. The mall had hired REATA to lease the empty...
View ArticleRivercenter Mall staying silent on new tenants
No Dave & Busters or H&M, at least not yet. The signage plan for the Joske’s building redevelopment project at Rivercenter Mall was approved by the Historic and Design Review Commission on...
View ArticleCity seeks to transform West Commerce District
A version of this column ran in the Express-News on Nov. 10, 2012 Penner’s, the men’s clothing store on West Commerce famous for its enormous collection of guayaberas, might as well exist on an island....
View ArticleTattoo shop opens on Main Avenue
A new tattoo shop called Bad Habits has opened at 329 N. Main Ave., for decades the home of Charles A. James Bicycle Shop, now located on Broadway. Tattoo artist Banks inhabits the space, along with...
View ArticleResidences springing up on edges; retailers in core not feeling effects
WILLIAM LUTHER / EXPRESS-NEWS A version of this column ran Jan. 19 in the Express-News. The downtown area indeed is experiencing an influx of new residents, but the growth is occurring on the fringes...
View ArticleOpen house to show potential of historic building
Center City Open House 201 W. Commerce St. 6 p.m. May 28 Free Most San Antonians remember the historic two-story building at 201 W. Commerce St. as having housed a Kress store. Most recently, it was...
View ArticleOpen house attracts 300 to empty building
The purpose of the open house at 201 W. Commerce St., a longtime Kress store, was to match property owner B-Y Properties with potential tenants. The event attracted about 300 people to the...
View ArticleLa Villita possibly due for big changes
Some time in the fall, the city of San Antonio will likely issue a request for proposal regarding La Villita, and begin the process of restructuring the retail mix at the historic site. Current...
View ArticleA CVS in place of On the Half Shell? Not so fast, property owner says
BENJAMIN OLIVO/mySA.com Updated with CVS comment. One thing’s certain: On the Half Shell, the bar/nightclub at 202 Navarro St., has closed. Its last night of service was Saturday. Its replacement...
View ArticleUpdated: Plans for CVS store confirmed
Updated with permit information. Just because plans may appear on the Historic and Design Review Commission agenda doesn’t prove they’re going to happen. But it does confirm there are plans. A CVS...
View ArticleRivercenter Mall plans show possible H&M, Dave & Busters and Margaritaville —...
The latest improvement plans for Rivercenter Mall show Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville on the River Walk at Commerce Street; an H&M clothing store in the Joske’s building, facing Alamo and Blum...
View ArticlePop-ups offer shopping, discovery
OPEN: Downtown Pop-up Shops 4-10 p.m. Tuesday • noon-midnight Saturday • through Dec. 21 140, 231 and 311 E. Houston St. The Super Fantastic Happy Shop is one of four temporary stores on East Houston...
View ArticleHouston Street pop-up shops extended
OPEN: Downtown Pop-up Shops Canvas: 4-10 p.m. Tuesday • 3-11 p.m. Super Fantastic Happy Shop: 4-10 p.m. Tuesday • noon-midnight The pop-up shops on Houston Street keep on popping. Two of them — Canvas...
View ArticleHouston Street pop-ups get one more shop
joyarte, a North Side jewelry shop, has moved into the Book Building, 140 E. Houston St. — at least through the end of January. Participating in the city’s pop-up shop program for Houston Street,...
View Article$20K bronze statues in downtown? It just might work
The merchandise inside DeLeon Arts, 515 E. Houston St., may not be your idea of the kind of retail downtown so desperately needs. But talking with proprietors Adam Tinawi and Jacob Shaban, the target...
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