{"id":111951,"date":"2026-01-05T23:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T23:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/111951\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T23:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T23:25:10","slug":"ceo-of-san-antonios-mixed-use-pearl-development-leaves-after-3-years-in-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/111951\/","title":{"rendered":"CEO of San Antonio&#8217;s mixed-use Pearl development leaves after 3 years in role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"523\" data-attachment-id=\"391149\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sacurrent.com\/news\/san-antonio-news\/ceo-of-san-antonios-mixed-use-pearl-development-leaves-after-3-years-in-role\/attachment\/screenshot-57\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nick-Simonite.jpg?fit=1000%2C670&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,670\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Screenshot&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nick-Simonite.jpg?fit=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nick-Simonite.jpg?fit=780%2C523&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767655509_19_Nick-Simonite.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-391149\"  \/>Screenshot<\/p>\n<p>The CEO of the Pearl has departed after three years in the top leadership position at the downtown mixed-use development, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/sanantonio\/news\/2026\/01\/05\/top-pearl-executive-resigns.html?utm_source=st&amp;utm_medium=en&amp;utm_campaign=BN&amp;utm_content=AN&amp;ana=e_AN_BN&amp;j=43363009&amp;senddate=2026-01-05\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Antonio Business Journal reports<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The story gave no reason for the departure of Mesha Millsap, who joined the organization in 2007 as an accountant before working her way up. However, a statement released by Pearl ownership group Silver Ventures said she would be missed. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe list of Mesha\u2019s professional accomplishments at Pearl is too long to count,\u201d Silver Ventures CEO Bryant Ambelang said in the statement cited by the Business Journal. \u201cHowever, what will be missed most is her kindness, her generosity, and the joy she has shared with each person in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Millsap\u2019s last day was Dec. 31. Company officials told SABJ the Pearl\u2019s remaining leadership team will operate the north-of-downtown shopping and dining destination while looking for a replacement. <\/p>\n<p>The departure comes as the sprawling development loses several key restaurant properties while continuing to gain new neighbors across the San Antonio River. Pearl dining spots <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacurrent.com\/food-drink\/flavor\/acclaimed-san-antonio-restaurant-cured-to-close-this-january-after-13-years\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cured<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacurrent.com\/news\/pearl-restaurant-carrique-closing-after-just-three-years-in-operation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carriqui<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacurrent.com\/flavor-3\/san-antonio-brunch-spot-full-goods-diner-to-close\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Full Goods Diner<\/a> all closed down in the final quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacurrent.com\/sanantonio\/NewsletterSignup\/Page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to SA Current newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.news\/TiFMu3wPkRj6PC4xS5L36bg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple 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The holiday season kicks off on Dec. 2 with the annual Holly Jolly Kayaking event, followed by the River of Lights celebration on Dec. 9.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/river_of_lights.webp?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/river_of_lights.webp?fit=780%2C585&amp;ssl=1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tHere are the spots to hit up for the craziest Christmas light displays.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Screenshot The CEO of the Pearl has departed after three years in the top leadership position at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49636,47207,11037,45662,49637,82,5806,84,83,35140,10850],"class_list":{"0":"post-111951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-carriqui","9":"tag-cured","10":"tag-downtown-development","11":"tag-full-goods-diner","12":"tag-mesha-millsap","13":"tag-san-antonio","14":"tag-san-antonio-food","15":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","16":"tag-san-antonio-news","17":"tag-san-antonio-shopping","18":"tag-the-pearl"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}