{"id":340642,"date":"2026-06-18T01:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T01:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/340642\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T01:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T01:24:08","slug":"the-merc-announces-first-wave-of-retail-tenants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/340642\/","title":{"rendered":"The Merc announces first wave of retail tenants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">SAN ANTONIO \u2013 A major retail development on the Northwest Side has secured its first wave of retail tenants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The Merc, a 112-acre mixed-use project under construction at 5730 UTSA Boulevard, has announced the tenants attached to its first phase of retail, which spans 35,000 square feet across three buildings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Construction on the first retail phase is slated for completion by the end of the summer. Tenants will then receive their spaces to begin build-outs, with the first concepts expected to open in early 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The lineup includes a mix of locally owned businesses and national brands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The local family behind Wild Goji Sushi, a revolving sushi restaurant at 7115 Blanco Road, is bringing a new concept to The Merc. The eatery has operated in the Castle Hills area since 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The official name for the new concept has not yet been announced, but a spokesperson for The Merc said the team behind it described it as a \u201ctechnology-forward sushi and Asian dining experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Read more of this story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/sanantonio\/news\/2026\/06\/17\/the-merc-retail-project-development-restaurants.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">at the San Antonio Business Journal website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Editor\u2019s note: This story was published through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/topic\/SABJ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">partnership<\/a> between KSAT and the San Antonio Business Journal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">More recent SABJ coverage on KSAT: <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 A major retail development on the Northwest Side has secured its first wave of retail&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[910,4471,8754,82,84,83,5067],"class_list":["post-340642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-business","tag-northwest-side","tag-sabj","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-the-merc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340642","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=340642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}