bought the 4.6-acre property in 2021 from Martin Linen Supply Co.<\/a> and demolished several small commercial buildings. Its proximity to the river and Roosevelt Park, and location \u201cin a neighborhood that cares about itself,\u201d are appealing, Lifshutz said.<\/p>\nHe said he applied for a transit-oriented development designation because he wants to build a four-story building with less parking than similar developments would normally be required to have.<\/p>\n
The Zoning Commission on Tuesday voted 10-0 to recommend that City Council approve Lifshutz\u2019s request, which the Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Association supports.<\/p>\n
Council members in late 2024 amended the city\u2019s code to allow for transit-oriented development, which they said would benefit residents using VIA\u2019s Green and Silver lines and cut costs for builders because it reduces parking requirements. About three square miles of properties along the Green Line are eligible for the zoning designation.<\/p>\n
Transit-oriented development has been on the books since 2001 but has rarely been used because of potential pushback from residents concerned about developers proposing projects they viewed as incompatible with their neighborhoods. The changes the city made in late 2024 include height restrictions and mandatory buffers, and far fewer properties are eligible for the special zoning.<\/p>\n
Lifshutz\u2019s property is south of his Blue Star Arts Complex and the Flats at Big Tex, apartments he helped build. The development is near the dilapidated Lone Star property, which is bordered by single-family homes, artists\u2019 studios and industrial buildings.<\/p>\n
Local developer David\u00a0Adelman is replacing a uniform-washing facility at 410 Probandt St. with apartments and commercial space, and attorney Jimmy\u00a0Nassour and OHT Partners plan to replace a recycling facility next to Adelman\u2019s property with apartments.<\/p>\n
But the redevelopment of the Lone Star would have the biggest immediate effect on the neighborhood.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Southstar bought the brewery complex in January and is in discussions about purchasing nearby properties owned by the Newell family and CPS Energy, acquisitions that would give the New\u00a0Braunfels-based company control of more than 70 acres on both sides of the river.<\/p>\n
Lifshutz said the timing of Southstar\u2019s project does not affect his plans for the Roosevelt property.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Antonio developer James Lifshutz wants to build multifamily housing on vacant land across the San Antonio River…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-381316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381316","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=381316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}