{"id":395341,"date":"2026-08-02T08:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/395341\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T08:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:50:12","slug":"h-e-bs-southside-san-antonio-lot-shows-new-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/395341\/","title":{"rendered":"H-E-B\u2019s Southside San Antonio lot shows new activity"},"content":{"rendered":"

For nearly a decade, Texas\u2019 favorite grocer has held onto a vacant lot in a rapidly growing section of San Antonio\u2019s Southside. <\/a>As a sprawling subdivision emerges, butting up against older Southside homes, signs of activity on the now-cleared plot have sparked hope that H-E-B is expanding its footprint in what has been deemed a food desert.<\/p>\n

As urban sprawl continues to push density and development beyond downtown’s edges, the\u00a0Southside of San Antonio has seen massive investment. Major companies are investing heavily in building industrial plants<\/a>, and developers are erecting hundreds of suburban neighborhoods.<\/p>\n

But tucked between two shopping centers at the intersection of Roosevelt Avenue and Southeast Loop 410, a rocky, tree-laden lot has sat suspiciously untouched. H-E-B snatched up 24 acres<\/a> at the site of a burgeoning commercial area back in 2017. A pawn shop, fast-food chains and other stores have moved in over the past 10 years. But H-E-B\u2019s slice of real estate hasn\u2019t seen much progress until now.<\/p>\n

A local who has been keeping a close watch told MySA that surveying stakes have emerged on the property in recent weeks, sparking hope that a new grocery store<\/a> will soon follow. On a visit to the site, wooden stakes with pink ribbon dancing in the wind are planted across sections of the property that aren\u2019t overtaken by shrubs and trees.<\/p>\n

And the property seems to have been partially cleared, with level ground and rocky soil at the front of the property facing the retail sites. But very little else is known about any plans that may or may not have been developed by the Texas company.<\/p>\n

MySA reached out to H-E-B for comment for this story. The company told MySA: “We don\u2019t have any plans for a store there but will look into it. Will let you know if there\u2019s something to share.”<\/p>\n

However, the company recently commented on whether there were plans to build a new store on the Southside<\/a> to meet the growing population’s demand and ease the pain of a food desert south of Loop 410. The company said:\u00a0\u201cAt H-E-B we are continuously looking for new site locations to best serve our communities.\u00a0 While we do own land in this area, we currently (do not) have plans to share at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

A new store at this spot wouldn\u2019t solve every woe expressed by Far Southside residents, many of whom said they must rely on dollar stores to supplement biweekly trips to H-E-Bs or Walmarts, both of which are\u00a0upwards of 30 minutes away. However, it could lessen the burden for many as the Southside faces a residential, commercial and industrial boom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For nearly a decade, Texas\u2019 favorite grocer has held onto a vacant lot in a rapidly growing section…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[821,820,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-395341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-mysabusiness","tag-mysastaff","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\/395341","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=395341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}