Things are starting to take shape and plans form as a consulting agency finishes analyzing all of the public input collected regarding the Wells Fargo redevelopment project. TBA Douglas recently provided Seguin City Council members with an update of the work the firm is doing to help outline plans to renovate the old Wells Fargo building downtown. Following a trio…
The potential redevelopment of the Wells Fargo building in downtown Seguin is being called a game changer for the community. The Seguin City Council on Tuesday receieved an update on the city’s plan to partner with a developer to create what would be a major addition to the downtown historic district. The city agreed to purchase the building for $2.5…
The vision for the city of Seguin’s newly purchased Wells Fargo property begins with you. The city will not have one but three opportunities to hear public input. The city recently purchased the Wells Fargo property located at 101 E. Nolte in downtown Seguin. The city council also approved a partnership with TBA Douglas Architects who will help sell the…
The city continues to move forward with its plans to purchase the Wells Fargo Bank building. The building is located on a full city block in the heart of downtown Seguin…. Andrew Douglas, of TBA/Douglas Architects, has been working with the city on this project. He says the city has the ability to do something special with this space, as…
When the city of Seguin announced its plans to purchase the Wells Fargo building in downtown Seguin, some people may have had trouble picturing how that building could be repurposed into a multi-use space that could potentially attract more retail, restaurants and amenities to the downtown area. That picture might be a little bit clearer today, thanks to Andrew Douglas,…
The Texas Research & Technology Foundation and TransPecos Bank have struck a partnership that will result in the redevelopment of a multistory structure on the VelocityTX campus east of downtown into a new corporate headquarters for the financial institution. TransPecos will take most of the space in the former Merchants Ice & Cold Storage building. The East Houston Street structure…
A Southtown restaurant under construction for nearly three years at the historic site of another longtime café is set to open Friday. The Tex-Mex eatery Rosario’s — now called Rosario’s ComidaMex & Bar — reopens February 10 at the site of longtime diner El Mirador as a contemporary, two-story venue with a rooftop bar. Rosario’s formerly occupied an older stucco…
The new building, designed by Douglas Architects, incorporates some materials from the old building, including bricks in the landscaping and wood from ceiling panels used as wall coverings. The photo of a beaming Almaguer that hangs over the fireplace also hung in the old studio. The program’s long history is celebrated in photos lining the main hallway and video montages…
It’s said if Berta Almaguer were still here, the San Antonio dance instructor and cultural icon would be pleased with the new $6.6 million dance studio and community center about to re-open at Woodlawn Lake that is named after her….
The Texas Research & Technology Foundation (TRTF) is a non-profit organization that has functioned as the technology-based economic developer for the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, and the State of Texas since its establishment in 1984. TRTF is redeveloping the historic Merchants Ice and Cold Storage Complex and Sutton Property into a broader Innovation District on the near eastside…
On April 11, the New Braunfels City Council unanimously approved an expenditure of $2.18 million from the New Braunfels Economic Development Corp. as part of an agreement to acquire the Union Pacific rail yard property located on South Castell Avenue. Douglas Architects was contracted to study and analyze potential ways the area could be redeveloped and collaborated with area stakeholders…
The nonprofit Texas Research & Technology Foundation has purchased the vacant G.J. Sutton property, a state-owned parcel of land on San Antonio’s East Side. Foundation officials said they plan to build office and lab space on the 6-acre property, with green space in the center that will help connect the complex to the Eastside community. “It’s meant to really encourage…
The Texas Research and Technology Foundation has amassed more land on the near East Side as the nonprofit seeks to build a hub there for life sciences startups and established companies. TRTF bought the former site of the G.J. Sutton building on Center Street in mid-April for $9.5 million from the state, which razed the structure in 2019. The nearly…
A boutique hotel, restaurant and bar and more could be located on what is now the home of New Braunfels Utilities on Main Plaza. The utility engaged Douglas Architects’ Andrew Douglas and worked with the city of New Braunfels to develop an overlay district to ensure appropriate uses for the site. “The key to NBU’s Main Plaza planning process has…
New Braunfels leaders’ efforts to drive more downtown revitalization could get a significant boost as plans to transform one of that city’s Main Plaza buildings have reached a critical juncture. NBU has engaged San Antonio-based Douglas Architects’ Andrew Douglas to help develop an overlay district to ensure the property’s future owner maintains the historical integrity of the structure. Douglas, who has…
Plans to transform the nearly 100-year-old Dittlinger building into a new mixed-use development to include restaurant, office and entertainment space is expected to transform the area along East San Antonio Street in downtown New Braunfels. “It’s more of an adaptive reuse of the building. It’s going to align really well with New Braunfels,” said Andrew Douglas, principal for San Antonio-based Douglas…
The Carmelite Fathers selected Douglas Architects to complete the engineering design of Phase I and to develop a Historical Preservation Masterplan which addresses historical restoration and preservation of the Basilica. Douglas Architects has assembled a team of architects, engineers, historical preservation experts, and fundraising professionals to take the next steps for restoring and preserving Little Flower Basilica…
New Braunfels Utilities is starting the process to divest its historic Main Plaza buildings as it prepares for constructing a new headquarters located off of Loop 337 adjacent to the NBU Trinity Well Field and Treatment Plant. “It’s a very historic location in the city of New Braunfels,” said Andrew Douglas, president of Douglas Architects in a NBU-produced YouTube video….
Esquire Tavern owner Chris Hill plans to open a new restaurant and bar in downtown San Antonio in early 2021. The bar concept, Hugman’s Oasis, and the restaurant, House of Má, will be in the Historic Witte Building on Commerce Street. Additional transformations were made to the Witte Building to accommodate guests, including a new elevator and stairs leading from…
The owner of one of Southtown’s most popular eateries obtained conceptual approval on an ambitious move that entail relocating a historic home and razing another iconic restaurant, El Mirador. At the Dec. 2 meeting of the Historic and Design Review Commission (HDRC), Wong and her architect, Andrew Douglas of Douglas Architects Inc. requested approval of a concept design…Douglas agreed to…
The Historic and Design Review Commission on Wednesday approved the partial demolition of a historic structure on the site of the future home of Rosario’s Southtown location on South St. Mary’s Street. Andrew Douglas of Douglas Architects Inc. filed the request in November on behalf of Rosario’s owner and restaurateur Lisa Wong. It calls for partial demolition of a caliche…
Popular San Antonio staple Rosario’s unveiled plans for a new home for its Southtown on St. Mary’s St. Rosario’s confirmed Friday that it plans to move its King William location to 722 S St. Mary’s St., the former home of El Mirador, which Rosario’s owner and restaurateur Lisa Wong purchased in in 2018. Wong plans to demolish the El Mirador…
For the past 28 years, Rosario’s Mexican Café y Cantina has been a staple in the Southtown area and now, for the third time, the popular restaurant will be moving locations. Currently, Rosario’s is located on the corner of S. Alamo Street. By next year, it will relocate to the area that was formerly El Mirador a block up on…
Nearly two years after purchasing the vacant property at 722 S. St. Mary’s St., Rosario’s owner Lisa Wong has shared her plans for the historic building in the form of digital renderings of an impressive new dining facility bearing the Rosario’s name. Typically, demolishing a local landmark is a big no-no. But Andrew Douglas, of Douglas Architects, has been working…
The development — a 10-to-20-year phased public-private partnership — would be a half-billion construct that would occupy about 2 million square feet and produce more than $1.2 million in anual tax revenue for the city…
…Local firm Douglas Architects designed the incoming recreation center. The firm’s site plan submitted to the HDRC shows three dance studios as well as a library/lounge. The dance studio hosts classes in styles ranging from ballet, jazz, and hip-hop to castanets, flamenco and folklorico.
…Douglas detailed how the property might be used in the future as either retail, multifamily housing, offices, hotels or combinations thereof. Douglas Architects previously created the New Braunfels Masterplan…
A multiyear planning process to blend new development with historic structures is beginning to take shape. The payoff could be a new wave of economic progress at this gateway to the Hill Country…
Plans to renovate St. Paul Square received a nod of approval Wednesday as a board in charge of allocating tax revenues voted in favor of a property owner’s request for $1.35 million for street, wayfinding, and other infrastructure improvements to the near East Side…
…The Historic and Design Review Commission (HDRC) voted Wednesday to demolish the studio in the Woodlawn Lake and Park Historic District to build new dance studio space along with community-use spaces. Because the Berta Almaguer Dance Studio lies within a historic district, it puts it within HDRC’s authority…
The new facility will be built in the same location, 138 S. Josephine Tobin, and will be approximately 9,500 square feet or roughly twice the area of the original. Douglas Architects, the design firm, met with the Design Review Committee of the HDRC on January 22 to get feedback on its concept. Suggestions included incorporating the brick from the existing…
For about two years, the city and people from Douglas Architects, primarily President Andrew Douglas, have met with city residents and other interested parties to discuss options, receive feedback and kick around ideas to best develop the site. The focus has maintained on doing something that fits the downtown New Braunfels landscape yet allows for the best use of the…
…The adoption of the plan is the first step in a nine-step process toward the completion of the project, a project that aims to develop the 10-acre site between Coll and Jahn streets and south of Seguin Avenue to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks into a multi-use development that would include shopping, dining and residential businesses…
Added parking and preserving the downtown’s heritage continue to be the main focuses of residents for the South Castell Avenue project. Andrew Douglas of Douglas Architects presented these results and others from the January public visioning meeting during a special New Braunfels City Council meting Tuesday night at city hall. “We had a phenomenal turnout,” Douglas said. “Over 180 people…
The 10-acre site encompasses the old city hall and surrounding property along Castell Avenue and butts up against the Union Pacific Railroad tracks. The rail yard is included…. As a result of six public meetings, the preliminary plan was put together and has been presented. It was that plan that was shown Tuesday, with a couple of bonus features. Douglas…
Preserving the city’s German heritage was of huge importance to citizens who provided feedback on the proposed South Castell Avenue development. That’s according to Andrew Douglas of Douglas Architects, who presented the results of a November 15 Castell Avenue development public input meeting to city council members on Monday night at city hall….
Public input was the focus of a meeting Wednesday night at city hall centering on the proposed development project on the 10-acre South Castell Avenue site. The session proposed three new possible plans for redevelopment of the area, after which attendees submitted feedback in the form of written surveys. The two-hour meeting followed two site tours that were offered late…
The Texas Hill Country community is seeking to draw more than $100 million in new development to a key part of its downtown area.
After last month’s final public meeting to hear input, representatives of an architecture firm are preparing to finalize their ideas for rehab of the old City Hall in New Braunfels and take them to city leaders. For months, Douglas Architects of San Antonio has been working at the city’s direction to create a master plan for redevelopment of the former…
The Historic and Design Review Commission (HDRC) gave conceptual approval Wednesday to several design amendments for the historic Witte Building, which is slated to become a mixed-use development and open in 2019…. The updated design features the elevator pushed back about 4.5 feet, said Andrew Douglas, president of Douglas Architects, which is designing the Witte project. The stairwell will land…
Architects, designers, and landscape designers gathered outside 1221 Broadway to show off what they could do to transform a usually empty parking space into a pedestrian space for Park(ing) Day, an event held in cities around the world…. The winner of the People’s Choice Award was “Park and Play” by Douglas Architects. The wooden structure was adorned with a mini-golf…
Brooks City-Base staff advised the Brooks development committee that it has chosen a team led by Douglas Architects to produce the master plan for the town center project. The town center would be the centerpiece for a retired Air Force base that has already undergone major redevelopment as a mixed-use residential and commercial community….
CPS Energy’s Mission Road Power Plant has had quite a few lives, but its next one will be its legacy…. For 95 years, “Station B” provided gas-powered electricity to San Antonio until it was decommissioned in 2009. A feasibility study was done for the vacant five-acre campus in which San Antonio-based firm Douglas Architects drew up plans to redevelop the…
A once-vacant 1940s-era building at 1320 E. Houston St. is getting a face-lift, just one of four dozen structures on the East Side to sport a freshened façade. Earlier this year, Andrew and Melissa Douglas moved their architecture firm, Douglas Architects, from the heart of downtown to the Houston Street building on the near East Side, and they’re making improvements…
The 100 block of West Commerce Street, once one of the vibrant spots in the center of town, has the potential for a massive comeback, thanks to one downtown property owner…. Portions of Hill’s plans, via Douglas Architects, have gained preliminary approval from the Historic and Design Review Commission. But there’s still a long way to go. A restaurant is…
For the Kress Building on Houston Street, the owner’s preference is to turn the upper floors into residential units, according to minutes from the Houston Street Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone meeting in December…. According to the minutes, Federal Realty has hired Douglas Architects, which, coincidentally, is moving from the Ayres Building on Broadway to a smaller building on East Houston…
A small-scale, mixed-use project is being planned that will have a direct impact on East Travis Street and the River Walk. The developer is Bruce Sidlinger, a Trinity grad who made his fortune in computers…. Sidlinger has employed the services of noted downtown-based Douglas Architects, the same folks who designed the Houston Street Walgreens, and Andrew Weissman’s almost-complete The Luxury…
Cargo containers aren’t just for shipping freight anymore. San Antonio chef and restaurateur Andrew Weissman is using them for his newest restaurant, The Luxury…. Andrew Douglas, president of San Antonio-based Douglas Architects, the firm that designed the project, said that modular developments are becoming popular. More people are looking to shipping containers as a quick and less expensive alternative for…
The Historic and Design Review Commission gave conceptual approval to Douglas Architects to pursue the construction of a 24-story boutique hotel at the northwest corner of East Commerce and St. Mary’s streets. The site is the Sullivan Building, a three-story structure that has remained unused for decades. Douglas Architects, representing the building’s owner Pano Riverwalk Ltd., has been wrestling with…
By the end of 2008, a new 36,200-square-foot building called 300 Houston Street will open on the site. It will again house a Walgreens in a 16,500-square-foot space, about twice as much space as its former site. The nearby Nix Medical Center will occupy the second floor with administrative offices, and there will be 1,600 square feet available for a…