[KevinFromTexas]

http://therivardreport.com/san-anton...efine-skyline/

San Antonio’s New Tower Should Redefine Skyline
Robert Rivard on 13 July, 2014 at 00:48

The new Frost Tower, depending on its orientation and the new buildings that might surround it, probably can rise 40-50 stories.

“It will look iconic on the 10 o’clock news, which is the top 30 feet of the tower,” Smith said, “But equally important to me is that first 30 feet, what we live with on the street, and how it fits with the block, the neighborhood, and life and work downtown. It has to make for a compelling walk down Houston Street and it absolutely has to embody the things that Frost Bank stands for: quintessentially Texan, authenticity, integrity, a proud hometown name and brand.”

The Weston Urban/Frost Bank project timeline goes something like this:

Aug. 18, 2014: 10-day evaluation period by city staff ends. City staff invites competing proposals within 60 days.

Oct. 18, 2014: Deadline for any competing proposals to be submitted to city staff.

First quarter, 2016: Break ground.

First quarter, 2018: Complete building.

http://www.therivardreport.com/mayor...tate-megadeal/

Mayor Castro Unveils Downtown Megadeal

Robert Rivard on 26 June, 2014 at 18:19

Mayor Julián Castro, flanked by a majority of City Council at a hastily-called Thursday afternoon press conference at City Hall, announced a proposed downtown real estate megadeal put forward by Weston Urban and Frost Bank that would give the city’s skyline its first new Class A tower in more than 25 years and generate a breathtaking wave of downtown development north of Main Plaza.

“This is a major development that literally has the opportunity to change the landscape of downtown,” Castro said. “It has been more than quarter century since our downtown skyline has had a new office tower.” He later said the project would add 300 new residential units to the downtown market.

The new tower would add 732 new parking spaces to the downtown inventory, and equally important, put new and available Class A office space into the market, the first addition of Class A office space to San Antonio’s downtown since the Weston Centre opened in 1988.