Downtown San Antonio skyline to undergo dramatic change as result of Frost/Weston Urban deal

The City of San Antonio, Frost Bank and Weston Urban have negotiated a deal that, pending City Council approval, will bring a 400,000-square-foot office tower and hundreds of additional residential spaces to the downtown area.

As part of the public-private partnership, the city will purchase the existing Frost Bank tower, where it will consolidate operations, housing some 1,400 municipal personnel. The city, which spends roughly $3.5 million annually to lease four downtown buildings, will also purchase…

Beyond I-4 Ultimate: Mica pushes to start $2B next phase

There’s a lot of attention on the existing $2.3 billion revamp of Interstate 4 in Central Florida — but U.S. Rep. John Mica said it’s time to focus on how to get ahead of the curve.

Mica, R-Florida, on April 27 hosted a meeting at the Orlando office of MetroPlan Orlando to discuss with local officials and interested parties how to push ahead on the next $2 billion phase of I-4 Ultimate.

The Florida Department of Transportation has been hosting preliminary meetings on “Beyond the I-4 Ultimate”…

Brandon apartments sell for $43.6 million

A Tampa firm has purchased a Brandon apartment complex for $43.6 million or $98,200 per apartment.

Blue Rock Partners LLC acquired the 444-unit Hamilton Bay Apartments at 1801 Princeton Lakes Drive in a deal that closed April 23, according to Hillsborough County property records.

New York Community Bank provided a $32.7 million mortgage, according to property records. The property was built in 1989.

The seller was Covenant Capital Group, based in Nashville, Tennessee. Covenant paid $30 million…

Bezos vs. Musk: The billionaire space race plays out in Texas

Jeff Bezos has a massive secret facility in Texas where his Blue Origin space company is developing technology that could eventually take the Amazon founder to space.

And he’s not alone. Fellow tech billionaire Elon Musk, who founded Paypal, Tesla and SpaceX, is also developing space technology at a facility in Texas.

The Associated Press took a fascinating look at the modern space race playing out between the two men who have seemingly unlimited resources to devote to their pet projects: Viable…

ID.me CEO: ‘We want to become an inseparable part of Internet identity’

ID.me wants to make universal Internet identification that works — really, actually works.

I spoke with CEO Blake Hall ahead of the McLean-based company’s connect.gov launch, which aims to provide customers with a one-size-fits-all identification for dealing with government agencies online. The status quo currently requires a different online ID for each agency, a troublesome, piecemeal process that’s also rife with verification difficulties.

As one example, Hall said that 33 percent of legitimate…