Young professionals debate living near downtown or away from it

Developers throughout San Antonio are fighting to attract a younger crowd of tenants.

I’ve heard them classified as young professionals, millennials, or even “those people ruining our residential market.” Whatever they are — and yes, I fall in that category at the ripe age of 23 — the city is desperate to attract more of them, but it faces a bigger problem: Where will they live?

The strongest card San Antonio real estate agents have in their deck, and frequently pull out, is that a person can…

Green Jeans Farmery's shipping containers arrive this week (Video)

The first shipping containers for the new Green Jeans Farmery will be coming to the site this Friday.

The Green Jeans Farmery is a new concept in a shopping center and farm in the I-40 and Carlisle area. It will have a variety of restaurants, and a brew pub, as well as a hydroponic farm, all in giant repurposed shipping containers, similar to those used at the PNM Pop-Up Pavilion Downtown. On Monday, Roy Solomon, the developer for the new Green Jeans, said the first of the containers will be moved…

State may help pay for $856M stock show redevelopment (Slideshow)

Supporters of a bipartisan bill that would allow the state to help pay for the transformation of the National Western Stock Show complex in north Denver into a gleaming, new research and education site say they believe the new National Western Center will help agriculture statewide.

Denver city officials have said they think the entire transformation could cost about $856 million.

Much of the heavy financial lifting in the plan comes from the city, which would contribute about $673 million —…

More demolition planned for Millard Fillmore Gates Circle site

As a prelude to the presumed start of this summer’s major demolition of the former Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital, the developers of the prominent Buffalo site are hoping to raze one of the smaller buildings on the property.

Officials from Gates Circle Holdings LLC, an affiliate of TM Montante Development Co., will be meeting with the Buffalo Planning Board on April 21 to discuss a proposal to demolish the now-empty, five-story Kaleida Health Medical Services Building B.

The demolition…

Former Cosmos chef tapped for Ryan Burnet's Washington Avenue restaurant

Restaurateur Ryan Burnet has teamed up with Chef Remy Pettus for his newest restaurant concept, Eastside, which will open at the edge of downtown Minneapolis in August.

Pettus has a long resume that includes stints at Cosmos in Minneapolis, Dry Creek Kitchen by Charlie Palmer in Healdsburg, Calif., and Moto Restaurant in Chicago, Ill.

Burnet, meanwhile, has a well-established track record as the owner of Burch Steak and Pizza Bar, Bar La Grassa and Barrio Tequila Bar.

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