The San Antonio Independent School District’s board will discuss a revised set of terms for selling a downtown parking lot for a new Missions ballpark.
San Antonio Independent School District is coming away with some of what it asked for from the city of San Antonio , Bexar County , the owners of the Missions and developer Weston Urban in exchange for selling a downtown parking lot to make way for a baseball stadium for the team. The district’s board in November approved a lengthy list of terms for giving up the 2.
figure out how to repurpose the Euclid facility to generate revenue for the district. The new garage would be built on or near the Fox Tech campus. The district would not have to pay rent for that facility or the Quincy Street garage, and would own both when its 30-year leases with the county for both garages expire. The district would also get temporary parking while the garage and ballpark are under construction.
, including a focus on family affordable housing in the urban core.” That would include at least 1,250 units, encompassing more than 500 two- and three-bedroom units, and options for residents making less than the area median income. At past meetings, dozens of residents urged ’s abrupt release of its initial requests. Some contractors who could benefit from construction also criticized the district’s approach. Acquisition efforts Weston Urban has been trying to buy the lot since before Weston and Smith became partial owners of the Missions. In 2016, the district sought to sell the lot and other properties to help pay for its new headquarters.
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