SAN ANTONIO – Builders broke floor Wednesday morning on The Merc, a brand new mixed-use district on the Northwest Aspect.
The $350 million, 112-acre challenge can be a walkable space alongside the UTSA Boulevard and Loop 1604 hall, in accordance with a information launch.
The Merc is ready to incorporate retail, residential and leisure areas, together with inexperienced house. Part I openings are scheduled for summer time 2026.
“Common stay music, group occasions, and different seasonal festivals will add to what’s positive to change into a cultural anchor for one among San Antonio’s fastest-growing corridors,” the discharge states.
Plans for the district embody:
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Greater than 200,000 sq. toes of retailers and eating
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Greater than 1,600 residences, together with the prevailing Oxly and Lyric communities
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Acres of outside gathering house
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Boutique Aloft Resort
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A brand new public trailhead connection to the Leon Creek Greenway
The challenge will begin with eight acres of retail house anchored by three buildings totaling 35,000 sq. toes. Builders introduced Park Golf as one of many tenants.
Park Golf will function a 9-hole, par-3 course for all talent ranges, the discharge states. Proprietor Jason Black can be behind Butler Pitch & Putt in Austin.
“With The Merc, we’re not constructing one other strip mall with some residences close by,” challenge developer Rob Schumacher mentioned, partly. “We’re making a legacy vacation spot the place residents and guests can stay effectively, store native, whereas having fun with entry and house to benefit from the outside collectively.”
Builders acquired the vacant property in 2015. Based on the discharge, the Merc’s identify pays homage to town’s historical past as a commerce and group change hub, when retailers, ranchers and pioneers gathered at buying and selling posts alongside the Pinta Path and Previous Spanish path.
New particulars in regards to the district can be launched within the months forward.
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