Ed Arnold, editor of the San Antonio Business Journal appeared on the 6 O’Clock News to discuss Final Four weekend’s impact on tourism and how tariffs could affect the local economy.

The fate of a federal office tower in the heart of San Antonio’s planned sports and entertainment district is now uncertain, as the U.S. General Services Administration has identified the property for accelerated disposition.

The Pig Stand building at 1508 Broadway St., home to the last location of the erstwhile diner chain, is set to be demolished, according to municipal records.

Ed Arnold, editor of the San Antonio Business Journal, appeared on KSAT Q&A on Monday to discuss how tariffs could affect the local economy.

Ed Arnold, editor for the San Antonio Business Journal, jointed the KSAT Q&A on Monday with Steve Spriester and Myra Arthur to discuss local business climate.

Berkley V. and Vincent M. Dawson Park opens to the public on Wednesday, according to the San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department.

A full budget year after they approved it, the San Antonio City Council is poised to discuss what the city’s controversial Reproductive Justice Fund will cover.

The Alamo Bowl, for three plus decades a staple of ESPN’s bowl lineup, will now for the first time move to broadcast television for the 2024 season.

An antique book store that has fronted Broadway for 53 years will close in 2024.

A downtown property is set to undergo a major transformation that will see apartment, office and hotel uses fronting the River Walk, minutes away from the Pearl.

A first look at the 10,000-square-foot venue inspired in part by the Dallas Cowboys’ Star complex

In recognition of Agent Orange Awareness Day, San Antonio City Hall will be lit orange on Wednesday.

The city of Helotes is set to receive a $1 million food hall by April 2023, according to the San Antonio Business Journal.

Arizona-based Walton Global Holdings — a land management and real estate company — has acquired 166 acres in Seguin as demand for housing in the Greater San Antonio region continues to outpace supply.

A new store is scheduled to open April 29 at an existing H-E-B location at 651 S Walnut St.

BH Properties plans to redevelop and reposition the 10-story structure at 146 Navarro Street into office space designed for a single tenant or multiple businesses.

The Texas oil and gas industry saw gains of more than 1,000 jobs between December 2021 and January 2022

Zachry Hospitality is moving closer to a finalizing a new deal for the former World’s Fair site.

City officials had put their support behind a plan to bring major development to the 32-acre site.

Matador Men’s Grooming is planning to open two new locations.

Retired San Francisco Giants pitcher Jeremy Affeldt has found a new career in the Texas Hill Country.

The project will feature one- and two-story structures and will include 126 duplex-style homes, with 252 units.

Eight locations of Dave’s Hot Chicken — a West Coast take on Nashville’s iconic, cayenne pepper-loaded hot chicken — are planned for the San Antonio area.

Cedar Fair LP, the Ohio-based owner of several amusement properties including Schlitterbahn water parks in New Braunfels and Galveston, has turned down a multibillion-dollar buyout offer submitted by SeaWorld Entertainment Inc.

San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg has put his support behind a plan that could funnel as much as $62 million in public and private funding to renovate the Sunken Garden Theater.

The roughly $15 million Congo Falls project is part of a $65 million first phase of a larger planned zoo expansion and will address a decades-old void.

Pinstack, an upscale entertainment and dining chain announced it will open its first location in San Antonio this year.

The Hill Country city is home to one of two Schlitterbahn water parks that are part of the Cedar Fair portfolio.

The offer is more than $3 billion, according to a Bloomberg report.

The Learning Experience will open its first two San Antonio-area locations in Schertz and Bulverde.

Despite the reduction in service, American has 146 more flights scheduled for March 2022 than it offered the same month a year ago.

The largest office tower completed in downtown San Antonio after more than 30 years is on the market.

Public funding is critical to advancing the $300M downtown redevelopment project.

After announcing its upcoming debut in North Texas, Charlotte, North Carolina-based Bojangles’ Inc. is on track to push further south into the Lone Star State and open new locations in Austin and San Antonio.

The region's booming housing market continues to attract national eyeballs.

The Legacy is a 20-unit townhome project near Pearl at the corner of North St. Mary’s Street and East Euclid Avenue.

CPS Energy has sold the second of two buildings comprising its downtown headquarters, and the buyer plans to turn it into a hotel.

CPS Energy was ranked 12th out of 12 utilities serving residential customers in the South-Large region according to the J.D. Power 2021 Electric Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study released this month.

The North Star-area spot joins the Selma location, opened in 2018 and the Landmark Center location on the Northwest side, opened in 2019.

The North Star-area spot joins the Selma location, opened in 2018 and the Landmark Center location on the Northwest side, opened in 2019.

The North Star-area spot joins the Selma location, opened in 2018 and the Landmark Center location on the Northwest side, opened in 2019.

The North Star-area spot joins the Selma location, opened in 2018 and the Landmark Center location on the Northwest side, opened in 2019.

Alamo Drafthouse started construction this week on the dine-in cinema chain’s first St. Louis location.

The project could also help revitalize underutilized spaces in the historic city

A recent clarification on the legality of Delta-8 by the Texas Department of State Health Services has local business owners concerned.

Merit Commercial Real Estate is developing the 435-acre Alsatian Oaks in Castroville, north of Highway 90 and east of the city’s core.

Across 13,394 employees, the city of San Antonio paid a total of of $842 million in wages and $1.2 billion in total compensation to fire, police and civilian workers in 2020.

Trinity University was ranked the top regional university of the West in U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 best colleges rankings, released on Sept. 13.

One national public policy group believes the Alamo City could generate more than $1 billion by leasing San Antonio International Airport to a private company or investors.

More than 30 families with deep ties to Castroville have formed a group and are pooling funds to create a destination district in the city’s downtown area.

That continued explosive development northwest of San Antonio comes at a cost. And Boerne, a quaint town grappling with its own growing pains, could pay a steep price.

The city of San Antonio will soon begin construction of a 24,000-square-foot police station just blocks away from Pearl.

Cedar Fair Entertainment Co., which operates Schlitterbahn waterparks in New Braunfels and Galveston and nearly a dozen more theme parks, plans to spend as much as $200 million on its properties for the 2022 season.

Several news reports indicate Elon Musk’s The Boring Company is interested in digging huge tunnels throughout Central Texas for transportation.

The San Antonio Business Journal has crowned these local employers multiple times

The San Antonio Business Journal has crowned these local employers multiple times

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Navistar Inc. is expected to begin work soon on its second South San Antonio campus, which will house its new Advanced Technology Center.

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CPS Energy is calling on state leaders to strengthen its ties with the rest of the U.S. power grid in order to avert another disaster like the one that shut off powers to millions in February.

One of San Antonio’s largest and most prominent architectural firms is the first tenant of one of its latest projects — a major historic redevelopment on Broadway.

Casey Development began construction within the last few weeks of the 321-unit Tacara at Dove Creek apartment complex at 189 Empresario Drive near the intersection of Loop 1604 and Potranco Road.

Azuca Nuevo Latino Chef and Owner Rene Fernandez is planning a new tapas and wine restaurant in Southtown.

Summer Splash LLC is bringing its Slide the Slopes business to Texas.

Houston-based Tex-Mex restaurant Lupe Tortilla is planning a location at the Alamo Quarry Market.

The building was vacated in the summer of 2018 for a redesign and renovation, which included gutting the interior, shuffling and re-purposing office spaces, enhancing security, and adding a set of wide handicap-accessible ramps to the front. The roughly $40 million project was finished more than a year late, though city officials are happy with the final result.

Local nonprofit The Children's Shelter will lay off its Family Tapestry division.

Fabletics, the fashionable activewear brand co-founded by actress Kate Hudson, is planning its first store in San Antonio.

The food manufacturing company that just opened the world’s largest sous vide plant on San Antonio’s South Side says it will bring its worldwide headquarters here, too.

A massive master-planned development in Boerne will soon see the addition of more than 500 homes targeted at empty nesters and retirees.

Bill Miller Bar-B-Q could soon acquire 57 acres to build a new headquarters on the West Side, pending City Council approval.

Pinch Boil House appears to be planning a location on Broadway Street, having announced that it recently signed a lease.

San Antonio chef and restaurateur Johnny Hernandez has struck a deal with Spurs Sports & Entertainment to expand his La Gloria and Burgerteca concepts to Toyota Field.

Two new restaurants are planned for the Pearl’s Full Goods building, according to state filings.

A team of investors, including the co-developer of the recently completed luxury tower in San Antonio’s skyline, has proposed big plans along the River Walk that could rival those from other big players downtown such as Weston Urban and GrayStreet Ventures.

San Antonio’s overall housing market is on fire, and one segment especially has shown tremendous progress on the national stage since last year.

San Antonio-based Earth Burger is expanding to the Far North Side with a new location in the Stone Ridge Market. SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT. San Antonio-based Earth Burger is expanding to the Far North Side with a new location in the Stone Ridge Market. This will make it the third location in San Antonio — four total including its San Marcos location. Read more on this story at the San Antonio Business Journal.

As San Antonio's red hot housing market continues to soar, the city is far outgrowing the nation and its Texas counterparts in new-home sales. SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSATAs San Antonio’s red hot housing market continues to soar, the city is far outgrowing the nation and its Texas counterparts in new-home sales. Pending sales of new-construction homes in February grew 61.8% in San Antonio from February 2020 to 2021, according to a new report from Zonda. “It means that the market is way bigger than it was a year ago in housing activity,” said Jack Inselmann, San Antonio regional director for Zonda. Read more of this story at the San Antonio Business Journal.

Coventry Homes, a division of McGuyer Homebuilders Inc., is selling homes in the new Lomita section of Esperanza in Boerne. SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT. Coventry Homes, a division of McGuyer Homebuilders Inc., is selling homes in the new Lomita section of Esperanza. The builder is offering 10 one- and two-story designs from 1,841 to 2,812 square feet with prices starting around $370,000. AdRead more on this story at the San Antonio Business Journal.

Bill Miller Bar-B-Q has reopened 30 of its dining rooms in its first reopening phase. SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT. Bill Miller Bar-B-Q has reopened 30 of its dining rooms in its first reopening phase. Bill Miller Bar-B-Q has over 70 locations in the San Antonio area. Bill Miller closed its dining rooms in June as Covid-19 case numbers rose in San Antonio.

Thad Rutherford, president of SouthStar Communities – the developer working on the Vida development. SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT. A $250 million master-planned community just north of Texas A&M University-San Antonio’s South Side campus has broken ground. Thad Rutherford, president of New Braunfels-based SouthStar Communities, received approval from the San Antonio City Council in November 2019 to acquire a 600-acre parcel off Interstate 410 and South Zarzamora Street for $30 million and create the development, called Vida. Read more on this story at the San Antonio Business Journal.

Encore Enterprises is planning one of the next new apartment projects along the Broadway corridor. SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT. A Plano-based firm will soon begin construction of the next major residential development along the Broadway corridor near Pearl. It will also feature an open-concept leasing and clubhouse area with a kitchen, coffee bars, a game room and a business center. AdRead more on this story at the San Antonio Business Journal.

San Antonio hotels saw a revenue drop of more than $700M in 2020. SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT. There was no fourth-quarter hail Mary to spare San Antonio hotels from a devastating loss in 2020 as the market saw overall revenue drop nearly 50% compared to the previous year. In 2019, metro San Antonio hotels generated more than $1.4 billion in revenue. San Antonio hotels, which booked about 37% fewer room nights in 2020 than in the previous year, charged an average daily rate of nearly $93 in 2020.

The near catastrophic collapse of power could create new challenges for San Antonio economic development officials seeking to retain and recruit companies and talent. SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT. The near catastrophic collapse of power could create new challenges for San Antonio economic development officials seeking to retain and recruit companies and talent. “As for the long run, it has the potential to damage our economic development reputation.”One of the key assets that Cisneros said San Antonio officials have pitched to prospective companies is reliable, uninterruptible power. AdRead more on this story at the San Antonio Business Journal.

SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT. The freeze that swept through San Antonio last week damaged a piece of equipment at San Antonio’s only remaining coal plant, forcing CPS Energy to temporarily run one unit on natural gas. Equipment that kept the plant compliant with federal Clean Air Act standards failed due to the freezing temperatures in San Antonio, requiring the older of the two units at Spruce Coal Plant to stop burning coal while the state was experiencing massive blackouts. During the worst of the outage, the older unit was able to produce limited capacity by burning natural gas, CPS CEO Paula Gold-Williams said at a press conference Tuesday. Read more on what this means for customers at the San Antonio Business Journal.

(Elias Funez/The Union via AP)SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT. Illinois-based ACE Hardware has opened its first San Antonio location on the North Side and plans to hold its grand opening next month. Aside from it handyman repair services, Ace Handyman Services San Antonio, the only other ACE Hardware locations are outside of San Antonio in rural cities like Devine, Poteet and Jourdanton. The San Antonio store is owned and operated by Owner and Store Manager John Dunlap and Assistant Manager Ashley Johnson. Read more on this story at the San Antonio Business JournalAdAlso on KSAT:

SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT. The San Antonio Business Journal is again assembling some of the Alamo City’s high-achieving women leaders as mentors for Bizwomen Mentoring Monday 2021. These leading San Antonio businesswomen will offer their experience to help other women move up the corporate ladder at a free online event starting at noon on Feb. 22. Click here to register for the event or for more information. Mentoring Monday is a networking event in which attendees will spend time with mentors in mini-sessions to learn what it takes to be successful in the business community.

SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT. San Antonio College President Robert Vela said construction on the nearly 20,000-square foot building is expected to be completed by fall 2022. See more photos and read more on this story at the San Antonio Business Journal. AdSan Antonio College new science structure image. (San Antonio College)READ MORE:

SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT. A subsidiary of PNC Bank has repossessed the private jet plane formerly belonging to San Antonio lawyer Martin Phipps for failure to make payments on the loan that financed it, according to federal court documents. PNC Equipment Finance LLC sued Phipps and his former firm, Phipps Anderson Deacon LLP, in August 2020 alleging that the attorney had defaulted on $1.7 million of a loan for a Gulfstream GIV-SP. In November, PNC repossessed the plane and sold it at auction for $2.8 million, according to federal court documents. Read more on this story at the San Antonio Business Journal.

SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT. The San Antonio River Walk Association will become part of Visit San Antonio. Visit San Antonio is expected to bring in staff, which will help oversee that new arm of its operations. The organization’s leadership said the process of folding the River Walk association into Visit San Antonio will happen over the next several week. Read more on this story at the San Antonio Business Journal.

SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT. Bexar County saw the greatest percentage increase in home sales of the four largest Texas counties last year, according to the latest multiple listing system report from the San Antonio Board of Realtors. Bexar County saw a 11.2% increase in home sales in 2020 — 27,855 homes last year compared to 24,936 in 2019. Travis County saw a 3.2% increase; Harris County saw a 6.7% increase; and Dallas County saw a 4% increase. Read more on this story at the San Antonio Business Journal.

P. Terry's plans to open three San Antonio locations in 2021. SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT. P. Terry’s Burger Stand plans to open another San Antonio location on the North Side. P. Terry’s Medical Center location in San Antonio is set to open this summer at 8539 Fredericksburg Road. (P. Terry’s)Read more on this story at the San Antonio Business Journal.

SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT. “It’s about recovery, recovery, recovery.”Visit San Antonio has a proposed budget and a strategic plan for recovery in place, which will give interim CEO Dave Krupinski something to work with. However, the fate of the nonprofit marketing group will ultimately be up to San Antonio City Council. The city approved in late 2016 a five-year management agreement, which transformed the municipally-run San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau into Visit San Antonio. Read more on this story at the San Antonio Business Journal.

BOERNE, Texas – Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT. Buc-ee’s, the popular chain of travel centers across Texas, is still planning the location in Boerne it first announced in 2016. Buc-ee’s General Counsel Jeff Nadalo confirmed that the company’s current schedule has the store opening in early 2023, near I-10 and U.S. Business 87. The project site is 33375 IH-10 W., according to city of Boerne documents. Read more on this story at the San Antonio Business Journal.

SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT. Austin-based Pluckers Wing Bar is inching closer to central San Antonio with a planned location near the airport in 2021. Co-founder Sean Greenberg said on Monday that the popular wings chain with flavor favorites like Spicy Lemon Pepper, Jamango Jerk and the garlic-heavy Vampire Killer plans to open a third San Antonio location at 92 NE Interstate 410. The location will take over an old Logan’s Roadhouse just east of North Star Mall and south of the San Antonio International Airport. Read more on this story and where Pluckers hopes to open next at the San Antonio Business Journal.

SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT. Esquire Tavern owner Chris Hill plans to open a new restaurant and bar in downtown San Antonio in early 2021. The bar concept, Hugman’s Oasis, and the restaurant, House of Má, will be in the Historic Witte Building on Commerce Street. The bar is named after architect Robert H. H. Hugman, who was responsible for creating the San Antonio River Walk. “We’re pairing craft cocktails with a relaxed atmosphere, and it’s something that feels intrinsically San Antonio.”Read more on this story at the San Antonio Business Journal.

SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT. Santikos Entertainment has obtained a $50 million loan that puts the Alamo City-based owner of several movie theaters on firmer financial footing as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on. The loan — facilitated by The Bank of San Antonio through the Federal Reserve Bank’s Main Street Lending Program — will be used to pay off an existing private banking loan whose terms had become burdensome. Without the new loan, Santikos would have been forced to maximize its debt against other assets to maintain operations, CEO Tim Handren said. Read more on this story at the San Antonio Business Journal.

SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT. The group behind downtown’s Frost Tower submitted plans to the city of San Antonio for its next ambitious project. Renderings and drawings provided to the Historic and Design Review Commission show what Weston Urban’s proposed 32-story apartment tower could look like in the downtown skyline. Read more on this story at the San Antonio Business Journal. RELATED LINKS:

SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT. Scott McClelland, president of food/drug stores for San Antonio-based H-E-B LP, participated in an online event hosted by The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business on Wednesday. Do you think H-E-B is in a good place right now? There was a day back in April, I was down in Corpus Christi, and we literally had no product in our produce department and the only item in frozen food was spam fries, which was a good indication that maybe we should discontinue spam fries — if given the choice of starvation or buying Spam fries, people chose starvation. Read McClelland’s responses on the store’s mask policy, the toilet paper issue and answers to other questions at the San Antonio Business Journal.

SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT. Jacksonville, Florida-based pet care franchise Pet Paradise will soon start building its first facility in the San Antonio area. The company will provide pet boarding, a day camp, grooming and veterinary services at 22811 U.S. 281 North in Stone Oak. “We really build them thinking about what the pets really enjoy, space, open areas —indoor and outdoor — and fun,” CEO Fernando Acosta-Rua told the Business Journal. Read more on this story at the San Antonio Business Journal.