San Antonio City Council on Friday signed off on a key rezoning that clears the way for the McCombs family to pursue a riverfront mixed-use district along the Museum Reach of the San Antonio River. The decision affects roughly 6 acres at West Jones Avenue and Camden Street, just west of the San Antonio Museum of Art, and pushes a long-planned, multi-building project into its next phase.
Council Vote Nudges Riverfront Plan Forward
According to the San Antonio Business Journal, the council approved rezoning the parcels to create a riverfront mixed-use district and deliver the municipal authorization McCombs had been seeking. The vote follows years of filings and local scrutiny and now opens the door to detailed permitting, design review and infrastructure planning.
Plans Call For Multiple Buildings And Dense Infill
Plans submitted to the city envision eight buildings on the roughly 6-acre tract, including a river-facing mid-rise and a taller tower at the Jones and Camden corner. The latest filing also caps building heights in the mid-teens and stretches the overall development to more than 1 million square feet, according to The Real Deal. That version marks a larger, denser take than earlier concepts and would add a new run of mixed uses along the Museum Reach.
How Big And What Goes In
City documents and filings reviewed by the San Antonio Express-News indicate the project could deliver as many as 390 apartments and roughly 265,000 square feet of office space, along with tens of thousands of square feet for restaurants and retail. Earlier cost estimates put the overall development in the high hundreds of millions of dollars, and the Express-News reports that more recent filings shift the plan away from a hotel and toward additional offices and housing.
Money, Ownership And The Municipal District
McCombs acquired the site from CPS Energy in 2023 for $29.5 million, and the development is expected to lean in part on a municipal management district created by the Texas Legislature to help fund infrastructure, according to The Real Deal. The district would let the project levy property taxes within its boundaries and issue bonds to pay for streets, sidewalks and other public improvements tied directly to the development.
Next Steps And Neighborhood Impact
Company leaders declined to comment on the fresh zoning approval, and the developers have not released a construction timetable, the San Antonio Express-News reports. City permitting and design review are still ahead, and both neighbors and city staff will get additional chances to weigh in as site plans and building permit applications start to roll in.
