Frost Tower, the first downtown office high-rise to join San Antonio’s skyline in three decades, has reached its full height and will open for business next year.
Weston Urban CEO Randy Smith played a central role in negotiating the deal and selecting the world-renowned architectural firm Pelli Clarke Pelli and is overseeing construction.
In today’s episode, he explains what went into the deal, what Frost wanted out of it, and how the architects – including one who was born a few blocks away at the Nix Hospital – approached it.
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That building g is just a pimple compared to what other cities are building
Just my opinion, but I predict that the new Frost Tower will be the jumpstart to more future high-rise development downtown, similar to what Austin’s Frost Bank Tower did there in 2003.
If anyone remembers how Austin used to look before the Frost Bank was built, Austin at that time didn’t have very many high-rise buildings.
Then Frost Bank came along in 2003 and the domino effect started..building project after building project, a crane goes up, one comes down, and another goes up..
And that construction cycle there hasn’t stopped since.
If the new Frost Tower is the jumpstart to downtown San Antonio as well, then we can certainly expect to see many more projects in the near-future, instead of one every 2 or 3 decades.
Who has all that Time though? Do U?
What about all the kitty cats that need homes?
What can we do about them?
I have no kitty cat and have been hoping for one
for quite a while now. Any suggestions?