Just south of downtown San Antonio and home to some of the City’s oldest neighborhoods, Southtown is known for its diverse community, art galleries, restaurants and Victorian era homes. Texas Monthly magazine once labeled it “Texas’ most eccentric neighborhood.” The area has plenty of history and cultural hotspots to speak of and is always alive with entertainment.
Cevallos Street Lofts was developed at the center of Southtown, allowing folks to live at the center of all the excitement, while promising to add further flavor to the area. The project is a massive, four-story, 252-unit apartment building on Cevalles Street, providing a link between the older Southtown arts district and the developing SoFlo district. The units will be rented out at a wide price range, from $500 to $2,200 per month, with one quarter of the units deemed affordable housing. Dan Markson, Senior Vice President of Development for the NRP Group once said that the lofts would “light up Cevallos Street.” He called it “the magic connection between King William, South Flores and Blue Star.”
The Lofts fit in nicely with its surrounding neighbors, echoing the same utilitarian form as other buildings found within Southtown. The building’s features exude a certain contemporary aesthetic, while reinforcing its “membership” to the industrial nature of the district. The combination of old and new marks a new experience for the Southtown urban residential experience.
Bury+Partners Principal Coy Armstrong said the project was not without its challenges, as it involved the relocation of a 16-foot public water main that ran through the site. The location of the project site is also next to a Union Pacific railroad, which offered some difficulty as well. To alleviate the noise, Bury designed a 25-foot berm between the tracks and the complex. Bury is providing civil engineering, landscape architecture and survey services for the project.
The lofts will be opening their doors to new residents in January.
- Video – KSAT – South San Antonio Continues to Grow
- Cevallos Lofts Website
- Alamo Architects
- Cevallos Lofts on Facebook
- My SA
- Southtown Facebook Page
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