Plans for Cosmopolitan Apartments in Tobin Hill inch forward
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A rendering of the apartment complex developer Mitch Meyer is proposing.Courtesy of Mitch MeyerShow MoreShow Less
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Local developer Mitch Meyer is an ardent critic of the San Antonio Housing Trust Public Facility Corp., blasting the large tax breaks it provides in exchange for a questionable level of affordable apartments.
“All of your school districts get ripped off, the city gets ripped off, the county gets ripped off,” he said last year. “For what? If we were providing affordable housing, that would be OK. But they’re not. It’s a huge injustice.”
Developer wants to renovate Aurora Apartments and build new complex nearby for residents
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Renderings of the new apartment complex San Antonio developer Mitch Meyer would build for current tenants at the Aurora Apartments.Courtesy of Mitch MeyerShow MoreShow Less
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Renderings of the new apartment complex San Antonio developer Mitch Meyer would build for current tenants at the Aurora Apartments.Courtesy of Mitch MeyerShow MoreShow Less
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Amid a peppering of college buildings and hospital facilities, the grand Aurora Apartments high-rise looming over Crockett Park looks like a vestige of another era.
The ornate “apartment hotel” at 509 Howard St. opened in 1930. Advertisements touted “tile bathrooms, cedar closets, flowing ice water and other smart perfections” at a “residence address of distinction.”