In This Issue | January/February 2021
As someone who feels woozy just thinking about hospitals or needles, I have long admired healthcare workers. This past year only intensified that respect as I heard from my sister-in-law and several friends about what they were facing during their 12-hour shifts that were suddenly filled with new PPE, uncertainty and, often, heartache… (read more here).
Denver Heights Developer
Gerardo Ituarte knows developers often have a reputation of being disconnected. They swoop into a neighborhood, buy up properties to remodel or build on, sell them and exit the scene before ever learning about the history of the communities their construction will impact.
In Denver Heights, where Ituarte has finished two townhome complexes while also remodeling two historic homes into boutique-hotel-style rentals, Ituarte insists he’s as interested in the future of the neighborhood as he is in turning a profit.
“My dad was a developer and he taught us to think about community regardless of whether we would be living there,” says Ituarte, a Mexico native who moved to San Antonio after working in development throughout South America and in Europe. “This area is gorgeous and there’s a lot of history behind it. To me the most important thing is to promote community.”