Demolition at vacant Friedrich complex could start this summer
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Demolition of buildings at a long-vacant industrial site on the East Side could begin this summer.
Dallas-based Provident Realty Advisors plans to tear down most of the structures comprising the Friedrich complex at East Commerce, North Pine, North Olive and Gibbs streets. The large Friedrich Refrigerators sign overlooking Commerce Street will remain it’s not part of the firm’s project.
Provident wants to build 358 apartments 11 more than originally planned along with fitness and club rooms, a six-story parking garage and a pool, according to a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
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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.”
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