Regal Hill Goes Through Some Major Changes.

[Buddy Holly]

Regal Hills went from a 1 million sq. ft. retail center to this magnificently large mixed-use development.

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/6277/galleriaventuresmixedusbm7.jpg

Planned:

Hotels
Retail
Offices
Town Center
Movie theater
Outdoor amphitheater
Library
Park
Fire station
Restaurants
School
Residential housing

[scott]

Unfortunately the developer is only interested in national retail accounts, which makes the project much less exciting from a consumer perspective - especially when we start talking about the dining and leisure aspect of it.

[Buddy Holly]

The developer is now Galleria Ventures, not Turnberry. They've also now named it La Joya.

http://www.di-global.com/UserFiles/Image/Projects/la_joya/SA-BirdsEye_LowRes.jpg

http://www.di-global.com/UserFiles/Image/Projects/la_joya/SA-bordersview.jpg

http://www.di-global.com/UserFiles/Image/Projects/la_joya/Fiona-Retail_Street-FINAL.jpg

http://www.di-global.com/UserFiles/Image/Projects/la_joya/SA-Hotel-low.jpg

http://www.di-global.com/UserFiles/Image/Projects/la_joya/SA-Masterplan.jpg

[scott]

Supposedly Matthew McConaughey is part of the new ownership group, which only makes the douchebaggery of only getting national retail accounts even bigger.

[TheWriter]

Supposedly Matthew McConaughey is part of the new ownership group, which only makes the douchebaggery of only getting national retail accounts even bigger.

Where did you here that?

I believe the national big box retailers will be in the larger retail center in the upper left side while the high end stuff will go in the town center, which will be the first floor retail of the 4-5 story condo/lofts.

[scott]

Where did you here that?

I believe the national big box retailers will be in the larger retail center in the upper left side while the high end stuff will go in the town center, which will be the first floor retail of the 4-5 story condo/lofts.

Hear what, the McConaughey part, or the national retailers only part?

The McConaughey part comes from a contractor buddy of mine who is doing some work out there.

The national retailers only part comes direct from the developers... call them up and tell them you want to talk to them about your regional/local store/restaurant, see what they tell you.

[scott]

With that said... it looks like a really cool concept... I just wish they'd open it up to unique, local busineses.

[davi78239]

where's this gonna be at?

[scott]

SE corner of I-10/1604 interchange

[boutons_]

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=ih10,+1604,+texas&sll=29.582265,-98.598733&sspn=0.027245,0.059395&ie=UTF8&ll=29.5829,-98.58942&spn=0.027244,0.046177&t=h&z=15&om=1

In the artist's rendering, not realistic to show Royal palms. They grow in Miami, maybe Laredo, Brownsville, just maybe Corpus, but not in SA. Miami was talking about removing their trademark Royal palms from Biscayne Bd. Didn't give any shade, and the fronds falling from 75 ft up without warning is dangerous. At pedestrian level, the are just light grey, featureless poles.