Shops at La Cantera in San Antonio

[csedwards72]

The website that contains a tenant list for the Shops at La Cantera is now up:

http://www.shoplacantera.com

Any ideas about how this new center will do? With North Star Mall being a dominant mall with a Saks Fifth Avenue and an air-conditioned interior, does anyone think it will have the upper hand vs. La Cantera?

[M2L4K6]

shops look very promising. great location, going to get a mix of people and alot of young kids

[eastsider]

Looks like that whole area is going to explode with retail.

The Shops at La Cantera will be located at the NW corner of Loop 1604 and I-10. It will be 1.3 million sf and contian stores like Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, and Tiffany & Co. The Shops at La Cantera is scheduled to open in September 2005.

The Rim will be located at the NE corner of Loop 1604 and I-10. It will be 1.5 million sf and will be home to a Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World.

Regal Hills will be located at the SE corner of Loop 1604 and I-10. It will be 1 million sf and contain a mix of national and regional tenants. Regal Hills is set to open in spring of 2007.

Story at: http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/sananton.../18/story5.html

[eastsider]

These are a couple images of a model of the Shops at La Cantera.

[eastsider]

Work on The Shops at La Cantera is ahead of schedule and is currently 91% leased. It is possible that leasing could be up to 100% when it opens on Sept. 16th. More on the Shops:

General Growth Properties and USAA Real Estate Co. are developing the Shops at La Cantera, which will open with 120 stores, including Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Dillard's and Foley's. A second phase will have 30 more shops and a 12-screen AMC Theatre.

Calvert said that to help with the Texas heat, the Shops will be equipped with 55 vortex and 88 ceiling fans and several waterfalls. The center also will have a children's play area and a Food Hall, which will seat 500 inside and 300 outside overlooking a fireplace.

San Antonio Express-News: Shopping center is ahead of schedule

[eastsider]

The Shops at La Cantera is set to open this Friday. About 25% of the stores will be new to the San Antonio market.

Shops officials say their new center will have a unique mix of lush landscaping, fountains and exclusive shops. For the first time, San Antonio will have high-end retailers that can compete directly with Houston, Dallas and Austin's Barton Square Creek. The center will also give the city one more selling point as a favorite destination for tourists

[eastsider]

An article about today's opening of the new mall.

The Shops at La Cantera, a retail village with a Texas Hill Country theme, features Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Dillard's, and other pricey stores such as Tiffany & Co. and Louis Vuitton. The Shops will also introduce 30 new retailers to the local market.

About 90 percent of the 120 stores will open today, said Shops General Manager John Badagliacco. By Christmas, he said, the Shops should have almost all of its retailers in place.

San Antonio Express-News: Let the shopping begin

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Also, The Rim at La Cantera which is being built across the street from The Shops at La Cantera now has their website up.

http://www.shoptherim.com/

[eastsider]

Looks like the area will grow even more. "The Heights at La Cantera" will be built on 600 acres and include 800 single family homes, 1,000 multifamily units (mix of townhomes, condos, and apartments), and commercial projects on roughly 35 acres of the property.

San Antonio Business Journal: 800 high-end homes set to go up in La Cantera area

[eastsider]

More on the way for the Shops at La Cantera with work on phase II set to begin later this year.

By mid-year, work will have begun on phase two of The Shops -- a project that is poised to add another 300,000 square feet to the center. The development netted its first anchor earlier this year: A 12-screen movie theater by Kansas City, Mo.-based AMC Entertainment Inc.

San Antonio Business Journal: Mall exec sees something old and new on S.A. retail horizon

[eastsider]

Construction has begun on the Bass Pro Shops at The Rim. The store will be 200,000 sf and will be open in late October or early November.

Bass Pro Shops Project Manager Michael Barnes says the new store will feature a 12,000-square-foot Islamorada Fish Company Restaurant, which will serve fresh seafood, smoked meats, wild game, steaks and rotisserie-broiled fowl.

San Antonio Business Journal: Bass Pro Shops under construction in San Anotio

[eastsider]

Since the holiday shopping season, the number of shoppers at the Shops at La Cantera has been low during the week, but retailers say the traffic on the weekends is strong and makes up for the weekdays.

San Antonio Express-News: Shops at La Cantera: Give it time?

[eastsider]

CG Financial Group has announced plans for a 46-acre mixed-use project on La Cantera Parkway that will have a price of $500-$600 million. Construction on this project is expected to begin later this year.

Although he is reluctant to disclose details of the project, CG Financial Group's Web site calls the project Bellini. It is described as "a housing development designed for the most exclusive clients of Mexico as well as the United States who wish to retire and become a part of this one-of-a-kind development."

The Web site says the project will have 750 units, from 1,402 to 2,002 square feet, and will include a mix of duplexes; six-unit residential buildings; town homes; a variety of condos, lofts and offices; and retail space.

San Antonio Express-News: Developer's La Cantera plan gelling

[mallguy]

How's the mall- especially the Neiman Marcus- doing?

Hopefully better than Willow Bend in Plano!

Thanks.

[Architecture in Helsinki]

The shops are doing very well