The downtown special district is set to host a new downtown Spurs arena, an entertainment venue, an expanded convention center, a convention hotel and a reimagined and reworked Alamodome. The Lavaca neighborhood has been identified and contacted as a direct stakeholder. A representative from the City Planner’s office briefed the concept at the Lavaca Neighborhood Association General Meeting on Jan 28, 2025. The presentation can be viewed here.

The LNA is working hard to ensure our area is appropriately supported, covering everything from ADA compliant sidewalks and crosswalks, trash management, parking solutions, and more. Please feel free to submit your comments/needs to president@lavaca.net.

Oxbow Development plans to build a residential complex at 141 Lavaca St. (starting at the corner with S. Alamo and Cesar Chavez Streets) called Southtown Aldea. It is designed with three mid-rise structures of 250 residential units, a parking garage with 600 spaces, and 40,000 square feet of food, beverage and retail space on the main level, with a European-style plaza. The word ‘Aldea’ means ‘small settlement’, and represents the design of open pedestrian flow between buildings and gathering areas, continuous to the surrounding neighborhood. Phases of construction are expected to begin in late 2025 with completion in 2028. 

Click on More Info for the Oxbow Development presentation to Lavaca.

The property owner and City are currently working to determine a neighborhood-friendly use for this location, namely a trailhead connecting to the City master bike plan, and potential affording housing single family homes via a land grant program. (https://www.sa.gov/Directory/Departments/NHSD.)
The owner has stated that the property is not under contract and will not be a gas station.

Prior to this, there was a proposed gas station/convenience store. The case has since been withdrawn.

In 2003, Opportunity Home (formerly San Antonio Housing Authority - SAHA) received $18.7 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development HOPE VI Program to demolish all 660 public housing units at Victoria Courts and lead a major revitalization with a mix of public housing affordable and market rate units, rental and homeownership opportunities. Opportunity Homes partnered with master developer Catellus Development Corporation to complete the redevelopment, approved on Sept. 5, 2019.

Click “More Info” for the project plan and regular updates.

The City of San Antonio's Public Works Department will construct general park improvements with a project budget of $700,000. Click here for the COSA flyer on this project.

Click “More Info” for details & public meeting minutes.

Update (March 12, 2025): Per City staff, construction and improvements to Labor Street Park are nearly complete, awaiting water meter installation. The park will be reopened when vegetation is reestablished, anticipating late May (weather dependent).

The City of San Antonio’s Public Works Department programmed general park improvements with a project budget of $250,000. The project is nearly complete, with some additional landscaping still pending, removal of tree stumps, and possibly lighting.

Click “More Info” for details & public meeting minutes.

The Southtown Community Garden (SCG) is located in the traffic island at Sadie, Eager, and S. Presa Streets (1002 S. Presa).

Originally launched in 2007, the SCG was overseen by a resident in affiliation with the City of San Antonio. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the City expired in spring 2022 and is now restricted to neighborhood association participation (no private signees). The LNA is unable to assume this responsibility due to legal and logistical constraints, but has advocated for the City to allow another suitable Lavaca neighborhood partner to run the garden or for the City to maintain this parcel as a clean, safe, and beautiful pocket park.

Click “Email LNA” to provide comment.

The LNA maintains and regularly updates lists prioritizing our traffic and infrastructure needs based on community input.

Click “See Lists” to view what is currently on file with our City Council District 1 office for:
* Crosswalk Installations
* Bike Lane Improvements
* Sidewalk Installations & Repairs
* Road Repairs
* Traffic Safety Measures
* Bus Stop Improvements

Email president@lavaca.net to add your input.