News

Since the beginning stages of VIDA planning, Southstar Communities’ Gretchen Howell has been listening to and learning from community leaders and residents, to inform the plan for the 600-acre VIDA San Antonio development adjacent to Texas A&M-San Antonio. The ambitious plan is bringing a number of needed additions to the City’s southside, including retail, mixed-income housing, parks and trails and the much-anticipated University Health campus. 

NEW 600-ACRE DEVELOPMENT TO BRING MORE AFFORDABLE HOMES TO SOUTH SIDE

KSAT.com, March 6, 2023

BEXAR COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT TO PURCHASE LAND FOR SOUTHSIDE FACILITY

San Antonio Report, September 29, 2021

The University Health System (UHS) Board of Managers unanimously approved the purchase of 68-acres on the city’s south side. Located at the corner of S. Zarzamora and Jaguar Parkway, the parcel is part of the 600-acre VIDA community situated between Texas A&M University - San Antonio and Palo Alto College. 

View KENS-5 reporting on VIDAs home builders https://www.kens5.com/article/news/community/vida-first-homes-construction-south-side-san-antonio/273-0b681002-a8aa-4319-90d5-8d51ba3a1238

After many years of planning, unanimous approval by the San Antonio City Council means the new VIDA masterplan is moving forward to bring critical new housing to San Antonio’s SouthSide in the shadow of Texas A&M University-San Antonio (TAMU-SA). “The achievement is a significant milestone” for the university, “as plans for development in the area have been in the works for over a decade,” said RVi Planning, a regional design firm that is partnering with SouthStar to bring VIDA to market.

SAN ANTONIO – A new development hopes to breathe new life into the surrounding area of Texas A&M-San Antonio.

SouthStar Communities, a development company, is in charge of the project named VIDA, which will include space for housing, offices, restaurants and retail.

“It will have housing options from multi-family, single-family, detached homes, townhomes, duplexes,” said Thad Rutherford, president of SouthStar Communities.

Originally Published by San Antonio Express News