Alamo Ranch is a BOOMIN' and we're the newest space to hit the market!

San Antonio, Texas is no stranger to growth. Explodingtopics.com ranks San Antonio as the 7th fastest-growing metropolitan city in the Nation boasting an incredible 16.59% growth rate. San Antonio creates a wonderful combination of economic opportunity and relative affordability compared to other major cities in Texas like Austin or Houston. A bustling job market, acclaimed higher education options, fun and exciting nightlife, terrific food, a friendly multicultural community, and the San Antonio Spurs are just a few of the things that create the chance for anyone to find their American dream here in San Antonio.

The growth of greater San Antonio, in the areas outside of 1604, has seemed to follow the expansion of certain portions of Loop 1604. For those unfamiliar with this, San Antonio has two major loops. The "inner loop" 410 surrounds central San Antonio and the "outer loop" 1604 is the big highway that encloses the greater San Antonio area.

I remember in my younger years getting up way too late for school and having to rush out the door with my younger siblings in an attempt to arrive on time, to the great frustration of my Mom. Our school was located a few exits up Loop 1604; it should've been a 5-6 minute drive. My favorite part about the ride to school was the 30-minute nap I got to take on the way. Back then, on the Northwest side of San Antonio near Bandera, Loop 1604 was a 2-lane highway and traffic would back up for miles. La Cantera wasn't really a thing yet and UTSA was still a relatively small school.

TXDOT has recently taken on the job of expanding Loop 1604 headed West on the North side of 1604. With the way UTSA has grown and the success of the Rim and La Cantera over the years, a trend has formed of new residential and commercial growth in this direction.

You'll see Alamo Ranch right at the intersection of 151 and 1604. This is an area that may not have enough eyes on it. Alamo Ranch is sandwiched between a huge hub of commerce at the intersection of 1604/Culebra and 211. This area is rapidly growing with new housing and commercial developments coming in all the time. If you've driven out this way recently, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.

Northside ISD chose this area as the location for 6 of their newest schools.

• Harlan High School - Estimated Student Count: ~3,600 (9-12)
• Straus Middle School - Estimated Student Count: ~960 (6-8)
• Katie Reed Elementary - Estimated Student Count: ~840 (PK-5)
• Henderson Elementary - Estimated Student Count: ~825 (PK-5)
• Kallison Elementary - Estimated Student Count: ~1,090 (PK-5)
• Legacy School - Estimated Student Count: ~350 (PK-12)

These schools are all within walking distance from the Shops at Sawmill Glade.

CoStar research estimates the population within a mile of us at about 10,000 with an almost 15% growth by 2027. There is a literal sea of new rooftops coming to the area around us. Don't take my word for it, come and look for yourself. Within 3 miles of us, there are roughly 6,200 occupied homes (CoStar research as of 2022). I ran a basic SABOR MLS search for home sales last month (June 2024) to see how many homes sold in the 6 months prior within 3 miles of us and my search turned up 1,030 home sales.

So let's get to it now, huh?

Introducing the Shops at Sawmill Glade - the newest commercial space coming to Alamo Ranch.

The Shops at Sawmill Glade will provide much-needed medical, office, and retail space for a community that has been very vocal about what they'd like to see at this location. We are excited to have locally owned and operated West Bexar Veterinary Clinic, Action Behavioral Centers, and O2B Daycare already committed to the space. We have roughly 24,000 SF remaining and the interest is quickly ramping up.

But before we go on...

Let's take a second to address the obvious: "bUt YoU'rE nOt oN cUlEbRa". People unfamiliar with this area don't realize how much of an advantage this is!!! The number one complaint we've received from the community - the first thing they bring up is the traffic jams on Culebra. Ohhhhh with great expansion comes great traffic headaches and the community is tired of it.

We chose this spot for a specific reason: to give the community quality businesses and service providers in a place where they don't have to deal with traffic backups. Old FM 471 is the PERFECT go-between for traffic dodgers who want to get off Culebra to get to Talley to go South -or- for people who want to dodge the traffic hang-ups at the Talley/Culebra light so they can get to 1604 a little faster. We're located on the corner of the street that gets ALL the spillover from Culebra and Talley. Visibility won't be an issue. Spend an hour at the location and you'll see what I mean. Here's a simple illustration:

Alright, good... Now that that's out of the way, let's talk about what the community has called out for.

We put up a poll on our landing page, www.shopsatsawmillglade.com , and asked the community to provide feedback on what things they'd like to see at this location. We're at 3,498 total votes and counting and here's what they say:

Food and Beverage

• This category has received a total of 1,796 votes so far.
• Coffee has remained at the top of the poll across all categories since we took it live with 313 individual votes. We've received more personal messages asking specifically for coffee than I can count
• Dine-in options are high up on the community's wish list with 253 votes.
• A bakery is something we've also seen a lot of personal messages about. It received 246 votes.
• The community has called out for healthy eating options, smoothies, sandwiches, and other casual dining options. Ask people what they want, food is typically the first thing they go to.

Medical

• This category has received a total of 702 votes so far.
• Medical options are very important to this community. Right now, fighting traffic to get to the nearest caregivers is not something they are happy with. There's a real market here for medical professionals to capture.
• Urgent Care took the top spot for this category with 148 votes.
• Family Medicine follows close behind with 136 votes. This makes sense with how many students are around us.
• Pediatrics came next with 100 votes. Any pediatric specialist is going to crush it here at this location. You could not ask for a better situation in terms of visibility. We are directly next door to Katie Reed Elementary, there are an estimated 7,500+ PK-12 students within walking distance of us and we're going to have a daycare on site with an estimated 200-child count. That is hard to beat.

Education

• Obviously, education isn't as fun of a category to vote for but we did receive some feedback asking us to bring a tutoring service or a driver's ed school here. There's a great opportunity here for either of these.

General Shopping

• Here's a category that gets the people excited. This category has received a total of 851 votes so far.
• A General Store took the crown for this category with 288 votes.
• The people are looking for more shopping options for home goods. 223 of them said so.
• It isn't surprising that Clothes and Shoe shopping tested well. 159 people asked for it.

The people have spoken and it's time to give them what they've asked for. If you're reading to this point and see the value this development can bring to your business, reach out to me. You can find all the info you might need to analyze the space by checking out the LoopNet listing HERE.

We're slated to complete the shell construction by late August 2024 to early September 2024. Finish-outs will begin shortly after that. The developers are offering tenant finish-out allowance and one of the developers, Misty Baker of Misty Contracting is the GC on the job and available to price out your finish-out. If you need any logistical support like finding architects or engineers, guidance with permitting, and the like, we're here to help!

That ~24,000 SF isn't going to sit for long so if you're in the game, let's get you out on the field.