Weekly wrap: This week's top business news

The San Antonio Business Journal strives to bring readers the best in business news from around the area. This week, reporters shared details on big projects planned for the Alamo City, information on Codeup's eviction from its campus and a map showing construction permits pulled around town. Read about these stories and more, right here!

South Side site

U.K.-based JCB, which confirmed in October plans to build its largest north American manufacturing facility in the Alamo City, is exploring an approximately 400-acre site along U.S. Highway 16 – about halfway between the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas Inc. manufacturing plant and Texas A&M University San Antonio's campus – as a likely landing spot for the roughly $265 million plant. Reporters W. Scott Bailey and Ramzi Abou Ghalioum teamed up to dig into previously unreported details on the upcoming project. Find out more, here .

Codeup kicked out

Coding boot camp Codeup continues to crumble. The company has been locked out of its offices for failure to pay rent, according to a notice on the front door of its leased space. Energy and tech reporter Zoe Gottlieb is following the company's collapse and was first to report this latest development. Read her story, here .

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Permit pulls point to positive trend

In a year marked by declining starts for San Antonio’s housing market, the city still filed hundreds of applications for new homes in December 2023. Check out the Business Journal's map showing building trends across the area, here .?

Downtown development

Downtown developer Weston Urban recently closed on a deal to purchase the San Fernando Gym and a nearby parking lot.?The developer agreed to buy the properties as part of a bigger pact signed in 2015. Learn more in a article from commercial real estate reporter James McCandless, here .

Weekly wind-down

Data and retail reporter Jalen Lopez knows all the best spots to dine around the Alamo City. So, if you're hungry and looking for something new – or something old that is making a comeback, like in this week's edition – check out his latest Restaurant Roundup, here .

Prefer to get out and get some exercise this weekend? Why not play a pickleball match? There are plenty of venues around town to engage in the popular sport. Check out this week's cover story about the power of pickleball, here .

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