Floodgate tops out

May 25, 2022

Floodgate celebrated its topping out milestone this past month in San Antonio, TX. Located on the historic River Walk, the 100,000 sf mixed-use project is anticipated to open in 2024. Floodgate is a uniquely modern 17-story building with significant ground floor restaurant space fronting the River Walk and 63 apartment units in the upper tower floors. Designed for a dense urban site, the residential tower employs varying asymmetrical floor plates within three stacked tiers, responding to unique views from the site and providing optimal sunlight to the River Walk below.

The lower two levels of the building feature a residential lobby and a two-level restaurant space with outdoor dining along the River Walk. A fully automated vehicle parking system, housed on two levels above the ground floor, will be the first implementation of this technology in Texas. A residential amenity deck with a spa pool and pet lawn is located on the fourth level with expansive views of the urban waterway below. Responding to the impressive location, the design acknowledges and reinforces the historic context with contemporary architecture. The first four levels of the building relate to the adjacent nineteenth century buildings in both materiality and scale. This deference to historical context is exemplified by the recovery and reincorporation of the original stone floodwall into the project at its original location.

Founding Partner Brett Rhode remarks, “Rhode Partners is honored to be part of a great team working to create such a special building on the historic River Walk. We are especially grateful to our client for being supportive of forward-looking architecture. It is our hope that this building will inspire and offer a meaningful contribution to the evolution of downtown San Antonio.”