The Hemisfair Storefront South Alamo's Construction Emptied Has Been Refilled

In October 2025, Künstler Brewing closed its taproom inside Hemisfair's historic Pereida House. Its owner told the San Antonio Current that barriers had stood in front of the door for three years, after she was assured the work would take no more than two weeks. In the first week of October 2026, a new tenant opened at that same address, 510 S. Alamo St. It's called Park @510 Deli & Market, and its owner is Rene Fernandez, the restaurateur behind Hola! and Azúca Nuevo Latino.

The year between those two events shows what happened to Hemisfair's South Alamo edge. The construction emptied one storefront there, and now that the street is finished, the same storefront is the one filling back up.

Four years on one-third of a mile

The South Alamo Street rebuild covered about one-third of a mile, from Market Street to César E. Chávez Boulevard. That stretch runs between La Villita and Hemisfair. The San Antonio Express-News put the cost at $59 million. The project slipped deadline after deadline:

1. 2022: Work begins, with completion targeted for the NCAA men's Final Four in April 2025.
2. 2023: The city moves the expected finish to summer 2025.
3. Spring 2025: The target moves again, to spring 2026. During the Final Four, crews paved over the street so traffic could move, then tore that pavement back up to keep working.
4. April 15, 2026: City officials declare "substantial completion" just ahead of Fiesta. Any remaining lane and sidewalk closures over the following two weeks were tied to Fiesta, not construction.

"Many of you here have lived through this project for too long," Mike Shannon, the city's director of capital delivery, said at the news conference the Express-News covered. Hemisfair CEO Melissa Robinson also spoke at that announcement.

Künstler's closing came about six months before the street was declared finished. Park @510 opened about six months after. For roughly a year, the Pereida House space had no tenant.

Who absorbed the slowdown

Künstler was the best-known closing, but it wasn't the only business along the corridor that lost money. In October 2025, the San Antonio Report reported that South Alamo businesses Blush and La Frite saw less foot traffic and lost customers to detours. Magik Theatre, the children's theater near Hemisfair, reported $300,000 in lost revenue during construction. It received a $35,000 city grant, and local donors helped cover the shortfall. Inside Hemisfair, Box Street Social's owner told the San Antonio Current that revenue fell by as much as 40% in some weeks.

Most of these businesses stayed open. That's why the Pereida House refill matters for the South Alamo frontage. One storefront went dark under the barriers, and that same storefront is now the newest place to eat in the park.

What the rebuilt street looks like now

On foot, the street outside the Pereida House is different from the one Künstler's customers had to work around. Here's what the project delivered, according to the Express-News and the San Antonio Report:

• New drainage and redesigned travel lanes
• Water, sewer and chilled-water line work by the San Antonio Water System, known as SAWS. The chilled-water lines carry cold water that downtown customers use for cooling.
• 167 newly planted trees
• Five crosswalks along a corridor the city now describes as an enhanced pedestrian route

One part of the plan didn't happen. SAWS meant to replace the 126-year-old cast-iron water main under South Alamo. To speed things up for the Final Four, the city asked the utility to scale back, so the old main stayed in place and the sewer pipes were repaired rather than replaced. SAWS officials have said they'll eventually need to go back under the street to replace that main, and that will mean closing South Alamo again. No date has been reported.

What opened at 510 S. Alamo

Park @510 is in Suite 101 of the Pereida House. The menu includes paninis, ceviche, salads and juices. According to MySA, it also serves smoothies, charcuterie boards and fruit cups. A bar pours wine, beer and mocktails. The market side stocks gifts, local provisions and gourmet snacks that will rotate over time.

Fernandez described the idea in a statement quoted by the San Antonio Current: "We wanted Park @510 to be a little different from our other concepts and create a deli, market and overall great place that feels casual, approachable, and connected to the neighborhood." Hola! and Azúca are both in Southtown, close to the new spot, so the owner already runs restaurants on this side of downtown.

The address puts it in a small cluster facing the rebuilt street. Hemisfair's Eat directory lists Paleteria San Antonio in the same building at 510 S. Alamo St., #104, and Dough Pizzeria Napoletana next door at 518 S. Alamo St. The park's other food and drink tenants sit along Hemisfair Boulevard: Bombay Bicycle Club at 607, CommonWealth Coffeehouse & Bakery at 611, Box Street All Day and Re:Rooted 210 Urban Winery at 623, and Lick Honest Ice Creams at 639.

The South Alamo storefronts were the ones stuck behind barriers. With Park @510 open, they have three places to eat again, plus a market.

The fall calendar along the same edge

The reopened street matters most on the busiest weekends. The Springs at Civic Park reopened on Sept. 18 after repairs to its filtration system, and Hemisfair says they stay open year-round. The Union Pacific Railroad Splash Pad in Yanaguana Garden closed for the season on Sept. 27. So for the rest of the fall, the water play is at Civic Park, while Yanaguana Garden's draw near the South Alamo storefronts is food and the playground.

On Oct. 18, Box Street's brunch market runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Park @510's Sunday brunch runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Both are inside the park on the same morning. Muertos Fest the following weekend is the longest stretch on the list, with three days and late hours Friday and Saturday. It's also the first big festival weekend the South Alamo cluster has had with a full kitchen back in the Pereida House.

What remains unsettled nearby

Some projects around the park are still years away. The Alamo Trust's March 2026 update put the opening of the new Alamo Visitor Center and Museum in spring 2028, after a topping-out ceremony on March 25. On Hemisfair's north side, the former Institute of Texan Cultures building was demolished for the planned Spurs arena site, according to the San Antonio Report in January. In August, KSAT reported that City Council expected a Project Marvel briefing in October. As of that report, arena construction was expected to start in about a year, and the arena would become visible in 2031.

For now, the South Alamo side has no barriers. The street is open, the new trees are in, and a deli and market is serving at 510 S. Alamo St. Monday through Saturday, with brunch on Sundays. The next planned dig on this stretch is the SAWS water main, and it has no date yet.

If you live near Hemisfair and want to know how the finished street and the refilled South Alamo storefronts might affect a decision about your own downtown home, Rutter Realty Group can walk you through it privately. Our Downtown San Antonio neighborhood page has more local background, and our post on the Pearl's restaurant turnover covers the other end of downtown. Schedule a Confidential Consultation when you're ready to talk.