Pearl Multi-Use Development

Silver Ventures

San Antonio, Texas

The Pearl Brewery Development is a sustainable adaptive re-use of the 22-acre, historic industrial property that sits on the urban banks of the San Antonio River. The overall scope is multi-phased and includes over one million square feet space. The property’s new life includes space for commercial offices, residential, academic, retail,hospitality, and entertainment ventures.

Cleary Zimmermann Engineers' involvement in this mixed-use assembly of projects includes the trademark Can Recycle Building (11,000 SF) with ground floor retail and second-floor residential lofts; the new five-story multi-use Culinary Institute of America (CIA) Building with residential space on the upper levels and commercial/retail space on the lower levels; a 465-car parking garage; an amphitheater on the river; a central utility plant; the three-story North Building; and multiple space finishouts. Many of the projects were designed with Autodesk® Revit® BIM software, and many have applied for LEED® Gold certification.

The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) anchors the five-story building, occupying 30,000 SF on the first floor, second and third floors. As a particularly inspiring project of ours, its unique features include seven diverse cooking areas, a bakeshop, a demonstration kitchen and a Latin American kitchen. The classrooms and kitchens are state-of-the-art, designed for real-world experiences.

Another of Cleary Zimmermann's finishout projects was the San Antonio Chapter of the American Institute of Architects' office space, which anchors the Full Goods Warehouse Building and includes conference space, galleries and administrative offices .

The newest of our Pearl Brewery projects, the North Building encompasses 60,000 SF, three-stories and is home to Silver Ventures, the development company and the client for our Pearl projects. A mixed-use building, the North Building includes office, retail and restaurant spaces. It also includes a design component expanding the central plant to serve the hotel.

Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing design elements for these projects include USGBC LEED® design standards; highly efficient water-cooled chillers with underground distribution; variable refrigerant systems; dark-sky garage lighting; and fully sprinkling the 465-car garage.