More than 2 years ago, the city approved a master plan for the redevelopment of the Seaholm Power Plant site on Cesar Chavez near Lamar. The $117.2 million project, a partnership between the city and Southwest Strategies, is supposed to result in a 22-story hotel, 60 condo units, and 180,000 square feet of retail and commercial space.
More than a decade in the works, the original plan was for the new project to begin construction in 2009 and to open in 2011 with the 150,000-square-foot decommissioned power plant as the centerpiece of the 7 . . .