Plans approved for luxury shopping center near the Pearl

A luxury shopping center could be coming soon to the Pearl district.

The Historic and Design Review Commission on Wednesday approved issuing a certificate of appropriateness for a multi-level retail development to be built on 3.4 acres across Broadway Street from the Pearl.

Approval was also granted for a two-story historic house that stands in the way to be relocated a block away. Another home, previously damaged in a fire, has already been demolished.

In the plans for Broadway East San Antonio (BESA), Pearl Parkway also would be extended east to North Alamo Street, connecting the two major developments, according to documents submitted by the applicant, Mark Henderson of the San Antonio-based architecture firm Ford Powell and Carson.