CITY OF SAN ANTONIO
CENTER CITY DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS
INTERDEPARTMENTAL CORRESPONDENCE
TO: Erik Walsh, City Manager
FROM: Lori Houston, Director, Center City Development and Operations Department
COPY: Audit and Accountability Committee; Ben Gorzell, Jr., CPA, Chief Financial Officer; Kevin Barthold, City Auditor; Troy Elliott, CPA, Deputy Chief Financial Officer; Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT: Pre-Solicitation Briefing for an RFI to Identify Food and Vending Concepts for City Tower
DATE: June 18, 2019
Staff will present a pre-solicitation briefing on a Request for Information (RFI) related to dining, catering, vending, and activation opportunities for the City's new consolidated office building (the old Frost Tower). This project was not presented in the Annual High Profile Report. This briefing will allow an opportunity for input from Committee members.
This pre-solicitation briefing will cover the scope, projected timeline, and process related to the RFI. The City is in the process of renovating the 486,380 sq ft former Frost Tower building and will consolidate approximately 1,400 employees within the building, which will also accommodate significant space for external tenants. Creating convenient, healthy, and affordable dining options for employees and tenants of the building is a goal of the Frost Tower renovation project. There are multiple spaces within the office building that are good opportunities for food service and vending opportunities. There is also a desire to activate the broad sidewalk along Houston Street, and the City hopes to see creative concepts through this RFI that will accomplish that. In addition, the Plaza Club recently announced that they will relocate from the building in spring 2020, creating a significant opportunity for restaurant and event space, which will be a component of this RFI.
Staff intends to identify interested parties and their concepts for dining concepts on the top floor of the tower...
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