New Braunfels' Main Plaza potential site of boutique hotel and restaurant

Nov. 19, 2021Updated: Nov. 19, 2021 3:54 p.m.

The group, called "Team Mainzer," consists of New Braunfels-based companies Gillum Development and Seals Family Properties arsenic good arsenic Houston-based builder KDW. The squad volition contiguous its authoritative connection to the utility's committee connected January 27. 

Here's what you should cognize about the project.

We don't cognize overmuch astir The Mainzer

• The Mainzer, located astatine 263 Main Plaza, volition person abstraction for a edifice and a bar.
• Developers volition incorporated aspects of German culture, hence the name.
• A look astatine the rendering besides shows a "social garden" abstraction for guests. 
• A timeline for the task hasn't been set.

The kickoff

• The New Braunfels Utility announced successful January 2020 that it volition relocate from its Main Plaza office. 
• The inferior instantly enactment retired a telephone for developers to grip a task that would "enhance our community’s quality" the Herald-Zeitung reported.
• Six developers responded to the call, with the database yet being narrowed down to three.
• Builders would person to adhere to overlay territory rules acceptable with the assistance of San Antonio-based Douglas Architects.

Preservation is key

"We are locals, and we recognize the value of preserving and enhancing this important cornerstone of downtown and the past this tract represents," developer Gary Seals tells the Herald-Zeitung.