| Location | San Antonio, Texas, USA |
|---|---|
| Opening date | 1998 |
| No. of stores and services | 60+ |
| Total retail floor area | 580,000 ft² |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | www.quarrymarket.com |
The Alamo Quarry Market is a lifestyle center located in the Lincoln Heights area of north central San Antonio. It once functioned as a cement factory until it was abandoned. Since then it has been redeveloped into a thriving market with a Regal Cinema theater dominating the oldest building and is surrounded by other businesses including bookstores and many restaurants.
The Quarry still maintains the facade of the cement factory and its most notable feature and landmark is the four historical smokestacks that can be seen several miles from the Quarry. In 1998, Tramell Crow brought in structural restoration and preservation specialist Delta Structural Technology, Inc. to restore and preserve three of the four stacks. The structures are approximately 204 feet high, and 18 ft diameter at the base and, 15 ft diameter at the top. These smokestacks had previously been retrofitted with steel bands every 20 feet from top to bottom, which had either rusted and fallen off or had relaxed providing little, if any structural confinement. The structural contractor utilized an exclusive retrofit technique which involved complete encapsulation of three of the four stacks using high performance structural composites saturated in an epoxy matrix. The installation took less than two months, and received multiple awards within the historical preservation and concrete construction industry.
Another popular feature of the Quarry is the many life-sized, brightly colored cow statues from the Cow Parade that are scattered throughout the market place.
Stores at Alamo Quarry Market include Ann Taylor and Ann Taylor Loft, Coldwater Creek, Old Navy, a teo-story Borders Books, Whole Foods Market, Michael's, Pottery Barn, Tous, Office Max and many more. Restaurants include California Pizza Kitchen, Starbuck's, PF Chang's, Joe's Crab Shack, Chili's, Piatti, Orange Cup, and J. Alexander's.
The Quarry Village, a mixed-used development, is located across from the Alamo Quarry Market, and is much more dense and urban in design when compared to the Market. Its tenants include West Elm, Starbucks, Jamba Juice, Five Guys and more.