As San Antonio Grows, So Does Its Confidence

"By capitalizing on the rapid growth of the health care industry as well as the long term effects of the Eagle Ford Shale deposits, San Antonio is putting itself in place to continue it's economic growth for the long-term future." Eric Lundblad, CCIM, Associate Vice President, Endura Advisory Group

As San Antonio Grows, So Does It's Confidence

By Morgan Smith, The Texas Tribune, 12.30.2011

SAN ANTONIO — In 2008, after 15 years as the Alamo City's largest corporate resident, AT&T announced it was moving its headquarters to Dallas — and taking 700 executives along with it. In the past, that San Antonio's first Fortune 500 company had outgrown its home might have seemed an insurmountable blow for this city with a pre-existing inferiority complex. But these days, it is not easy to shake the city's confidence.

In the last decade, companies have flocked to San Antonio, making it an economic center rivaling Houston and Dallas. With that business expansion has come energetic population growth: According to U.S. census numbers, in the past 10 years, San Antonio has added more people within its city boundaries than any other major city in the state. It has all attracted demographers' attention, at home and across the nation.

"San Antonio is sometimes seen as that sleepy southern city of Texas," said Steve H. Murdock, a former director of the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas state demographer. "If you look at its growth, if you look at its changes in the last two decades, it is a.... Read More.