Southtown business owners call construction in area a ‘buzz kill’

by Mayra Moreno / KENS 5

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Posted on December 10, 2013 at 9:21 PM

Updated yesterday at 10:09 AM

SAN ANTONIO - It's a business buzz kill, at least that's what some restaurant owners and retailers in Southtown are saying. They blame a long-running road construction project for their financial misfortune.

Public works started the project last October on South Alamo from Probandt to Pereida Street. It won't be complete for another year and business owners are worried about their futures.

At the Blue Star complex in Southtown; you can grab a cup of coffee, a pizza or shop at a wide variety of stores. However, there's something business owners said is chipping away their clientele.

"It's the growing pains of construction," said Lacey Aleman, GM of Halcyon & Stella Public House.

Aleman said her restaurants opened this year to great success but the financial feast changed in August.

"Bam the street closes and bam there goes all of our sales," she continued. "It's muddy, it's gross, it's loud."

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Southtown business owners call construction in area a 'buzz kill'