The long-empty Nix Medical Center building — once an icon of modern medicine towering over the River Walk — is one step closer to its next chapter as downtown apartments.
A proposal to begin converting the 24-story gothic-style property at 414 Navarro St. will go before the Historic and Design Review Commission on Wednesday, a sign that plans for the redevelopment are gaining momentum.
The Nix has been vacant since Prospect Medical Holdings shut down its San Antonio operations in summer 2019. The building previously was part of the broader Nix Health System, which included facilities on the North Side and in Alamo Heights…