In this episode of Downtown Depot, host Austin Meek interviews real estate developer Marshall Stewman. Stewman recently completed the Mary Avenue Market, a five-tenant retail center on 6th and Mary, which opened last weekend. Stewman also discusses his plans for a co-working space to open in January on Columbus Avenue. The program starts with a conversation with Alton J. Patton III, whose production, The Fertile River, opens on Saturday at the Mabee Theater inside the Hooper-Schaeffer Fine Arts Center. Meek also discusses the City Council's acceptance of The Civic Center's redevelopment plan for Heritage Square and talks about a recent speech he gave to the Lake Brazos Rotary Club.

Inside the Episode:

0.36 - Alton Patton's production, The Fertile River

7.50 - The Civic Center's proposal for Heritage Square

8.12 - Speech for Lake Brazos Rotary Club

8.59 - Marshall Stewman's history in Waco

10.14 - Leveraging both Bear and Aggie connections

11.35 - Inspiration for Waco projects comes from traveling abroad

12.29 - Mary Avenue Market opening on Friday night

12-52 - Various vendors at MAM

14.09 - Determining which tenants to accept

14.47 - A conversation with Starbucks

15.39 - Creating a culture

17.15 - Too many great tenants, not enough space

18.45 - Future growth on Mary Avenue

20.38 - A new wave in Waco

Exterior rendering of 600 Columbus, future home of WaCoWork

21.38 - Working with the City for TIF funding

23.05 - WaCoWork, a co-working space, opens in January

24.20 - Unique nature of a co-working space

25.40 - Austin Kleon's concept of stealing like an artist