A rezoning case filed earlier this month for an assembly of two adjacent properties near the intersection of West Avenue and West Ninth Street could bring more life to the so-called “Lawyer District” on the west end of downtown Austin, a region largely excluded from the rest of downtown’s denser zoning and defined by older single-family homes often converted…
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Twin Oaks Redevelopment Bringing South Austin Nearly 1,000 New Homes
A redevelopment plan for the 10-acre Twin Oaks Shopping Center in South Austin by Dallas-based global real estate developer Trammell Crow Company and its subsidiary High Street Residential could bring nearly 1,000 new homes, a hotel, offices, and extensive new retail space to the 1950s strip mall located at the northeast corner of South Congress Avenue and Oltorf Street, according to…
Downtown Austin’s ‘Lawyer District’ Showing Signs of Life at 10th and West
If you’re a real Towershead, you’re aware of our laser focus on the northwest region of downtown Austin as the next big hotspot for development around here. Upcoming residential tower projects like the Linden, Shoal Cycle, Annie B, 14th & Lavaca, and many more are set to bring a new population all across this region over the next few years, and we’re hoping that development…
A Block-Sized Demolition’s Headed for Sixth & Blanco West of Downtown Austin
A five-story mixed-use project bringing retail, hotel, office, and residential space to more than two acres along West Sixth Street near downtown Austin is headed for the demolition phase. Sixth & Blanco, a new name for the plan first announced last summer as Clarksvillage, imagines a large-scale destination for the neighborhoods west of downtown courtesy of…
More Than 2,000 Homes Could Replace This Massive East Austin Industrial Site
An approximately 71-acre industrial site east of Highway 183 near the Colorado River could redevelop as a mixed-use project with 2,219 new residences, according to a rezoning application filed with the city this week by law firm Armbrust & Brown on behalf of the land’s owners at Texas Materials Group, which currently operates concrete and asphalt manufacturing…
Meet Verde Square, Giving Austin’s Soccer Stadium a Brand New Skyline
With new towers and height-friendly rezonings throttling up the pace of growth around the Domain area of North Austin all the time, it’s kinda hard to keep up with everything planned here — but there’s one upcoming project you really ought to know, since it’s one of the most promising steps in this ongoing experiment of converting the suburban sprawl around…