The redevelopment of a 1970s-era South Austin apartment community could bring up to 550 new apartment units to the Bouldin Creek neighborhood, only a stone's throw from the city's growing South Central Waterfront district. The proposal, outlined in a briefing by Austin's Planning and Zoning Department at a meeting of the city's Environmental Commission earlier this week, will ...
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Brazos Lofts to Become Third Major Downtown Austin Condo Buyout
Unit owners at downtown Austin's Brazos Lofts condominiums reportedly signed off last year on a $55 million buyout of the building, and according to information shared with TOWERS by confidential industry sources, the closing and distribution of those funds is anticipated this week in preparation for the site's eventual redevelopment by its soon-to-be new owners, local real ...
See Inside Natiivo, the Rainey Street District’s ‘Home-Sharing’ Experiment
The "home-sharing" concept of the 33-floor Natiivo tower, now under construction at 48 East Avenue on the edge of downtown Austin's ever-growing Rainey Street District, will introduce some new forces to the local hospitality and short-term rental market. In fact, if we were advertising the project, the first of its kind in the city, we might describe its potential effects as ...
The Independent, Austin’s Tallest Tower, Will Soon Light Its Crown
The Independent, a recently-completed downtown Austin condo tower that's currently the city's tallest at 58 floors and better known to many as the "Jenga Tower," is only a few short weeks away from switching on a long-rumored lighting system for the illumination of its crown. In fact, it turns out the actual lights were installed at the top of the building several months ...
On 17th Street, Historic Austin Architecture Hides in Plain Sight
You don't need to spend the better part of a decade in architecture school to notice something's strange about the Rio House Apartments, a 45-unit multifamily building rising four floors at the northeast corner of West 17th and Rio Grande Streets. It's not often you'll see a structure with a four-story perforated metal screen surrounding its southern wall -- a screen through ...
