We’ve seen a lot of breaking news on development in Austin over the last few weeks, and that means we’re getting more comments than ever on our Facebook and Twitter pages. New buildings really seem to bring out the entire spectrum of opinion from Austinites, ranging from excitement that our city’s growing so fast to dismay about…
Looking Back on the Twists and Turns of the Rainey Street District’s New Residential Tower
Late last Friday afternoon, the Austin American-Statesman dropped a story covering the 33-story residential tower planned at 48 East Avenue, a .41-acre site currently occupied by a law office. The Austin Business Journal picked it up soon afterward. TOWERS has been covering 48 East Avenue in detail for several years at this point, complete with a few generations of renderings. Of course, I’m…
Texas Lottery Commission to Move From East Sixth Headquarters
The Texas Lottery Commission plans to vacate its current headquarters at Grant Plaza in the 600 block of East Sixth Street, according to city documents issued earlier this month. Empire Square Group , a boutique private equity firm that owns the plaza, will lose its main tenant in the move. According to the landlord’s portfolio description, the commission occupies 92 percent of…
Details Arrive on 44-Story Tower Above Sullivan’s at 3rd and Colorado
A 44-story mixed-use tower will rise at the corner of Third and Colorado Streets, according to new city documents. Known only for the moment as Third and Colorado, this Riverside Resources project will go up at 300 Colorado Street, a corner currently occupied by Sullivan’s Steakhouse. According to documents filed with the city’s Design Commission, the tower, designed…
Canopy by Hilton Boutique Hotel Headed to West Sixth Street
According to permits filed with the city today by engineering firm UDG, a new boutique hotel concept with a ground-floor restaurant will soon take shape at 612 West Sixth Street. The permit is filed under the name Canopy by Hilton, the 12th hotel brand of Hilton Worldwide first launched in 2014. Canopy is described as a…
A “Respectful” Building Is…
So we’ve already heard the major details on the residential tower project planned at the former site of the Villas on Town Lake, a condo community built in 1982 in the pre-Rainey Street boom era. The complex sold to the Sutton Company last year, but now Dallas-based developer Genesis Real Estate Group has taken the reins, with a 40-story…