The demolition of a long-empty East Austin warehouse dating back to the 1960s kicked off late last month at 1300 East Fifth Street, working to clear the site’s approximately 0.88-acre site — comprising a half-block facing East Fifth Street between Attayac and Navasota Streets — for the development of a five-story office building with ground-level retail space…
Zilker Park’s Renovated Cafe Seeks Beer and Wine Sales at Barton Springs
The historic Zilker Cafe concessions stand, a mainstay of Austin’s beloved Barton Springs Pool since the 1960s, completed a long-awaited renovation project this year after closing “in shambles” back in 2016. With this enhanced snack hub expected to reopen soon, the City of Austin hopes to bring the park something new: legal booze. Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department is now seeking…
Help Make Housing Happen at Downtown Austin’s Historic Palm District
The ongoing saga of downtown Austin’s historic Palm School site has found the next gear in the last few months, with the City of Austin announcing a new planning initiative in May for what it’s calling the Palm District — a large and sort of poorly-defined area encompassing the Palm School’s approximately 2.08-acre site, the adjacent Palm Park, the Rainey…
The Rainey Street District’s Getting Another Chain Hotel, For Some Reason
The Rainey Street District of downtown Austin is currently home to at least four planned tower projects expected to exceed 40 floors or more in height, one of which if built would become the tallest building in the state — and with other towers like Natiivo, 44 East Avenue, and the East Tower, East Avenue is fast becoming the neighborhood’s most interesting corridor for growth besides Rainey Street itself….
Austin’s Seaholm Waterfront Project Finally Moves Forward Next Week
Can you tell we’re excited about the Seaholm Waterfront project? Our antsy coverage of the city’s plan to adapt the historic 1950s former intake building of the also-former Seaholm Power Plant into a new public space and venue on Lady Bird Lake has followed the project’s various stages of imagination since long before the appearance of a master plan for the space by famed design firm…
Recent Downtown Austin Condo Tower 70 Rainey Is 100% Sold
The sales team of 70 Rainey , a 34-floor downtown Austin condo tower at the heart of the city’s ever-growing Rainey Street District, announced this week that the community has reached the 100 percent sales mark. As of Monday, May 24, all of the building’s 164 residences are officially sold or under contract, according to representatives of local brokerage Gottesman…