These are 2020’s top performing downtown Austin condo buildings according to sales data assembled by TOWERS.net. The table above ranks the relative performance of downtown’s residential buildings using sales data recorded last year in Austin’s MLS. The Independent and 360 Condos should naturally fill top spots simply due to the number of dwellings in each building. One…
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Closings have begun at Fifth & West
Contract holders at one of the four new downtown Austin condo towers have begun taking possession of their new homes. Fifth & West condos, located at 501 West Avenue, is notable for its 39 floors and a triangular shape resulting from a Capitol View Corridor crossing part of the site. Construction of Fifth & West began in 2015. According to…
MÁSMACC: Downtown Austin’s Boldest Architecture At Risk
A couple of weeks ago, the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Culture Center held a community open house to review and provide input on design concepts by CasaBella Architects for the center’s expansion. The firm is engaged to develop a new vision and Master Plan for the MACC, a design effort being touted as “MÁSMACC.” You can download a pdf of the…
Spotted: Site Prep for New Marriott, plus Fareground’s Plaza
Last week I spotted progress on two developments we’ve been watching closely — the new Marriott Hotel , and Fareground, the food hall taking over the plaza at One Eleven Congress. First, here’s a look at the demo project in the early stages at Cesar Chavez and Trinity Streets, making way for the new Marriott’s construction by clearing…
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…
Texas Limits On Tree Regulation Might Accomplish What CodeNEXT Won’t
You’ve probably heard about CodeNEXT. You’ve likely also heard about Gov. Greg Abbott wanting to limit Texas cities’ ability to regulate trees on private property. Pushback from neighborhood protectionists is already beginning to squander the hope that CodeNEXT could materially increase density in Central Austin. So here’s my hypothesis: the State of Texas prohibiting Austin from regulating tree removal will be more impactful…