Marathon Boulevard might not ring your bell. It runs parallel to North Lamar Boulevard, just one block west — which is right on the edge but still inside the area I’m led to believe is okay to call Rosedale, near Medical Drive and the excellent Draught House Pub that’s been brewing beer since before it…
Development Watch
The inside scoop on upcoming development in the Austin area.
The Ballad of 1155 Barton Springs, a Project Fighting 40 Years of Bad Luck
Last month, news emerged once again about multifamily residential development on the way at 1155 Barton Springs Road. If that address sounds vaguely familiar, it’s because this site is home to what might be the city’s most spectacularly long-lived example of development vaporware, a project that’s lived and died and been revived so many times over the…
Refresh Your Memory on Rainey Street’s Most Mysterious Mixed-Use Project
You know that food truck park on Rainey Street across from Banger’s? It’s an awfully large undeveloped space considering the hotness of the area, occupying multiple lots from 78 to 84 Rainey Street. The rough value of the assembled lots is about $3.6 million, and hey, whaddaya know — they’re all owned by LLCs associated with developer Sackman Enterprises,…
Spotted: Demolition Clearing the Way for Downtown’s New Marriott
Hey, remember the new Marriott hotel planned at the block just west of the convention center on Cesar Chavez Street? Sure you do! We’ve seen some evidence of site prep at the address in the last few months, but today, demolition’s kicking off in earnest on the southwest corner of the block. The building at 101 San Jacinto Boulevard,…
More Than 1,000 Apartment Units Headed to Austin’s South Shore
Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve watched cities around the nation bend over backwards for a chance at the economic windfall of a second Amazon corporate headquarters — even Cleveland. Cleveland! I was never under the impression Austin was a major contender, with the details of Amazon’s RFP appearing fairly out of alignment with the transit and…
A Closer Look at Plans for Block 71, Downtown’s Latest Transformation
Thanks to new city filings, we’ve got fresh renderings and more for the 36-story office tower and complex planned at Block 71, a 1.75-acre downtown block owned by the University of Texas and bordered by West Seventh, Colorado, West Sixth and Lavaca Streets. The site is also currently home to an office tower formerly used by the university, which will be…