A Cambria Hotel location in Southlake. We know the East Avenue location won't look like this -- it'll be taller and skinnier, owing to the smaller size of its lot. Let's just all agree right now that that's a very good thing. Image: Choice Hotels Well, well well. Just when we thought the Cambria Hotel bound for 68-72 East Avenue in the Rainey Street District was dead in the ...
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Here’s a Look at the Condo Project Replacing Castle Hill’s Graffiti Park
The development of a residential building atop the heavily-tagged remains of a failed 1980s Austin condo development was probably the least surprising end imaginable for the HOPE Outdoor Gallery, which plans to reopen in a new location in 2019. Looking southeast towards downtown from the heights of the HOPE Outdoor Gallery in 2018. Photo by Alvaroreguly / ...
Take a Look at the 45-Story Apartment Tower Headed for Fifth and Lavaca
Over the last six months or so, we've seen a steady stream of progress on a tower plan by apartment developers the Hanover Company at the southwest corner of Fifth and Lavaca Streets in downtown Austin. Still, until now we weren't certain of the building's height or appearance -- enter some new city site plan filings that give us a reasonable impression of both: Eastern and ...
Will Downtown Austin’s 48 East Avenue Be ‘Powered by Airbnb?’
A rendering of the development planned at 48 East Avenue. Image: STG Design It's been a long and winding road, development-wise, for the residential tower planned at 48 East Avenue on the edge of downtown Austin's rapidly-growing Rainey Street District. First announced as a 35-story apartment tower by local developer Robert Lee of Pearlstone Partners back in 2014, the 48 ...
Here’s a Closer Look at Travis County’s New Downtown Courthouse
Back in July, we saw our first rendering of Travis County's new civil and family courts facility planned at 1700 Guadalupe Street atop a city block bound by Guadalupe, San Antonio, 17th, and 18th Streets. Now, thanks to the project's application to Austin's Downtown Density Bonus Program through the city's Design Commission, we've got a better understanding than ...