Last week’s breaking news item regarding a potential tower project on the doorstep of the Austin Convention Center was an interesting read, to say the least. Imagined by local developers Manifold Real Estate — the group, if you recall, behind the mysterious tower concept floated for the former Frank & Angies site on West Avenue — the plan could bring roughly 730,000…
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Take a Fresh Look at Natiivo, the Rainey Street District’s ‘Home Sharing’ Tower
Natiivo, the Airbnb-powered “home sharing” concept currently under construction at 48 East Avenue in the Rainey Street District of downtown Austin, received a lot of attention both local and national regarding its unique ownership model after the project’s announcement earlier this year — and at the time of the tower’s groundbreaking ceremony back in August, its developers Pearlstone Partners and the Miami-based Newgard…
Downtown Austin’s Marriott Hotel Tower Celebrates Its ‘Topping Out’
It sounds a little strange to call a 31-story tower project “under the radar,” but for all its prominence, the new Marriott hotel tower rising at the northwest corner of Cesar Chavez and Trinity Streets just across from the Austin Convention Center hasn’t received all that much attention in the news lately. Still, its 613 guest rooms and…
South Austin’s MESA Condos Will Soon Rise Again After Recent Fire
After a fire at its South Austin construction site last month brought the MESA condos nearly back to square one, the project’s dusting itself off and getting back on track. A message issued earlier this week to buyers at the 45-unit, three-story condo development at 4004 Banister Lane by IMPACT Developers states that despite the considerable damage,…
With Offices on the Way, a Historic East Sixth Street Building Earns Its Face-Lift
If you’ve spent much time drinking big mugs of beer at Easy Tiger’s outdoor patio on the edge of Waller Creek in downtown Austin, you’ll probably have a vague familiarity with the Randerson-Lundell Building directly across the water. A view of the Randerson-Lundell Building’s eastern elevation facing Waller Creek. It’s not the prettiest historic building…
This New Masonic Lodge Tower Design Rules and We Should Build It Yesterday
It hasn’t been a particularly easy road for the developers of a potential tower addition to the Royal Arch Masonic Lodge, a historic 1926 three-story brick building currently standing at the corner of West Seventh and Lavaca Streets in downtown Austin. The city’s Historic Landmark Commission has now postponed its vote on a certificate of appropriateness for the project three…