We’ve got downtown Austin condos, apartments, offices, and hotels rising all around us in shiny new tower form these days, to the point where it’s kinda hard to keep the projects around the city straight even if you’re paying attention. With that in mind, here are some lightning-round updates on 10 notable projects rising around…
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Dig This Pretty Sweet Model of Austin’s Upcoming 44 East Condo Tower
Work on 44 East Avenue, one of the tallest downtown Austin condo towers planned at the moment, should kick off any time now in the Rainey Street District. Its developer, our exceedingly polite Canadian friends at Intracorp, recently opened a leasing office for the 49-floor community at 401 West Third Street, and inside you’ll find among other wonders an incredibly detailed physical…
European ‘Co-Living’ Brand Quarters Appears Headed for Downtown Austin
Quarters, a communal housing brand by German startup Medici Living Group described as the “WeWork of co-living,” appears headed for downtown Austin. That’s at least the extremely convincing case built by a series of recent city documents and corporate filings, which heavily imply the .25-acre tract at 1108 Nueces Street will soon become the next planned American outpost for Quarters —…
Micro-Apartments Head for West 12th Street’s Unofficial ‘Skateboard District’
You and I will likely never understand exactly how it feels to bomb down Castle Hill on a skateboard, which is nearly as sad for our collective joie de vivre as it is deeply comforting to our insurance providers. All you really need to know is that despite its character ranging from million-dollar homes to…
Here’s Our First Look at Concepts for an Upgraded John Treviño Jr. Metro Park
The forgotten 330 acres of parkland in Far East Austin near the intersection of FM 969 and Decker Lane is finally getting its due, as the city’s master planning process for John Treviño Metropolitan Park hits the concept stage. We’re just happy this enormous tract won’t remain padlocked forever — any upgrades for additional recreation at such a naturally…
A Better Trailhead’s on the Way for Rainey Street’s Hikers and Bikers
Though downtown Austin condo and apartment projects tend to spring up everywhere around the urban core, the sheer volume of current and expected residential development in the Rainey Street District sets it apart in several ways — not all of them necessarily positive, but ideally those growing pains should make it easier to see what needs fixing….