First announced a few months ago as a downtown Austin condo tower, the residential project bound for the corner of West 17th and Guadalupe Streets has taken a bit more distinct of a shape since the appearance of its first rendering from local architects Rhode Partners last month. The development, a 27-story building by New York-based firm Reger Holdings,…
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Here’s Our First Look at Austin Energy’s New Mueller Headquarters
Groundbreaking is expected later this summer on Austin Energy’s new headquarters within the Mueller neighborhood, and the city’s trying something a little different for the estimated $150 million project — letting someone else build it for them. The current state of the location of the Austin Energy office project site, located at the northeast corner of…
A Tower’s Headed for Downtown Austin’s Historic Royal Arch Masonic Lodge
A roughly 30-story tower project could soon rise from a historic Masonic lodge building in downtown Austin, according to a collection of planning documents filed in preparation for tonight’s meeting of the city’s Historic Landmark Commission. The documents, part of a certificate of appropriateness application filed with the commission by local architects Brett Rhode of…
Take a Closer Look at the Travis, the Rainey District’s New Tallest Tower
We’ve already gotten one peek at what’s planned for the Travis, a mixed-use project building two towers at 80 Red River Street in downtown’s Rainey Street District, which could break ground as early as later this year — but remember, the project’s developers, Dallas-based Genesis Real Estate Group, say they’re building this thing in phases. We saw the Phase…
‘Airbnb-Powered’ Home Sharing Concept Natiivo Heads to Rainey Street District
The long-awaited tower project at 48 East Avenue in downtown Austin’s Rainey Street District won’t be home to either condos or apartments, as previously reported during various stages of the development’s roughly six-year lifespan — instead, the 33-floor building will be built as a 249-unit hotel, but that’s really only half the story. In line with reports…
We’ve Got Options for East Austin’s New Longhorn Dam Pedestrian Bridge
Earlier this week, the City of Austin’s Public Works Department held its second of three community engagement meetings to solicit public feedback on alignment and design options for a new pedestrian and bicycle bridge at the eastern edge of Lady Bird Lake. Considering the well-documented shortcomings of the current bridge along the stretch of Pleasant Valley Road crossing the top…