Development in the East Riverside Corridor hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down, to say the least. An affordable housing development team has taken notice, and placed a bet on the neighborhood between Montopolis Drive and Grove Boulevard. Megan Lasch, manager of O-SDA Industries LLC is backing Cambrian East Riverside, a 65-unit multifamily mid-rise to be located at 1806…
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Project Catalyst Documents Describe 97-Acre Development at East Riverside
Exactly six months ago, we rolled out what little we knew about Project Catalyst, a massive potential mixed-use project at the intersection of East Riverside Drive and Pleasant Valley Road, basically next door to Oracle’s new Lakeshore campus. Since then, it’s been nothing but radio silence from the usual suspects, including real estate firm JLL and investment outfit Nimes Capital, which owns the…
Central Austin Development Roundup: Folks, Here Are Some Buildings
Happy Friday, everyone! I certainly hope you’re telecommuting (sheltering in place, as it were) on what might be Austin’s worst day of traffic all year, as the SXSW Doomsday Clock ticks towards midnight. Of course, you might be one of the locals who actually likes large crowds, and if so, who am I to judge? Enjoy your panels on whatever…
Inside the 70 Rainey Condo Tower, Underway on Downtown’s Eastern Edge
Though it feels like it’s been a million years since the building first broke ground in 2016, the 70 Rainey condominium tower is rising quickly in the Rainey Street District — it’s currently at 23 floors and counting, more than halfway to its total 34 stories. Despite the building’s growth, we haven’t heard many updates…
Ora Houston, City Council’s Least Predictable Voter, Would Like You to Stop Selling Austin’s Soul
That 10 of the 11 elected leaders in the Austin City Council are at least nominally associated with the Democratic Party does not mean there is any shortage of divisions on the dais. The Council’s all-too-frequent marathon sessions, often stretching into the wee hours of the morning, reveal the many differences of opinion that exist…
Can Austin’s Bike-Sharing Go Dockless Without the Entire City Losing Its Mind?
Earlier this month, a former mayor of San Luis Obispo, California, wrote a letter to the editor of that town’s newspaper in which he felt it perfectly acceptable and cool to describe a proposed bikeway as a “gigantic urban rape.” “Yes, rape!” Ken Schwartz wrote before graciously elaborating, “No other word would be proper. The rape will not…