March 7 marked a milestone in the Domain, for that was the day the City of Austin Development Services office issued the last site plan permit of more than a dozen residential building permits in the master-planned mixed-use development. Dallas-based Columbus Realty Partners Ltd., the developer, obtained the permit for Block L, an apartment complex otherwise…
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East Austin Office Giving Millennials What They Want: Tons of Wood
Early last year, we got a first look at what was then called Osten Hall, a five-story office project developed by Endeavor Real Estate Group and designed by Delineate Studio at 901 East Sixth Street, just north of Endeavor’s massive Plaza Saltillo site. More than a year later, the structure is well underway, and it’s now apparently going by the name…
34-Story Office Tower Plan at 300 Colorado Gets a New Look
Earlier this year, firms Cousins Properties, Ironwood Real Estate, and Riverside Resources announced their planned 44-story residential tower at 300 Colorado Street in downtown Austin would change its usage to offices, and that the entire building was pre-leased by oil and gas drilling firm Parsley Energy. Back in January, we didn’t know exactly how this switch would impact the…
Domain 9 Plans Describe 18-Story Office Tower for North Austin
The Domain’s most recent office tower project, the rather obviously-named Domain Tower , appeared to distinguish itself from its neighbors in North Austin’s largest mixed-use development by not having a number in its name — but despite this momentary break from the norm, the Domain’s next office tower will fall back in line and take a number. This time,…
Work Begins on Lady Bird Lake Trail Bridge Under Congress Avenue
The Trail Foundation, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to the upkeep of the city’s Hike and Bike Trail, celebrated a groundbreaking ceremony last night commemorating the start of construction on a new pedestrian and bicycle bridge for the stretch of the trail underneath the north end of the Congress Avenue Bridge. According to the foundation, the bridge is planned…
VIDEO: Implosion Brings Down Ashbel Smith Hall in Downtown Austin
Ashbel Smith Hall, a 10-story office tower formerly occupied by the University of Texas System at downtown Austin’s Block 71, is officially no more. Its unfortunate pedigree as perhaps one of the ugliest buildings in the city certainly didn’t tarnish the spectacle of the tower’s implosion at 8:00 a.m. this morning, the first demolition of its type Austin’s seen in more…