O. Henry Hall, a historic downtown building located at 601 Colorado Street, originally opened in 1881 as a federal courthouse and post office. Designed by architect James G. Hill, its construction was overseen by famed antebellum-era master builder Abner Cook, whose best-known work is probably the Texas Governor’s Mansion. The structure’s Renaissance Revival-style architecture makes it noteworthy…
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Calling Austin’s Tech Firms: Your New Office Will Arrive at East 6th and Chicon
Excavation is already well underway at the corner of East Sixth and Chicon Streets. For East Austin, it feels like a tale as old as time — or at least as old as this side of town’s reputation as one of the hippest places on earth, love it or hate it. This particular corner is receiving a…
Getting to Know Block 71, Downtown’s Most Fascinating Mixed-Use Plan
If we’re being precise, Block 71 is the City of Austin’s assigned number for a 1.75-acre downtown block owned by the University of Texas and bordered by West Seventh, Colorado, West Sixth and Lavaca Streets. But more importantly, it’s also the presumed name of developer Trammell Crow Company’s planned mixed-use complex, set to transform the site with a 36-story office tower, retail, restaurants, an…
South Shore Highline Development is East Riverside’s New Normal
I just can’t quit East Riverside. Between Oracle’s massive new office campus in Lakeshore and the general trend of new projects springing up all the way out to Montopolis and beyond, there’s a reason I keep crawling back. Don’t even get me started on the potential of the Project Catalyst development — point is, there’s suddenly a lot going on in a part…
Rainey Street’s 9-Story Mixed-Use Project Moves Forward
Remember Rainey Street’s most mysterious mixed-use project? Looks like we weren’t too far off predicting that we’d see progress on this development in the near future. New documents filed with the city give a closer look at what to expect from the nine-story office and retail development that will soon occupy the food truck park at 78 – 84 Rainey Street, courtesy of…
Cielo Property Group’s 4 East Project Splits the Planning Commission
Tyler Buckler, principal at Cielo Property Group, left the City of Austin’s Planning Commission this week without an answer to his request to build a 90-foot office tower next to the Plaza Saltillo Station in East Austin. Buckler’s company acquired six single family residential lots over the past year to cobble together a half block tract at the northeast…