There’s some well-received news this month that Austin’s new Federal courthouse at 5th Street and San Antonio has completed construction and is open for business. A quick tour around the building Sunday night yielded no clues that for the past few years the site has been under heavy construction – certainly neighboring 360 Condos are relieved –…
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Lakeside Buildings To Be Repurposed
Back in 2010, Austin City Councilmember Chris Riley presented to the Parks Commission ideas for repurposing the old power plant structures on Lady Bird Lake. The buildings belong to the City under the stewardship of the Parks Department. The Statesman is reporting that Austin’s Parks department is ramping up its intent to repurpose these structures and issue a Request For Proposal….
Seaholm Project Reveals More Details
Hidden on an inquiry form on the Seaholm.info website, the unit sizes are revealed for the 298 planned downtown apartments. 1 bedrooms will range from 659ft to 938ft 2 bedrooms will range from 978ft to 1344ft 3 bedrooms will be 2204ft. The sizing is typical for downtown condos and apartments. What’s not revealed is how…
Update: 3eleven (311 Bowie Street)
Last month the Statesman reported new details of the 3eleven apartment tower proposed by Endeavor. Above and below are the more recent elevation drawings of the building. Endeavor’s original proposal to develop the site on the bank of Shoal Creek was shot down by City of Austin Planning Commission on the grounds that a pecan tree…
The Whitley: Downtown’s Next Apartment Tower
We’ve learned that the apartment tower which had been known simply as “3rd & Brazos”, will operate as The Whitley apartments. The tower is currently under-construction. Local development firm Riverside Resources acquired the site in 2011 from Poe Companies (recall back in 2008, Poe intended to develop this site into the 21c Museum Residences). The site consists of…
Affordable Housing Development Gets Funding
Located at 11th Street & Trinity, Foundation Communities’ next development will be downtown Austin’s first affordable housing effort since the Lakeside tower was built 40 years ago. The Statesman is reporting that Foundation Communities will receive $1,100,000 in Federal tax credits over the next 10 years for the project names, Capital Studios. They have also applied…