We’ve updated the AustinTowers | TOWERS Realty Downtown Austin Condo Market Index for June and July, 2010. With the new results loaded, we are pleased to announce that year-over-year sales volumes have increased for the 13th month in a row. In addition, more expensive units are starting to sell, prices are rising, and average days on market is dropping. The…
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Swim! Pictures of Downtown Condo Pools
Ten years ago, if you wanted to live downtown in Austin in a place with a nice pool, your options were slim. Now, most of the new projects feature resort-like pools which are key selling points for the buildings. In the future, nice pools will likely be standard on new Austin condo buildings. As the…
New Profile Posted: 904 West
We’ve updated the AustinTowers downtown Austin new condo guide to include 904 West , a new $8 million low rise project on 9th and West near Whole Foods and the Nokonah. The 33 unit project is a green conversion of solidly built commercial structure. The new condo project is being constructed in phases with the first 7 units…
Zilker Park Residences Withdrawn From Market
As developer prepare for a third iteration of Zilker Park Residences , the project has been withdrawn from the market. In 2007, developers announced plans for 74 units to be developed on the eastern edge of Zilker Park on Barton Springs Road. With units starting at $300K and topping out near $1.3 million, the 3 building project was…
New Project Listings: 904 West
We’ve added listings for 904 West , a new low-rise condo project on 9th Street and West Avenue. The new development is close to the Nokonah and Whole Foods in a corner of downtown that has seen very little condo development. 904 West is an interesting “green” condo project. It’s the only multi-residential property in downtown Austin offering…
La Vista on Lavaca is Dead. Again.
After a decade of starts and stops, the ill-fated La Vista on Lavaca condo project appears to be fully dead. Now the planned nine-story residential mixed-use tower consisting of 19 condominiums on the top four floors, a three-floor Executive Business Center, and first floor restaurant, has been abandoned mid-construction by its new owners. Continue reading…