It's important to keep in mind that, in addition to the 280-unit Seaholm condos tower, nearly all of which is under contract, Seaholm was envisioned to be a live-work-play redevelopment available to all Austinites. The recent Seaholm Intake survey got me thinking about what the status of construction is at Seaholm proper. Among the flock of cranes that fill the Austin ...
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Signals That Trinity Tower Could Deliver As Condo
There's new activity on the site is located across from the Austin Convention Center at Trinity & Cesar Chavez - being called Trinity Tower. In the current cycle of downtown Austin real estate development, having seen several for-rent towers delivered to the market, it seems like more of the same would be pushing the limits of what the market could bear without depressing ...
Fairmont hotel to break ground this October
When the proposed Austin Fairmont mega hotel project swooped in to the news a couple years ago, snatching the spotlight from the JW Marriot mega hotel, there was a healthy dose of skepticism about it would get off the ground.A lack of visible activity on the site has been quietly stoking perceptions that the Fairmont will end up anything more than pretty drawings. The site ...
Cypress Getting Ready to add to LakeShore Pearl along Lady Bird Lake
As the Lakeshore Pearl apartment construction wraps up on the south shore line next to Riverside Drive, Cypress Development is prepping the next phase of the Lakeshore PUD development. The Lakeshore PUD is next door to, but distinctly separate from the SouthShore development, in case you’re confused. The next phase of Lakeshore will be a 285,000-square-foot, 282-unit ...
IBC Bank Tower (Block 51) Set For March Groundbreaking After Delay
In June 2012, Endeavor gave us the first look at the IBC Bank building planned on Block 51 across the street north from the new federal courthouse, which is slated for 13 stories and 195,000 square feet of office (and a little restaurant) space.When they did, the Statesman reported developers planned to break ground possibly by Christmas last year, which has come and went ...