Austin Proper, the downtown Austin condo and hotel tower still under construction at 600 West Second Street near Shoal Creek and the rest of the redeveloped Green Water Treatment Plant site, already has its first two permanent residents — and they’re owls. Two 10-foot owls at the corner of West Second and Nueces Streets, to be exact: It’s…
East Austin’s Latest Office Building Is a High-Minded Architectural Throwback
East Austin has seen its fair share of office development over the last couple of years, but most of that growth arrives in the form of larger buildings, rising . . . Become a patron to get the full story and gain access to TOWERS’ archive. (Sign-in)
In the Shadow of the Capitol, an Oddball Tower’s Planned at 13th and Lavaca
Dallas-based tax services company Ryan LLC and local lobbying firm McWillams appear to be developing a tower of sorts at the corner of 13th and Lavaca Streets in downtown Austin, a location situated about as close to the State Capitol Complex as you can get before actually being there. This is at least the case presented…
In 1999, the Tamale House Fixed Austin’s Hangovers on Airport Boulevard
You’ll still find a Tamale House elsewhere in town, but the location most cherished by Austinites on Airport Boulevard was technically the restaurant’s third iteration — though in our experience most people eating there didn’t have a firm understanding of why the sign had a #3 at the end. Opened in 1977 and closed after the death…
Kingsbury Commons Project Celebrates Groundbreaking at Pease Park
A groundbreaking ceremony this morning at Austin’s Pease Park marks the start of work on Kingsbury Commons, a roughly 10-acre area at the south entrance of the park, which contains 84 total acres of green space following North Lamar Boulevard between West 15th and West 31st Streets. The Kingsbury improvements — which include multiple playground areas including…
With Groundbreaking Later This Month, 44 East Avenue is 25 Percent Sold
44 East Avenue, the tallest downtown Austin condo tower headed for the Rainey Street District at the moment, is less than a month away from celebrating its groundbreaking — and more than 25 percent of the project’s reported 322 residential units are already under contract, according to local real estate firm Urbanspace. Intracorp, the developers behind the tower…