It’s long been said that they next wave of construction in Austin would be the East side. Yet while downtown, north and south Lamar, Rainey Street, and even Riverside all developed, the Plaza Saltillo area on the east side remained quiet. Some of that is economics, some of it is due to Capital Metro bungling…
Downtown Building Boom Still Going Kaboom
Hold on to yer hats, because this downtown construction wave isn’t stopping. Three new office/commercial development recently submitted plans for small to mid-rise projects downtown. Unlike the wave of preceding projects, which are practically abolishing the parking lots that are converted to stages during SXSW, all three of these are redevelopments of existing buildings. Development…
North Lamar and South Lamar still in building boom
North Lamar development picks up at Triangle It’s not just downtown that is building, cranes are also popping up on North Lamar, building luxury residential rentals near North Loop. Two projects underway now just blocks from each other – the Triangle Tract 5 and Camden Lamar Heights – will add about 600 new residential units between the Triangle…
Downtown’s Medical District: Dell Medical School Announced (Master Plan Drawings)
The University of Texas in Austin announced its campus master plan today, which includes the unveiling of the Dell Medical School after months of speculation. Here are the basics followed by some exciting renderings. The Dell Medical School is expected to open in summer 2016. The main campus has another 6.6 million square feet of…
Cousins buys Congress Ave building, other project delayed
Cousins Properties is back in the game as property owner along N. Congress in downtown Austin, and at the same time – although no one has really noticed – they seem to be running behind schedule on a proposed office building downtown.Cousins famously developed the Frost Bank Tower, a marquee and classy addition to downtown,…
Block 51, 7 Rio set to begin construction
Two long awaited projects, 7 Rio and Block 51, are very near beginning construction in downtown Austin. At the start of April, contractors filed paperwork in order to close the sidewalk at W 7th and Rio Grande to excavate in order to begin construction of 7 Rio. There was much rejoicing when, in December, news…
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