Demolition permits are now pending for approximately five buildings spread across four adjacent properties near the northeast corner of North Lamar Boulevard and West St. Johns Avenue in the Highland neighborhood of Central Austin, clearing the approximately 3.6-acre land assembly for a 378-unit apartment and retail building planned by residential mega-developers Greystar.
The four tracts assembled for the apartment project now owned by Greystar were previously occupied by auto shop, junkyard, and restaurant uses; and are set to be replaced by a building rising five floors and containing nearly 3 . . .