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 the MetroRail launch, and some of it was due to Capital Metro and the city bungling the community outreach strategy for redeveloping the area, as detailed in this patron to get the full story and gain access to TOWERS' archive. (Sign-in)
