An aerial view of the Midtown RV Park in Govalle before its recent closure. Image: Bing Maps
The Midtown RV Park, located at 720 Airport Boulevard on the far east end of Austin’s equally far-east Govalle neighborhood, is no more. In its place will rise Nexus East, a 352-unit apartment project by local development firm Ardent Residential, split between two four-story buildings atop the former RV park’s sizable 8.375-acre tract.
Image: Ardent Residential / Desarollos Delta
Image: Ardent Residential / Desarollos Delta
The Nexus development — though it looks pretty nice and features live-work units on the ground floor of one of its buildings, which is something we love to see in new projects — is actually most notable to us not for its design, but what it represents as an indicator of Govalle’s future growth.
Image: Ardent Residential / Desarollos Delta
When we covered the rise of the Guthrie apartments elsewhere in this neighborhood in 2017, we noted that the project was a new high-water mark for density in one of the most remote sections of East Austin — and two years later, the mark’s getting higher, with more than a dozen major projects in various stages of realization currently on the map in Govalle alone. So here’s that map — click the markers for info on each project:
The neighborhood’s remote location means that despite recent upgrades and the proposed pink line of Capital Metro’s Project Connect, transit access in the region isn’t great; and the combination of its low-income heritage and history of city neglect for perhaps that very reason has created a general suspicion among residents about any new development — even seemingly well-meaning development. Still, that hasn’t stopped the enormous lineup of projects seen in the map above, some of which are including income-restricted residences and other amenities to smooth out their impact on the area at least somewhat.
Govalle has a quiet character unlike anywhere else in East Austin, though growth is on the way just like anywhere else in the city.
But some developers have still managed to gain the approval of the neighborhood. The ThinkEast master-planned development, though it’s technically inside the Johnston Terrace region a stone’s throw east of Govalle, is well-liked enough that it’s actually been cited at least once by residents opposing a completely different multifamily project in the area — the other development, they said, wouldn’t improve the neighborhood compared to ThinkEast, which includes a significant affordable housing component. There’s something you don’t hear every day.
Govalle neighborhood homes for sale
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$414,900
3007 Kuhlman AVE
Austin, TX -
$449,990
1106 Tillery ST #2
Austin, TX -
$409,000
2813 Castro ST #2
Austin, TX -
$425,000
2910 Govalle #2
Austin, TX -
$625,000
2910 Govalle AVE #1
Austin, TX -
$475,000
3614 E Thompson ST E
Austin, TX -
$479,990
3500 Gonzales ST #2
Austin, TX -
$750,000
2407 E 8th ST #1
Austin, TX -
$759,990
3500 Gonzales ST #1
Austin, TX -
$625,000
1105 Linden ST
Austin, TX -
$479,900
1012 Muse LN #16
Austin, TX -
$425,000
1100 Fiesta ST
Austin, TX -
$379,900
2921 Castro ST
Austin, TX -
$548,900
2801 Goodwin AVE #A
Austin, TX -
$645,000
2910 Garwood ST #A
Austin, TX -
$659,900
2906 Webberville RD #1
Austin, TX -
$440,000
2717 E 3rd ST #B
Austin, TX -
$537,500
2717 E 3rd ST #A
Austin, TX -
$430,000
1118 3/4 Gunter ST
Austin, TX -
$350,000
2803 Castro ST
Austin, TX -
$444,990
739 Gunter ST #2
Austin, TX -
$450,000
3705 Govalle AVE
Austin, TX -
$724,990
739 Gunter ST #1
Austin, TX -
$460,000
2819 Garwood ST
Austin, TX -
$459,900
3106 Govalle AVE #B
Austin, TX
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$414,900Lot Size6,534 sqft
Home Size852 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$449,990Lot Size7,231 sqft
Home Size1,100 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$409,000Lot Size6,360 sqft
Home Size910 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$425,000Lot Size5,794 sqft
Home Size870 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$625,000Lot Size5,794 sqft
Home Size1,446 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$475,000Lot Size10,890 sqft
Home Size1,272 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$479,990Lot SizeN/A
Home Size1,100 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$750,000Lot Size5,838 sqft
Home Size1,798 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths4 Baths
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$759,990Lot SizeN/A
Home Size2,300 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$625,000Lot Size11,457 sqft
Home Size2,525 sqft
BedsN/A
BathsN/A
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$479,900Lot Size2,788 sqft
Home Size1,700 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$425,000Lot Size6,752 sqft
Home Size1,020 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$379,900Lot Size7,101 sqft
Home Size1,276 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$548,900Lot SizeN/A
Home Size1,715 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$645,000Lot Size7,449 sqft
Home Size1,690 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths4 Baths
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$659,900Lot Size7,798 sqft
Home Size2,000 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$440,000Lot SizeN/A
Home Size1,075 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$537,500Lot SizeN/A
Home Size1,758 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$430,000Lot Size9,540 sqft
Home Size2,552 sqft
Beds6 Beds
Baths4 Baths
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$350,000Lot Size6,360 sqft
Home Size784 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$444,990Lot SizeN/A
Home Size1,100 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$450,000Lot Size9,366 sqft
Home Size728 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$724,990Lot SizeN/A
Home Size2,117 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$460,000Lot Size7,319 sqft
Home Size2,030 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$459,900Lot SizeN/A
Home Size1,040 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths3 Baths
