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.
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.
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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$399,900
3202 Kay ST
Austin, TX -
$405,000
2220 Webberville RD #201
Austin, TX -
$449,900
3309 Kay ST
Austin, TX -
$500,000
1007 Cherico ST
Austin, TX -
$735,000
507 Allen ST
Austin, TX -
$735,000
509 Allen ST
Austin, TX -
$689,000
302 Linden ST
Austin, TX -
$644,000
3307 Kay ST #2
Austin, TX -
$575,000
3614 E Thompson ST
Austin, TX -
$1,095,000
3007 Garwood ST #1
Austin, TX -
$1,850,000
708 Northwestern Ave
Austin, TX -
$549,000
2414 E 8th ST #2
Austin, TX -
$575,000
1005 Fiesta ST
Austin, TX -
$650,000
3503 Kay ST #2
Austin, TX -
$789,000
1128 Gunter ST #A
Austin, TX -
$899,950
1000 Gullett ST #2
Austin, TX -
$1,550,000
1000 Gullett ST #1
Austin, TX -
$749,000
1006 Tillery ST #B
Austin, TX -
$899,900
1121 1/2 Henninger ST #2
Austin, TX -
$1,249,000
1006 Tillery ST #A
Austin, TX -
$450,000
908 Gunter ST
Austin, TX -
$399,900
2220 Webberville RD #402
Austin, TX -
$825,000
4605 Glissman RD
Austin, TX -
$450,000
3203 Bengston ST
Austin, TX -
$450,000
2235 E 6th ST #219
Austin, TX
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Lot Size5,611 sqft
Home Size936 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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Lot SizeN/A
Home Size650 sqft
Beds1 Bed
Baths1 Bath
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Lot Size5,768 sqft
Home Size1,040 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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Lot Size9,122 sqft
Home Size1,144 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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Lot Size6,243 sqft
Home Size1,120 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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Lot Size6,421 sqft
Home Size768 sqft
Beds1 Bed
Baths1 Bath
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Lot Size2,579 sqft
Home Size1,016 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2.5 Baths
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Lot Size5,707 sqft
Home Size910 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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Lot Size4,792 sqft
Home Size1,388 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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Lot Size6,569 sqft
Home Size2,081 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths4 Baths
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Lot Size7,536 sqft
Home Size2,448 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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Lot Size2,919 sqft
Home Size1,012 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1.5 Baths
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Lot Size6,404 sqft
Home Size1,872 sqft
Beds5 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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Lot SizeN/A
Home Size1,100 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2.5 Baths
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Lot Size43,560 sqft
Home Size1,788 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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Lot Size9,436 sqft
Home Size1,278 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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Lot Size9,436 sqft
Home Size2,213 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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Lot Size7,192 sqft
Home Size1,077 sqft
BedsN/A
Baths2.5 Baths
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Lot Size3,485 sqft
Home Size1,410 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3.5 Baths
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Lot Size7,192 sqft
Home Size2,414 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths3.5 Baths
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Lot Size6,186 sqft
Home Size876 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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Lot SizeN/A
Home Size650 sqft
Beds1 Bed
Baths1 Bath
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Lot Size6,439 sqft
Home Size1,370 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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Lot Size5,659 sqft
Home Size1,154 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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Lot Size872 sqft
Home Size1,003 sqft
Beds1 Bed
Baths2 Baths
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