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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$415,000
3101 Govalle Avenue #120
Austin, TX -
$3,600
4611 Glissman Road
Austin, TX -
$840,000
1118 3/4 GUNTER Street
Austin, TX -
$2,500
1102 Cherico Street
Austin, TX -
$1,400,000
1117 Linden Street #B
Austin, TX -
$2,990
3101 Govalle Avenue #301
Austin, TX -
$925,000
915 Tillery Street #A
Austin, TX -
$1,065,000
915 Tillery Street #B
Austin, TX -
$1,500
2820 Garwood Street #B
Austin, TX -
$3,200
1109 Euphoria Bend #33
Austin, TX -
$3,500
742 Gunter Street #A
Austin, TX -
$2,300
1120 1/2 Tillery Street
Austin, TX -
$699,999
1107 1/2 Fiesta Street #B
Austin, TX -
$979,999
1107 1/2 Fiesta Street #1
Austin, TX -
$900,000
913 Tillery Street #A
Austin, TX -
$1,045,000
913 Tillery Street #B
Austin, TX -
$3,250,000
2310 Webberville Road
Austin, TX -
$3,250,000
2316 Webberville Road
Austin, TX -
$649,000
3101 Lyons Road
Austin, TX -
$900,000
2709 Lyons Road
Austin, TX -
$1,650
2900 Glen Rae Street #B
Austin, TX -
$199,000
2220 Webberville Road #219
Austin, TX -
$205,000
2220 Webberville Road #221
Austin, TX -
$765,000
201 Tillery Square #1
Austin, TX -
$1,350,000
3504 Goodwin Avenue
Austin, TX
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$415,000Lot Size523 sqft
Home Size746 sqft
Beds1 Bed
Baths1 Bath
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$3,600Lot Size1,525 sqft
Home Size1,432 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$840,000Lot Size9,540 sqft
Home Size2,552 sqft
Beds6 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$2,500Lot Size5,576 sqft
Home Size1,185 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$1,400,000Lot Size10,411 sqft
Home Size1,855 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$2,990Lot SizeN/A
Home Size1,178 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$925,000Lot Size8,016 sqft
Home Size1,494 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$1,065,000Lot Size8,016 sqft
Home Size1,703 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$1,500Lot Size7,406 sqft
Home Size300 sqft
Beds1 Bed
Baths1 Bath
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$3,200Lot SizeN/A
Home Size1,656 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$3,500Lot Size7,362 sqft
Home Size1,750 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$2,300Lot Size5,838 sqft
Home Size768 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$699,999Lot Size3,747 sqft
Home Size938 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$979,999Lot Size2,590 sqft
Home Size1,692 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$900,000Lot Size8,016 sqft
Home Size1,494 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$1,045,000Lot Size8,016 sqft
Home Size1,703 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$3,250,000Lot Size5,838 sqft
Home SizeN/A
BedsN/A
BathsN/A
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$3,250,000Lot Size5,838 sqft
Home Size2,880 sqft
BedsN/A
BathsN/A
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$649,000Lot Size6,578 sqft
Home Size2,518 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$900,000Lot Size5,228 sqft
Home Size1,540 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$1,650Lot Size6,970 sqft
Home Size1,770 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$199,000Lot Size5,838 sqft
Home Size443 sqft
BedsN/A
Baths1 Bath
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$205,000Lot Size5,838 sqft
Home Size556 sqft
BedsN/A
Baths1 Bath
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$765,000Lot Size2,440 sqft
Home Size1,370 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$1,350,000Lot Size8,451 sqft
Home Size2,534 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths4 Baths
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