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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$369,900
2220 Webberville RD #202
Austin, TX -
$389,000
2220 Webberville RD #318
Austin, TX -
$815,000
603 Vermont RD
Austin, TX -
$898,000
720 Pedernales ST #A
Austin, TX -
$1,350,000
3705 Govalle Ave #1
Austin, TX -
$460,000
3101 Govalle Ave #220
Austin, TX -
$599,000
908 Tillery ST
Austin, TX -
$675,000
3009 Garwood ST #1
Austin, TX -
$1,400,000
602 Allen ST
Austin, TX -
$899,000
3303 Kay DR
Austin, TX -
$689,000
1008 Muse LN #14
Austin, TX -
$1,100,000
3600 Govalle Ave
Austin, TX -
$625,000
1128 Gunter ST #D
Austin, TX -
$700,000
2613 Zaragosa ST #1
Austin, TX -
$1,299,900
3310 Kay ST
Austin, TX -
$499,000
502 Tillery ST #2
Austin, TX -
$475,000
1120 1/2 Tillery ST
Austin, TX -
$249,900
2813.5 Rio Grande ST S #101
Austin, TX -
$1,499,888
2809 Prado ST
Austin, TX -
$429,900
3312 Bengston ST
Austin, TX -
$799,000
502 Tillery ST #1
Austin, TX -
$499,999
3206 Goodwin Ave
Austin, TX -
$995,000
913 Mansell Ave #1
Austin, TX -
$550,000
MLS # 8539366
Austin, TX -
$782,500
203 Tillery SQ
Austin, TX
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Lot Size5,838 sqft
Home Size665 sqft
Beds1 Bed
Baths1 Bath
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Lot Size5,838 sqft
Home Size682 sqft
Beds1 Bed
Baths1 Bath
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Lot Size12,607 sqft
Home Size2,747 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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Lot Size3,437 sqft
Home Size1,944 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2.5 Baths
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Lot Size4,683 sqft
Home Size2,359 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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Lot Size1,220 sqft
Home Size800 sqft
Beds1 Bed
Baths1 Bath
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Lot Size7,170 sqft
Home Size2,000 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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Lot Size6,861 sqft
Home Size1,090 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2.5 Baths
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Lot Size10,899 sqft
Home Size966 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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Lot Size7,205 sqft
Home Size1,724 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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Lot Size2,653 sqft
Home Size1,627 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2.5 Baths
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Lot Size7,236 sqft
Home Size1,870 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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Lot Size43,560 sqft
Home Size1,585 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2.5 Baths
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Lot Size3,246 sqft
Home Size1,100 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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Lot Size5,846 sqft
Home Size2,243 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths3.5 Baths
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Lot Size5,798 sqft
Home Size866 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2.5 Baths
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Lot Size5,838 sqft
Home Size846 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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Lot Size872 sqft
Home Size516 sqft
Beds1 Bed
Baths1 Bath
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Lot Size6,731 sqft
Home Size2,682 sqft
Beds5 Beds
Baths3.5 Baths
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Lot Size5,794 sqft
Home Size810 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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Lot Size5,798 sqft
Home Size1,932 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3.5 Baths
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Lot Size5,663 sqft
Home Size1,353 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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Lot Size3,307 sqft
Home Size1,724 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2.5 Baths
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Lot Size6,578 sqft
Home Size1,120 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths1.5 Baths
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Lot Size7,493 sqft
Home Size1,544 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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