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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$800,000
1010 Fiesta ST
Austin, TX -
$525,000
3206 GOODWIN Ave
Austin, TX -
$625,000
2906 E 4th ST
Austin, TX -
$475,000
1105 1/2 Brass ST
Austin, TX -
$1,099,000
738 Pedernales ST
Austin, TX -
$505,000
2220 Webberville RD #228
Austin, TX -
$399,000
2515 Gonzales ST
Austin, TX -
$2,794,432
680 Ramos ST
Austin, TX -
$749,900
505 Tillery ST #4
Austin, TX -
$425,000
3101 Govalle Ave #103
Austin, TX -
$950,000
4703 Milburn Lane
Austin, TX -
$1,165,000
3012 Stokes DR #2
Austin, TX -
$749,341
1125 Tillery ST #1B
Austin, TX -
$894,528
1125 Tillery ST #2A
Austin, TX -
$680,000
3710 Govalle Ave #U1
Austin, TX -
$599,900
3010 Webberville RD #2
Austin, TX -
$699,999
4811 Bolm Road
Austin, TX -
$1,203,000
904 Linden Street
Austin, TX -
$284,900
1119 Gunter Street #B
Austin, TX -
$299,900
1119 Gunter Street #C
Austin, TX -
$775,000
1103 Cherico Street #2
Austin, TX -
$650,000
806 MAUDE ST
Austin, TX -
$700,000
2907 E 5th ST
Austin, TX -
$700,000
2909 E 5th ST
Austin, TX -
$182,201
2220 Webberville Road #222
Austin, TX
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$800,000Lot Size7,484 sqft
Home Size720 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$525,000Lot Size5,663 sqft
Home Size1,198 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$625,000Lot Size6,787 sqft
Home Size816 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$475,000Lot Size3,660 sqft
Home Size747 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$1,099,000Lot Size5,350 sqft
Home Size2,265 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3.5 Baths
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$505,000Lot Size5,838 sqft
Home Size923 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$399,000Lot Size5,154 sqft
Home Size600 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$2,794,432Lot Size8,800 sqft
Home Size3,716 sqft
Beds5 Beds
Baths7 Baths
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$749,900Lot Size2,431 sqft
Home Size1,751 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3.5 Baths
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$425,000Lot Size1,586 sqft
Home Size1,040 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$950,000Lot Size19,123 sqft
Home Size2,074 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$1,165,000Lot Size3,028 sqft
Home Size1,706 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3.5 Baths
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$749,341Lot Size7,545 sqft
Home Size1,368 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$894,528Lot Size7,889 sqft
Home Size1,466 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2.5 Baths
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$680,000Lot Size3,010 sqft
Home Size894 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1.5 Baths
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$599,900Lot Size6,273 sqft
Home Size1,016 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2.5 Baths
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$699,999Lot Size3,115 sqft
Home Size944 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$1,203,000Lot Size5,881 sqft
Home Size2,372 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths4 Baths
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$284,900Lot Size8,495 sqft
Home Size480 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$299,900Lot Size8,495 sqft
Home Size480 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$775,000Lot Size7,833 sqft
Home Size1,088 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$650,000Lot Size6,099 sqft
Home Size950 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$700,000Lot Size6,787 sqft
Home Size652 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$700,000Lot Size6,787 sqft
Home Size884 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$182,201Lot Size19,672 sqft
Home Size398 sqft
BedsN/A
Baths1 Bath
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