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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$650,000
3303 Kay Street
Austin, TX -
$1,674,900
1119 Gunter A,B,C Street #A, B and C
Austin, TX -
$815,000
1119 Tillery Street
Austin, TX -
$774,900
2909 E 5th Street
Austin, TX -
$774,900
2907 E 5th Street
Austin, TX -
$925,000
3012 Webberville Road #A
Austin, TX -
$575,000
1010 Gunter Street
Austin, TX -
$3,100,888
680 Ramos Street
Austin, TX -
$750,000
912 Mansell Avenue
Austin, TX -
$850,000
741 Cherico Street #2
Austin, TX -
$1,250,000
741 Cherico Street #1
Austin, TX -
$850,000
3204 Lyons Road
Austin, TX -
$835,000
3302 Lyons Road
Austin, TX -
$400,000
2220 Webberville Road #301
Austin, TX -
$695,000
1010 Brass Street
Austin, TX -
$749,900
912 Calle Limon Drive
Austin, TX -
$695,000
1010 Brass St--&--3007 Stokes Dr
Austin, TX -
$725,000
1004 Fiesta Street
Austin, TX -
$999,000
1119 Gunter Street #B and C
Austin, TX -
$690,000
2910 E 4th Street
Austin, TX -
$499,900
1119 Gunter Street #C
Austin, TX -
$748,000
800 Maude Street #2
Austin, TX -
$1,348,000
800 Maude Street #1
Austin, TX -
$674,900
1119 Gunter Street #A
Austin, TX -
$695,000
1126 Linden Street #2
Austin, TX
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$650,000Lot Size7,205 sqft
Home Size1,689 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$1,674,900Lot Size8,482 sqft
Home Size1,937 sqft
BedsN/A
BathsN/A
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$815,000Lot Size12,385 sqft
Home Size1,485 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$774,900Lot Size6,796 sqft
Home Size884 sqft
Beds1 Bed
Baths1 Bath
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$774,900Lot Size6,752 sqft
Home Size652 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$925,000Lot Size4,339 sqft
Home Size1,934 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$575,000Lot Size6,709 sqft
Home Size960 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$3,100,888Lot Size8,800 sqft
Home Size4,283 sqft
Beds7 Beds
Baths8 Baths
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$750,000Lot Size7,471 sqft
Home Size1,276 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$850,000Lot Size7,841 sqft
Home Size1,156 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$1,250,000Lot Size7,841 sqft
Home Size1,828 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$850,000Lot Size8,277 sqft
Home Size1,012 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$835,000Lot Size8,991 sqft
Home Size560 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$400,000Lot Size5,838 sqft
Home Size665 sqft
Beds1 Bed
Baths1 Bath
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$695,000Lot Size7,153 sqft
Home Size1,560 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$749,900Lot Size6,221 sqft
Home Size1,470 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$695,000Lot Size7,153 sqft
Home Size1,560 sqft
BedsN/A
BathsN/A
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$725,000Lot Size7,536 sqft
Home Size980 sqft
Beds1 Bed
Baths1 Bath
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$999,000Lot Size8,482 sqft
Home Size960 sqft
BedsN/A
BathsN/A
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$690,000Lot Size6,787 sqft
Home Size2,440 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$499,900Lot Size8,495 sqft
Home Size480 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$748,000Lot Size6,325 sqft
Home Size899 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$1,348,000Lot Size6,325 sqft
Home Size2,185 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths4 Baths
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$674,900Lot Size8,495 sqft
Home Size977 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$695,000Lot Size9,148 sqft
Home Size1,141 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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