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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$1,150,000
2729 Lyons Road
Austin, TX -
$699,900
908 Brass Street #2
Austin, TX -
$490,000
3101 Govalle Avenue #303
Austin, TX -
$1,200,000
3201 & 3203 Govalle Avenue
Austin, TX -
$309,000
2220 Webberville Road #225
Austin, TX -
$650,000
2907 E 5th Street
Austin, TX -
$850,000
2909 E 5th Street
Austin, TX -
$1,349,900
1119 Gunter A,B,C Street
Austin, TX -
$394,900
1119 Gunter Street #C
Austin, TX -
$560,000
3312 Kay Street
Austin, TX -
$550,000
507 Vermont Road
Austin, TX -
$181,137
2202 Webberville Road #223
Austin, TX -
$590,000
2817 Prado Street
Austin, TX -
$435,000
505 Tillery Street #9
Austin, TX -
$869,000
5109 Glissman Road #1
Austin, TX -
$1,500,000
201 Springdale Road
Austin, TX -
$599,000
2515 Gonzales Street
Austin, TX -
$690,000
1110 3/4 Fiesta Street #2
Austin, TX -
$1,035,000
1110 3/4 Fiesta Street #1
Austin, TX -
$584,900
1119 Gunter Street #A
Austin, TX -
$395,000
2220 Webberville Road #201
Austin, TX -
$650,000
806 MAUDE Street
Austin, TX -
$699,000
1006 Cherico Street
Austin, TX -
$1,249,000
3602 Thompson Street
Austin, TX -
$1,250,000
3701 Govalle Avenue
Austin, TX
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$1,150,000Lot Size6,273 sqft
Home Size1,872 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$699,900Lot Size3,594 sqft
Home Size1,029 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$490,000Lot Size1,586 sqft
Home Size1,040 sqft
Beds1 Bed
Baths2 Baths
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$1,200,000Lot Size22,869 sqft
Home Size1,560 sqft
BedsN/A
BathsN/A
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$309,000Lot Size5,838 sqft
Home Size527 sqft
BedsN/A
Baths1 Bath
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$650,000Lot Size6,787 sqft
Home Size652 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$850,000Lot Size6,787 sqft
Home Size884 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$1,349,900Lot Size8,482 sqft
Home Size1,937 sqft
BedsN/A
BathsN/A
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$394,900Lot Size8,495 sqft
Home Size480 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$560,000Lot Size5,777 sqft
Home Size1,440 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$550,000Lot Size6,099 sqft
Home Size610 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$181,137Lot Size5,838 sqft
Home Size390 sqft
BedsN/A
Baths1 Bath
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$590,000Lot Size6,748 sqft
Home Size1,332 sqft
Beds5 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$435,000Lot Size859 sqft
Home Size637 sqft
Beds1 Bed
Baths1 Bath
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$869,000Lot Size5,916 sqft
Home Size2,132 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths4 Baths
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$1,500,000Lot Size10,890 sqft
Home SizeN/A
Beds3 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$599,000Lot Size5,154 sqft
Home Size600 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$690,000Lot Size6,731 sqft
Home Size1,349 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$1,035,000Lot Size6,731 sqft
Home Size2,213 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$584,900Lot Size8,495 sqft
Home Size977 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$395,000Lot SizeN/A
Home Size650 sqft
Beds1 Bed
Baths1 Bath
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$650,000Lot Size6,099 sqft
Home Size950 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$699,000Lot Size7,506 sqft
Home Size1,092 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$1,249,000Lot Size7,406 sqft
Home Size2,324 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$1,250,000Lot Size10,943 sqft
Home Size1,295 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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