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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$550,000
301 N Pleasant Valley Road
Austin, TX -
$649,000
2904 Unit 2 Webberville Road
Austin, TX -
$939,000
2904 Unit 1 Webberville Road
Austin, TX -
$1,125,000
1103 Cherico Street #1
Austin, TX -
$939,000
2904 Webberville Road #1
Austin, TX -
$649,000
2904 Webberville Road #2
Austin, TX -
$624,900
2406 E 8th Street #2
Austin, TX -
$1,050,000
MLS # 2652067
Austin, TX -
$620,000
3614 Thompson Street
Austin, TX -
$750,000
2320 Webberville Road
Austin, TX -
$699,500
3208 Goodwin Avenue
Austin, TX -
$396,000
3310 Kay Street
Austin, TX -
$649,000
2921 Lyons Road #2
Austin, TX -
$839,619
619 Tillery Street #A
Austin, TX -
$885,000
2909 E 3rd Street #2
Austin, TX -
$675,000
2901 Castro Street #2
Austin, TX -
$975,000
2901 Castro Street #1
Austin, TX -
$1,245,000
2406 E 8th Street #1
Austin, TX -
$1,189,000
1110 3/4 Fiesta Street #1
Austin, TX -
$550,000
3009 Garwood Street
Austin, TX -
$598,500
3005 Stokes Drive #B
Austin, TX -
$799,000
1122 Linden Street #A
Austin, TX -
$380,000
3504 Charles Street
Austin, TX -
$1,200,000
3705 Govalle Avenue #2
Austin, TX -
$2,250,000
3705 Govalle Avenue #1
Austin, TX
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$550,000Lot Size6,325 sqft
Home Size840 sqft
Beds1 Bed
Baths1 Bath
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$649,000Lot Size6,970 sqft
Home Size1,136 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$939,000Lot Size6,970 sqft
Home Size1,881 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$1,125,000Lot Size13,848 sqft
Home Size1,893 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$939,000Lot Size6,970 sqft
Home Size1,881 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$649,000Lot Size6,970 sqft
Home Size1,136 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$624,900Lot Size2,392 sqft
Home Size977 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$1,050,000Lot Size6,935 sqft
Home Size2,198 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths4 Baths
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$620,000Lot Size4,792 sqft
Home Size1,388 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$750,000Lot Size5,838 sqft
Home Size1,702 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$699,500Lot Size6,273 sqft
Home Size1,759 sqft
Beds5 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$396,000Lot Size5,846 sqft
Home Size1,080 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$649,000Lot Size6,587 sqft
Home Size988 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$839,619Lot Size3,085 sqft
Home Size1,792 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$885,000Lot Size6,787 sqft
Home Size1,820 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$675,000Lot Size6,404 sqft
Home Size938 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$975,000Lot Size6,404 sqft
Home Size1,698 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$1,245,000Lot Size3,407 sqft
Home Size2,149 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths4 Baths
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$1,189,000Lot Size6,731 sqft
Home Size2,130 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$550,000Lot Size6,861 sqft
Home Size780 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$598,500Lot Size3,224 sqft
Home Size1,082 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$799,000Lot Size4,618 sqft
Home Size1,568 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$380,000Lot Size7,009 sqft
Home Size672 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$1,200,000Lot Size4,683 sqft
Home Size1,283 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$2,250,000Lot Size4,683 sqft
Home Size2,359 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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