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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$400,000
1107 1/2 Fiesta ST
Austin, TX -
$590,000
911 Fiesta ST #1
Austin, TX -
$475,000
739 Cherico ST
Austin, TX -
$350,000
738 Pedernales ST
Austin, TX -
$385,000
2305 Coronado ST #A
Austin, TX -
$420,000
3101 Govalle AVE #209
Austin, TX -
$479,000
3101 Govalle AVE #116
Austin, TX -
$699,950
513 Vermont RD
Austin, TX -
$575,000
1106 Tillery ST #1
Austin, TX -
$370,000
2921 Prado ST #B
Austin, TX -
$310,000
3101 Govalle AVE #217
Austin, TX -
$455,000
3107 Lyons RD #B
Austin, TX -
$425,000
2710 Zaragosa ST
Austin, TX -
$450,000
3614 E Thompson ST
Austin, TX -
$475,000
2905 Lyons RD #2
Austin, TX -
$675,000
2905 Lyons RD #1
Austin, TX -
$575,000
1121 1/2 Henninger ST
Austin, TX -
$1,074,000
2723 Lyons RD
Austin, TX -
$400,000
3006 Glen Rae ST
Austin, TX -
$349,000
804 Northwestern AVE
Austin, TX -
$575,000
2905 E 2nd ST
Austin, TX -
$515,000
108 Tillery ST #2
Austin, TX -
$715,000
108 Tillery ST #1
Austin, TX -
$618,000
2910 Garwood ST #A
Austin, TX -
$924,000
1010 Cherico ST
Austin, TX
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$400,000Lot Size6,012 sqft
Home Size732 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$590,000Lot Size6,273 sqft
Home Size1,667 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$475,000Lot Size7,406 sqft
Home Size1,300 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$350,000Lot Size5,315 sqft
Home Size888 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$385,000Lot Size1,961 sqft
Home Size1,252 sqft
Beds1 Bed
Baths2 Baths
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$420,000Lot SizeN/A
Home Size1,131 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$479,000Lot SizeN/A
Home Size1,350 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$699,950Lot Size6,012 sqft
Home Size1,858 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$575,000Lot Size7,231 sqft
Home Size1,600 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$370,000Lot Size2,440 sqft
Home Size872 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$310,000Lot SizeN/A
Home Size800 sqft
Beds1 Bed
Baths1 Bath
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$455,000Lot Size6,665 sqft
Home Size880 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$425,000Lot Size6,317 sqft
Home Size520 sqft
Beds1 Bed
Baths1 Bath
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$450,000Lot Size10,760 sqft
Home Size1,272 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$475,000Lot Size6,578 sqft
Home Size944 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$675,000Lot Size6,578 sqft
Home Size2,133 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$575,000Lot Size9,409 sqft
Home Size2,433 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$1,074,000Lot SizeN/A
Home Size2,800 sqft
BedsN/A
BathsN/A
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$400,000Lot Size7,580 sqft
Home Size1,368 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths1 Bath
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$349,000Lot Size1,482 sqft
Home Size466 sqft
Beds1 Bed
Baths1 Bath
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$575,000Lot Size6,360 sqft
Home Size1,116 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths2 Baths
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$515,000Lot Size7,057 sqft
Home Size1,100 sqft
Beds2 Beds
Baths3 Baths
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$715,000Lot Size7,536 sqft
Home Size1,745 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths4 Baths
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$618,000Lot Size7,449 sqft
Home Size1,690 sqft
Beds3 Beds
Baths4 Baths
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$924,000Lot Size7,841 sqft
Home Size2,528 sqft
Beds4 Beds
Baths3 Baths
