The redevelopment of East Austin’s Rebekah Baines Johnson Center, a 1972 housing complex for low-income seniors built on a 17.8-acre tract southeast of downtown, is slowly gaining steam — and the project’s recently-revealed name, “The Hatchery,” evokes the curious history of this property even as it creates a new master-planned community for housing Austin’s future. After a…
Here’s Our First Look at the Condo Tower Headed for 17th and Guadalupe
Hey, remember that 27-story downtown Austin condo plan by New York developers Reger Holdings that kinda came out of nowhere over at 1615 Guadalupe Street? It’s just one of the many interesting projects going up in the overlooked northwestern region of the central city we’re stubbornly making everyone call “North By,” and now we’ve got ourselves a rendering — literally, just one — from local…
Downtown Austin’s Getting a 15-Floor Drive-Thru Bank at Fifth and Nueces
We’ve known some flavor of office tower project was headed for the Horizon Bank building located at the northwest corner of West Fifth and Nueces Streets in the “financial district” of downtown Austin since last month, thanks to the reliable canary in the coal mine of city development filings. Though much of the tower’s mystery remained intact at the time…
Here’s How We Fix Rainey Street
Last week, we found out traffic woes and other mobility headaches in the Rainey Street District have prompted the City of Austin’s Design Commission to recommend conducting a comprehensive mobility study for the neighborhood. The end goal of the study would use its gathered data and other community input for crafting a “Rainey Neighborhood Mobility Plan,” which…
What’s Next for Waller Creek?
We’re big fans of the Waller Creek Conservancy’s ongoing mission to restore and redevelop the stretch of Waller Creek running through downtown Austin — which, if all goes well, should eventually transform 35 acres of the under-appreciated creek’s narrow riparian corridor into a connected series of parks and trails spanning more than a mile in total length. We’re…
Solving Austin’s Housing Affordability Crisis in 3 Easy Steps
If you recall, the City of Austin’s attempt last year to rewrite its land development code, which dates back to the mid-1980s, fell apart with the demise of what was then known as CodeNEXT. It’s complicated and we won’t explain it all here, but what’s important is, we’re trying again! Last week, our beloved City Council…