Though we’re getting taller all the time, skyscraper development in Austin really boomed during the 1980s. Between 1980 and 1987, 12 buildings with 15 or more floors opened in the downtown area, including the cluster of earth-toned towers — One American Center, One Eleven Congress, 100 Congress, 301 Congress, and San Jacinto Center — that defined…
The Rainey Street District’s Next Tower Is Called ‘The Quincy’ for Some Reason
How do you name a building? More importantly, how do you name a building good? Here in Austin, we’ve seen some common trends — sometimes buildings receive names from the intersection where they’re located, and generally when developers go down this path, the word “and” connecting the two street names gets replaced with something a…
Meet Hanover Republic Square, Bringing 44 Floors of Apartments Downtown
We’ve been waiting for a while to get a better view of apartment developer the Hanover Company’s tower plan at the southwestern corner of Fifth and Lavaca Streets in downtown Austin, but the wait is over, y’all. Thanks to new city filings for the building’s inclusion in the Downtown Density Bonus Program, we’ve got our hands on the first renderings and other information on Hanover…
In East Austin, Historic ‘Hepcat’ Home Has a New Lease on Life
A historic East Austin home is still the exact same home as before — it just happens to be sitting 17 blocks north of its original address. That’s the latest news out of local real estate firm Cielo Property Group, which announced in a press release today that it has donated the historic house formerly…
The Villas on Town Lake are Coming Down in the Rainey Street District
After sitting vacant for more than a year, downtown Austin condo community the Villas on Town Lake, located at 80 Red River Street, is being torn down even as we speak. Seriously, we just took this — and we’re sorry for the WorldStar-style vertical video: Built in 1982 before the area’s current residential boom, the Villas site straddles the western edge of the Rainey…
Rounding Up Development in Austin’s Growing East 12th Street Corridor
Development along Austin’s East 12th Street has been a long time coming, with anticipation fueled for months — years, really — by hush-hush land acquisitions and speculation, not to mention quite a few projects in various stages of approval, though not much actually moving on the ground. It’s safe to say that’s changed recently, with one…