Gonzales Street is quiet, for now. It’s a sleepy path of single-family homes in far East Austin just north of the East Seventh Street bridge’s span over Tillery Street, and the elevation of Seventh Street in this area insulates nearby homes from most major traffic. The abundant trees on the un-and-underdeveloped lots at the intersection of…
Travis Heights to Host Austin’s Next Affordable Housing Development
This April, Austin-based multifamily developer Saigebrook Development LLC had an application approved that changed zoning on a vacant wooded lot in Travis Heights to Multifamily Residence — giving the company the green light for an affordable housing project. The zoning change was necessary to proceed with a tax credit-financed project. It got through the Planning Commission “on consent,” meaning without…
30-Story Multifamily Tower Headed to 11th & Sabine Block
We’ve heard rumors about a tower planned for the Texas Trucking Association site at 700 East 11th Street for a while now, but recent city filings are finally filling out some of the details. Trammel Crow Residential and Stantec are involved with the address, applying for Central Business District rezoning and combining the site’s three…
Development Roundup: The East 11th & 12th Street Landrush
It says a lot about East Austin in 2017 that I can hit 700 words just by listing upcoming developments on a half-mile section of two streets. Now that we’ve hit peak East Sixth, development east of the highway is heading further north, and East 11th and 12th Streets are in the crosshairs. We’ve got our eye on…
Coming Soon: The Line Hotel Is About to Class up Congress Avenue
Hey, remember that one hotel in the middle of downtown Austin? The one your brain subconsciously edits out of the skyline when you’re walking down the Congress Avenue Bridge? You might not need to do that much longer — the downtown Radisson Hotel at 111 Congress Avenue is about to get some work done and reemerge as…
The Norwood Estate Finally Has Its Historical Marker. So What’s Next?
The Ollie O. Norwood Estate, a 1922 Craftsman-style residence on a hilltop overlooking the south shore of the river in Travis Heights , might be Austin’s most mistreated historic home. Today, after five years of effort from the Norwood Park Foundation nonprofit, the city-owned property finally received a historical marker — and is on the path . . . Become a patron to get the…