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 to restoration. The 1922 Norwood Estate was known as…
After More Than a Century, What’s Changed on Congress Avenue?
Austin’s main street might finally get some attention in 2017. Improvements for Congress Avenue have been in the pipeline since the passing of a city bond package in 2012, but we’re only recently seeing some movement on the issue. The Congress Avenue Urban Design Initiative, which is currently conducting surveys for community outreach, should eventually bring some positive change to the avenue,…
Historic Landmark Commission: Not Big Fans of the Avenue, It Turns Out
It’s been a while since we’ve seen any significant updates on The Avenue, Austin’s first car-free residential tower planned at 721 Congress Avenue. But since the project’s site is within the Congress Avenue Historic District, its plan had to cross the desks of the city’s historic landmark commission last week — and it turns out they’ve got a…