Additional details and a rendering have emerged for the 300 Pressler Park multi-family development hinted at in September . Forestar Group is planning a 112-unit apartment building with parking, on three consolidated tracts totaling about 1.2 acres. The address will be 300 Pressler. It appears Forestar — a publicly-trading Austin company — purchased the larger 2.3 acre site for $11.7…
Texas Capitol Complex future: wide-open spaces
The Texas Facilities Commission just released its 2016 Texas Capitol Complex Master Plan, and is detailing a bold, exciting plan to turn state property north of the Capitol into enjoyable public space. The Capitol Grounds are a jewel. As a place of recreation it is overlooked. It is like a mini Central Park in the heart…
Seaholm Update
It’s important to keep in mind that, in addition to the 280-unit Seaholm condos tower, nearly all of which is under contract, Seaholm was envisioned to be a live-work-play redevelopment available to all Austinites. The recent Seaholm Intake survey got me thinking about what the status of construction is at Seaholm proper. Among the flock of cranes that fill the Austin…
Micro Housing is coming to Austin, and it can’t arrive soon enough
Professor Dumpster has been all over the news recently. His startup Kasita, reveals a dwelling that is micro, modular, modern, and [relatively] mobile. The Statesman reports that “the project will target urban Millennials and professionals and singles who want to live near city centers.” The above rendering shows a stack of Kasitas at the northwest corner of Cesar Chavez & Trinity. While…
First Look at 48 East: Rainey Street’s Newest Tower
The newest high-rise coming to Austin’s Rainey Street District has made the move from renderings to reality. Developers have officially filed site plans for 48 East confirming a 35-story, 246-unit apartment building at 48 East Avenue, which will deliver protected views of the rising and setting sun. Specifically, the project will have: 169 x 1-bedroom units…
Downtown News ROUNDUP
70 Rainey construction deal brokered Austin City Council has cleared the way for 70 Rainey condos — a 35 story, 160-unit residential high rise in the Rainey Street District — to move forward with construction this November. For the past couple of years the site has hosted several mobile food vendors, serving thousands of pedestrians walking on Rainey…