Seaholm Power LLC, led by Southwest Strategies Group, has sold the Seaholm Power Plant mixed-use development located on the waterfront at the southwestern edge of downtown Austin to CIM Group. The transaction includes: 126,000-square-foot historic art deco power plant constructed in the 1950s 35,000 square feet of office space for MapMyFitness [Under Armour] 33,000 square…
The Insider’s Guide to Austin Museum Day 2016
Plaque-readers, history buffs and diorama-enthusiasts of Austin, you’re in luck. Sunday, Sept. 18 is the 19th annual Austin Museum Day, with more than 35 area museums offering free admission and special activities to encourage interest in local exhibits and the arts. No matter how fast you walk, there’s just no way to visit every museum, center and gallery…
Central Health Invites Brackenridge Campus Development
Central Health opened the month of September with an invitation to developers interested in reinventing Brackenridge Campus , one of the crown jewels in downtown Austin real estate. Any takers must be well versed in Central Health’s master plan, a painstakingly crafted document that lays out a high density urban oasis with something for everyone and seamless…
News & Rumors Round Up
Music Hall redevelopment — Third + Shoal — set for September construction start News that the Austin Music Hall was going to be obliterated to make way for a 30-story office tower with ground floor retail and onsite parking made a huge splash in 2015. In March permits were filed for site demolition to begin, and Austin Towers’…
Tactical Urbanism in Austin
Calling civic scenesters and philanthropic rabble rousers. The national urban planning and design advocacy firm Street Plans Collaborative is setting its sights on Austin to promote “tactical urbanism”. For the uninitiated, think of tactical urbanism as guerrilla gardening, pop-up crosswalks, and other lo-fi, citizen-driven projects aimed at drawing attention to streetscapes that could benefit from long-term improvements. The…
Roundup: More downtown Austin development yet to come in 2017
A new wave of construction projects are rolling towards groundbreaking in the heart of downtown Austin, including a new development on W. Sixth so far kept secret, and a project targeting Chinese investors. Town Lake Lofts (neé North Shore Lofts) Back in 2013, I wrote about a small project in the southeast tip of the…