Two new projects have filed site plans for new construction within the Rainey Street neighborhood district. The vacant lot across the street from the Mexican American Cultural Center at 70 Rainey filed paperwork to build a mixed-use sky scraper consisting of a restaurant, residential units, and parking. Down the street, the North Shore Lofts are moving forward…
Yet another hotel coming, now at 8th & Neches
Details are still sketchy, but it looks like someone, possibly Novare-Andrews-Urban is planning to develop a hotel at the intersection of Eighth and Neches Street, across from Stubbs. The project will redevelop a ratty-looking half-story parking garage and vacant lot. The owner, oddly enough, is the United States Postal Service, and USPS reps from Washington…
Whole Foods area downtown ripe for construction, but the price to pay is traffic
Ground flood retail coming to Sixth and Lamar, topped by four layers of parking Even for people who have a strong interest in urban Austin development, the increasing activity is hard to keep track of, especially when overshadowed (literally) by bigger projects. A lot of attention is being paid to the construction boom on South…
Fairmont hotel to break ground this October
When the proposed Austin Fairmont mega hotel project swooped in to the news a couple years ago, snatching the spotlight from the JW Marriot mega hotel, there was a healthy dose of skepticism about it would get off the ground. A lack of visible activity on the site has been quietly stoking perceptions that the…
Taco Cabana redevelopment on South Lamar enters third proposal
The Taco Cabana redevelopment, known as 211 Lamar, is upping its ante: betting on a nine story, 175-unit building, instead of a 135-unit, five story building as last envisioned by the developer. This is the third public proposal for the site by the developer, which is a partnership between Post Investment Group of Los Angeles and Ascension Development of Dallas (pdf). The new plan incorporates about…
Cypress Getting Ready to add to LakeShore Pearl along Lady Bird Lake
As the Lakeshore Pearl apartment construction wraps up on the south shore line next to Riverside Drive, Cypress Development is prepping the next phase of the Lakeshore PUD development. The Lakeshore PUD is next door to, but distinctly separate from the SouthShore development, in case you’re confused. The next phase of Lakeshore will be a 285,000-square-foot,…