Reviving long dormant plans, a San Antonio firm now plans a 300-room Westin Hotel on the site of the former Bitter End Restaurant and a parking lot at West Third and Colorado Streets. The 18-Story hotel will be designed by Lake|Flato Architects , one of Texas’ most unique and prominent architectural firms and the winner of the…
Now Official, New AMOA Tower Details Emerge
As predicted , the Austin Museum of Art today announced new plans for their prime downtown lot. With the official announcement, additional details of the project emerged: – Rather than building a single tower with a ground-floor museum, the project will include a free-standing 40,000 square foot museum and a separate 425,000 square foot 30-story office…
New AMOA Tower Soon to be Announced
Between Republic Park on fourth street and the new AMLI tower on third street sits a run-down parking lot with a tumultuous history. For many years, the lot has been owned by the Austin Museum of Art (AMOA), a local art institution split between a storefront location on Congress Avenue and a mansion near 35th…
Statesman Article: Why Live Downtown?
The Statesman ran an interesting feature today on the downtown Austin condo market. It looked at many of the intangible benefits of downtown living. It makes the obvious point that downtown living is not for everyone, but that a vibrant urban core enhances the life of everyone. The article summarizes the importance of the current…
Forbes: Austin to Lead Nation in Economic Growth
There are a few factors that drive real estate prices higher in a normal market. At the top of the list are the performance of the local economy, job growth, and population growth. While all of this is true in a normal market: today’s real estate market is anything but normal. As many fewer people…
Austin Four Seasons Residences Breaks Ground
After seven years of planning and multiple iterations, the Four Seasons Residences will break ground this week. As we have seen with many of the recent downtown Austin condo projects, they are not truly real until construction begins. Having reached that milestone, the 32-story Michael Graves-designed tower is now expected to open to residents in 2010. With 166…