Last month, we introduced the thought experiment of the Brodie Oaksifyer, a sort of sci-fi laser cannon capable of instantly converting one of Austin’s many sprawled-out shopping centers into a Brodie Oaks-style redevelopment — we’re talking denser and more walkable urban design, new housing, and green space reclaiming underused parking lots, among other perks. Since then, we’ve received hundreds of…
Montage Condo Project Breaks Ground on South Lamar
The Montage condo project by local real estate firm Pearlstone Partners celebrated its official groundbreaking earlier today, bringing approximately 182 new homes to a 1.86-acre property at 2323 South Lamar Boulevard, formerly the site of a used car dealership near Bluebonnet Lane. The building is currently scheduled for completion by the spring of 2025, according to the developers. <span…
New Apartments Seek to Heal the Sprawl on Shoal Creek Boulevard
Along with the incredible explosion of density cooking in the region directly around the Domain, there’s a few notable projects headed to other parts of North Austin looking to try something different from the region’s largely sprawled-out style of development. Multistory residential buildings really stick out in this part of town at the moment, but it’s a great start — and a rezoning case unanimously recommended by the…
Meet Verde Square, Giving Austin’s Soccer Stadium a Brand New Skyline
With new towers and height-friendly rezonings throttling up the pace of growth around the Domain area of North Austin all the time, it’s kinda hard to keep up with everything planned here — but there’s one upcoming project you really ought to know, since it’s one of the most promising steps in this ongoing experiment of converting the suburban sprawl around…
For All of Austin’s Sake, It’s Time To Speak Up on the I-35 Expansion
The expansion of I-35 through the center of Austin has the potential to transform the city, for better or for worse. At the moment, there is no single element of the city’s built environment with a larger impact on the way we navigate the downtown area and beyond — engaging with the highway, whether as a driver or…
At East Riverside Gateway, a New Neighborhood Waits for the Train
The East Riverside Gateway project planned by local real estate firm PlaceMKR would bring roughly 2 million square feet of mixed-use development to the intersection of East Riverside Drive and Highway 71 in Southeast Austin, creating a seven-building complex containing more than 1,000 residential units and three office towers connected by a walkable streetscape of ground-level retail. The plan is…