The Sixth and Chicon apartment project under construction in one of East Austin’s densest neighborhoods at 1812 East Sixth Street celebrated its topping out last week, a major construction milestone for general contractors Cadence McShane considering the building only broke ground earlier this year, with completion expected in summer 2023. The six-story building’s “micro-housing” design by local architecture firm Mark Odom Studio…
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Bringing East Austin’s Saltillo District a New Pedestrian Paradise at Centro
There’s a lot of office development rising throughout East Austin at the moment, and we’d forgive you for struggling to keep track of all the cranes and construction fences scattered around the district — but the Centro office project at 1401 East Sixth Street, the latest addition to the transit-adjacent Saltillo District by local developers Riverside Resources, deserves a second…
This ‘Eclectic’ Office and Apartment Project Finds a Good Fit in Govalle
An oddly-shaped collection of properties in the Govalle neighborhood of East Austin could soon see a mixed-use development raising offices and hundreds of apartments at the confluence of East Fifth and East Seventh Street, the latest project by local real estate firm CSW Development. Known as the Eclectic at Fifth Street, the project will contain two structures atop…
Massive Mixed-Use Development Planned for East Austin Dairy Site
A rezoning case currently in review with the City of Austin could bring more than a thousand new residences, a hotel, offices, and significant retail space to a 21.38-acre industrial site in far East Austin located at 71 Strandtman Cove near Highway 183. Currently occupied by the Borden Dairy Company, the rezoning now sought for the site…
Step Inside This Virtual Tour of East Austin’s Historic Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery, as Austin’s oldest city burial ground dating back to 1839 and growing through the years to its current size of approximately 40 acres at 1601 Navasota Street, is the resting place for generations of the city’s history — but the memories buried here, reflecting the formerly segregated surrounding neighborhoods of East Austin, were unequally distributed, some forgotten for more…
Four Historic Markers Approved for East Austin Mexican American Heritage Sites
Four East Austin landmarks significant to the Mexican American cultural history of the region have officially received approval for state historical markers, according to an announcement this week by local nonprofit Preservation Austin. The sites, submitted for consideration as part of the organization’s East Austin Barrio Landmarks Project, represent part of an ongoing effort by local historians to document and preserve the diverse…