Two separate, completely unrelated proposals for hotel projects located virtually across East Seventh Street from each other are in review with the City of Austin, believe it or not — and while one of these East Austin plans is a lot larger than the other, we believe the foundation of comedy is when there’s a big guy and a little guy, so let’s take…
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Former East Austin Factory Site Seeks Rezoning for Residential Development
A repurposed industrial complex in East Austin is now seeking rezoning from the city for a 200-unit residential development. According to an application filed yesterday on behalf of owner Jesus Turullols of real estate firm Austin Phoenix Management, the approximately 1.8-acre property at 501 Pedernales Street requires a zoning change from a commercial to vertical mixed-use designation…
Here’s What Goes on Top of a Highway
Last week, we asked our splendid readers to dream up a few design concepts for what might go on top of the potential caps covering the lowered and expanded Interstate 35 through downtown Austin. Putting something interesting over the newly-widened highway might be the one upside to a project we find hugely ill-advised, despite the insistence by the Texas Department of Transportation that…
What Goes on Top of a Highway?
The widening and lowering of Interstate 35 in Central Austin isn’t gonna be pretty. Estimated construction times for the Texas Department of Transportation’s so-called Capital Express project hover at around eight years, and will likely take place concurrently with the voter-approved construction of Project Connect’s rail lines and other transit improvements — you should probably plan on…
East Austin Creative Office Plan Looks for a Little Extra Height in Govalle
A potential office building development at an East Austin industrial site in the Govalle neighborhood is headed to tomorrow’s meeting of the city’s Planning Commission, seeking a change of use from industrial to commercial and a Planned Development Area (PDA) rezoning for the roughly 1.42-acre property at 4927 East Fifth Street. The change, which is recommended by city staff…
East Austin’s Centro Project Shifting Gears With a Second Phase in 2023
With the block-sized Centro office development now complete at 1401 East Sixth Street, its developers at local firm Riverside Resources are pondering the project’s second phase. You might recall that the pair of five-story office buildings now standing at the site are only part of the story, with more buildings planned on the block east of the project’s…