Multinational petroleum giant Shell is leaning into a recently announced strategic pivot towards electric vehicles, with plans to nearly quadruple its existing network of EV charging stations by 2030 — and Austin appears to be one of the first cities on the list for the oil company’s Houston-based U.S. subsidiary, with at least two . . . Become…
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Lamar Business Park Rezoning Approved in North Loop
The redevelopment of the Lamar Business Park, an approximately 14-acre shopping center and office park in the North Loop neighborhood of Central Austin best known for its anchor tenants of Goodwill and Half Price Books, is now free to move forward at 5555 North Lamar Boulevard after receiving a vertical mixed-use rezoning from Austin City Council at its…
More Than 1,000 Apartments Planned at Central Austin’s Lamar Business Park
The planned redevelopment of a nearly 14-acre shopping center and business park at the edge of the North Loop neighborhood in Central Austin could bring more than 1,000 new apartment residences near the southeast corner of North Lamar Boulevard and West Koenig Lane, according to a rezoning application now pending with the city. The Lamar Business Park,…
The Frio Apartments Preparing to Rise Against a Widening I-35
The planned redevelopment of the former Concordia University campus , a 22-acre site located just west of I-35 in the Hancock neighborhood of Central Austin, has taken 16 years to grow to its current crop of apartment, office, and retail buildings. That’s a bit longer than we expected when the city approved the
The Hanger Project Brings Apartments to a Former North Loop Industrial Site
An apartment development planned for a sprawling former industrial tract could bring approximately more than 400 new residences to the edge of the North Loop neighborhood in Central Austin, according to site plan documents currently in review with the city. The project by local real estate development firm Seco Ventures would raise two adjacent five-story apartment structures…
Avoiding an Expanding Highway’s Gravitational Pull at the Frio Apartments
The redevelopment of the 22-acre former campus of Concordia University at the eastern edge of the Hancock neighborhood is one of Austin’s lesser examples of the planned unit development (PUD) process — “the deal so bad, a guy went to jail!”