The long and winding road to the City of Austin’s development of a roughly 19-acre land assembly in the historic St. John neighborhood with mixed-income housing and park space only has a few twists and turns left. You’ll agree that’s good news considering the timeline at play here — the adjacent tracts at 7211 and 7309 North Interstate 35, once respectively occupied by a Home…
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15-Story Residential Tower Could Bring Lamar and Airport an All-Time High
A transit-oriented residential development now in the early planning stages at the southeast corner of Lamar and Airport Boulevards at the edge of the Highland neighborhood could set a new record for height in this region of Central Austin, with the project’s developers now seeking a zoning change from the city unlocking a maximum height of 160…
Demolition Pending for North Lamar Apartment Site Near Crestview Station
Demolition permits are now pending for approximately five buildings spread across four adjacent properties near the northeast corner of North Lamar Boulevard and West St. Johns Avenue in the Highland neighborhood of Central Austin, clearing the approximately 3.6-acre land assembly for a 378-unit apartment and retail building planned by residential mega-developers Greystar. The four tracts…
Busting Northeast Austin’s Sprawl With 1,000 New Homes in a Hotel Parking Lot
A redevelopment plan for a 1970s-era hotel site on the south edge of the St. Johns neighborhood in Northeast Austin could bring denser and taller development with up to 1,000 new homes at the northeast corner of the interchange of Highway 290 and Interstate 35, according to a rezoning application scheduled for a hearing at tomorrow’s meeting…
Demolition Planned for City-Owned Home Depot Site in North Austin
The former Home Depot store currently sitting empty on a roughly 19-acre tract of city-owned land along Interstate 35 in the St. Johns neighborhood of Northeast Austin could soon be demolished, according to a number of permits filed earlier this week. It’s only the latest update in a frustratingly long saga to redevelop the vacant store located at 7211 North Interstate…
Celebrating the High-Flying History of Highland’s Hidden Hangar
There’s plenty to love about the Highland neighborhood of Central Austin, but for our money there’s no part of this region more interesting than the small district of mostly industrial properties located just south of the Red Line tracks directly east of North Lamar Boulevard. We think there’s a lot of potential in these few blocks for…