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…
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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…
Preservation Work Planned for Residential Project at Threadgill’s Site
A multifamily residential development could be in the cards for the former restaurant and music venue Threadgill’s Old #1 at 6416 North Lamar Boulevard, which closed approximately a year ago — but the new owners hope to preserve part of the original building as a monument to this site’s storied past. That’s the latest from local developers Journeyman Group, which outlined its tentative plans…
Imagining Homeless Housing at Austin’s Vacant City-Owned Home Depot
Since 2008, the City of Austin has owned the approximately 13.7-acre empty former Home Depot store on East St. Johns Avenue near the interchange of Interstate 35 and Highway 183 in the St. John neighborhood. At the time, the city hoped to use the site for a courthouse or police station, but this never materialized — and more than a decade later that…
North Central Development Roundup: Not Quite Central, Not Quite North
Okay, so maybe it’s a stretch to call neighborhoods like Crestview and Allandale part of “Central Austin,” but we also feel weird saying anything south of Highway 183 is in “North Austin.” What’s a blog to do? You probably already figured this out, but we’re running with “North Central.” Here’s some stuff they’re building around…