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…
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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…
North Central Roundup: Say ‘Howdy’ to More Than 1,500 Apartment Units
Yesterday, we dug into apartment plans for the former Honda dealership at 1301 West Koenig Lane, but it didn’t take long before we realized there’s a lot more development worth noting in the north central neighborhoods of Austin. Being downtown-dwellers, we don’t always pay enough attention to what’s going on in the neighborhoods up north from the University of…
Aura North Lamar Apartments Bring Mixed-Use Density to North Loop
High-density multifamily development hasn’t yet reached a fever pitch in Austin’s North Loop neighborhood — in fact, the biggest project underway in the area is likely the Flora Apartments currently rising on Middle Fiskville Road near Airport Boulevard. Still, Dallas-based real estate outfit Trinsic Residential Group has its eye on the neighborhood’s northwestern edge, with plans for a mixed-use…