An apartment project set to bring approximately 300 new residences to a drive-thru bank and adjacent parking lot of an office building on Burnet Road is preparing to take its first steps in the Allandale neighborhood of North Central Austin, with the site plan for the development at 7618 Burnet Road now approved by the city and…
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Reconsidering an Ocean of Asphalt at the Anderson Square Shopping Center
The owners of a longtime North Austin shopping center with one of the city’s most perpetually empty parking lots are currently weighing the possibilities of a denser redevelopment, according to a meeting of the Wooten Neighborhood Association earlier this month. The Anderson Square shopping center, located at the southwest corner of the interchange between Highway 183, West Anderson Lane,…
New Apartments Seek to Heal the Sprawl on Shoal Creek Boulevard
Along with the incredible explosion of density cooking in the region directly around the Domain, there’s a few notable projects headed to other parts of North Austin looking to try something different from the region’s largely sprawled-out style of development. Multistory residential buildings really stick out in this part of town at the moment, but it’s a great start — and a rezoning case unanimously recommended by the…
With Dart Bowl Bound for Demolition, Highland Lanes Could Redevelop Next
The building formerly home to longtime Austin landmark Dart Bowl received the green light for demolition this week from the city’s Historic Landmark Commission, with the former bowling alley at 5700 Grover Avenue to be replaced by a 247-unit apartment project from developers OHT Partners — but recent city filings indicate the family partnership behind Dart Bowl’s legendary…
Burnet Place Project Unlocks Affordable Housing for Austinites Living With HIV
Local nonprofit Project Transitions expects to break ground soon on Burnet Place, a 61-unit affordable apartment community reserved for Austinites living with HIV, in the Wooten neighborhood — and the project, permitted under the Affordability Unlocked development bonus program added to Austin’s Land Development Code in 2019, illustrates a number of challenges facing the construction of housing in the region at the moment,…
West Anderson’s No Urban Paradise, but We’ve Gotta Start Somewhere
What’s interesting about the 27 Eleven project by California-based development outfit Paydar Properties isn’t so much the building, but rather its location — now rising at 2711 West Anderson Lane, this 320-unit apartment community will soon become the only multifamily residential building directly facing the stretch of West Anderson Lane between Mopac and Burnet Road,…