Five long years after the first rumblings of a residential tower planned on adjacent downtown tracts currently occupied by restaurants at 506 and 508 West Avenue, the 359-unit multifamily project by local developer Manifold Real Estate appears to be moving forward. A rezoning case for the two properties, changing their designation from Downtown Mixed-Use (DMU) to the more height-permissive Central…
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Here’s What Goes on Top of a Highway
Last week, we asked our splendid readers to dream up a few design concepts for what might go on top of the potential caps covering the lowered and expanded Interstate 35 through downtown Austin. Putting something interesting over the newly-widened highway might be the one upside to a project we find hugely ill-advised, despite the insistence by the Texas Department of Transportation that…
Grant Plaza Redevelopment Bringing Downtown Residences to Sixth Street
The redevelopment of the Grant Plaza office complex at 611 East Sixth Street, occupying a full block at the far eastern end of what’s considered Sixth Street’s famous strip of shot bars, represents an opportunity for something new in downtown’s most troubled district — but we underestimated just how drastically the site’s owners at New York-based firm Empire Square Group are…
What Goes on Top of a Highway?
The widening and lowering of Interstate 35 in Central Austin isn’t gonna be pretty. Estimated construction times for the Texas Department of Transportation’s so-called Capital Express project hover at around eight years, and will likely take place concurrently with the voter-approved construction of Project Connect’s rail lines and other transit improvements — you should probably plan on…
Twin Residential Tower Plan Would Break the Domain’s Height Record
Hot on the heels of recent zoning changes allowing taller and denser construction in the North Burnet / Gateway planning area of North Austin, a proposal for twin residential towers in the South End District of the Domain by real estate firm Stonelake Capital Partners is now on track to set a new record for height in the region, according to…
Paseo Apartment Tower Secures Financing to Rise on Rainey in 2023
The 48-floor apartment tower planned for a 0.66-acre assembly of properties in the heart of Austin’s fastest-growing entertainment district at 80 Rainey Street has officially secured its financing this week. The development partnership between local firm LV Collective and real estate investors ELV Associates and JE Dunn Capital Partners announced on Wednesday that the project has closed on its…