A one-acre downtown property currently occupied by the former headquarters of a state pension fund is up for rezoning at tonight’s meeting of the Planning Commission, with city staff recommending the zoning change for the site, located at East 12th Street and the I-35 Frontage Road, to a central business district (CBD) designation — paving the way for…
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Austin’s Annie B Apartment Tower Adds a Fancy Crown in West Downtown
One thing you’ll hear quite often from folks with what you could call “mixed views” on Austin’s growth is that there’s just too many darn glass boxes going up downtown — punch the phrase “another glass box” into any search bar and you’ll discover that this is not a phenomenon unique to Austin or even North America. Like…
Windsor Park Apartment Project Trades Steaks for Affordable Homes
A five-story multifamily housing development at the edge of the Windsor Park neighborhood in East Austin is set to bring 308 affordable homes to a prominent empty lot near the southeast corner of I-35 and Highway 290 at Clayton Lane, a 2.5-acre site previously home to a Texas Land & Cattle steakhouse — which closed back in…
West Fourth and Colorado Tower Plans a Place for Austin’s Oldest Gay Bar
A deal between Houston-based multifamily developer Hanover Company and downtown property owners alongside the management of Austin’s oldest gay bar and dance club Oilcan Harry’s would raise an approximately 40-story, 400-unit apartment tower at the corner of West Fourth and Colorado Street — a proposal that’s already drawn significant attention from the city’s LGBT community after appearing on the agenda…
East Austin ‘Micro-Unit’ Apartments Break Ground at Sixth and Chicon
A six-story “micro-housing” apartment project by local commercial real estate firm Watershed Development Group has officially broken ground in East Austin, bringing 60 residences to an approximately quarter-acre site at 1812 East Sixth Street. This 34,364-square-foot building, named Sixth and Chicon after the nearby intersection, features apartments ranging from 252 to 465 square feet in size — overall, the average size…
321 West Tower Breaks Ground With a New Look at Sixth and Guadalupe
The 58-floor office and apartment tower plan known as 321 West celebrated its official groundbreaking on Wednesday this week at the southeast corner of West Sixth and Guadalupe Streets in downtown Austin, even though its crackerjack development team of Ryan Companies and Tishman Speyer haven’t actually mentioned it yet — there’s been no media blitz, no hashtag, nothing. We actually respect the hell out of…