The redevelopment of East Austin's Rebekah Baines Johnson Center, a 1972 housing complex for low-income seniors built on a 17.8-acre tract southeast of downtown, is slowly gaining steam -- and the project's recently-revealed name, "The Hatchery," evokes the curious history of this property even as it creates a new master-planned community for housing Austin's future. After a ...
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At a Shuttered East Side Barbershop, Five Floors of Apartments May Fit Fine
A five-story apartment building could soon rise atop the site of a former East Austin barbershop, per recent city filings. Located on a roughly .22-acre assembly that includes 1812 and 1814 East Sixth Street, both addresses are now owned by corporate entities connected with local design and construction firm Novium Group. Site plan proposals filed last week by ...
Apartments and Offices Make Good Neighbors for a Growing South Lamar
Hey, did you know that "vertical mixed-use" can mean something besides just apartments on top of a restaurant? It's true! According to recent city documents, a mixed-use project planned by developer Ardent Residential will build 138,780 square feet of office space, along with 309 apartment units, in two separate buildings on a land assembly including 1303, 1311, and 1401 South ...
Here’s the Travis, Bringing 50 Floors of Apartments to the Rainey Street District
Ever since the Villas on Town Lake condos at 80 Red River Street finally came down earlier this year, we knew it was only a matter of time until we'd see a progress update on The Travis, an apartment tower planned atop the former condo site by Dallas developer Genesis Real Estate Group. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CZGcXvqQWg Genesis purchased the 2.3-acre property, ...
Residential Project to Replace Bingo Hall in East Riverside’s Growing Corridor
UPDATE: Thanks to a tip from an intrepid reader, we've now got our hands on a selection of the 1919 East Riverside Drive project's site plan, submitted to the city via engineering firm Stantec. Take a gander for yourself: Though this image doesn't give us as much information as a rendering, it shows that the proposed building at the bingo hall site appears to be ...