Groundbreaking is expected later this summer on Austin Energy's new headquarters within the Mueller neighborhood, and the city's trying something a little different for the estimated $150 million project -- letting someone else build it for them. The current state of the location of the Austin Energy office project site, located at the northeast corner of Mueller Boulevard ...
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A Tower’s Headed for Downtown Austin’s Historic Royal Arch Masonic Lodge
A roughly 30-story tower project could soon rise from a historic Masonic lodge building in downtown Austin, according to a collection of planning documents filed in preparation for tonight's meeting of the city's Historic Landmark Commission. The documents, part of a certificate of appropriateness application filed with the commission by local architects Brett Rhode of Rhode ...
Take a Closer Look at the Travis, the Rainey District’s New Tallest Tower
We've already gotten one peek at what's planned for the Travis, a mixed-use project building two towers at 80 Red River Street in downtown's Rainey Street District, which could break ground as early as later this year -- but remember, the project's developers, Dallas-based Genesis Real Estate Group, say they're building this thing in phases. We saw the Phase I tower back ...
Digging Into the Blockbuster Plan for the Austin American-Statesman Site
Now that we've had a few days to digest the Austin American-Statesman's breaking news story about the redevelopment of its own headquarters on the south shores of Lady Bird Lake, we thought it might be nice to think a little further about the potential wrapped up in this roughly 19-acre site at 305 South Congress Avenue. Even though the plan, as shown in the renderings seen ...
‘Airbnb-Powered’ Home Sharing Concept Natiivo Heads to Rainey Street District
The long-awaited tower project at 48 East Avenue in downtown Austin's Rainey Street District won't be home to either condos or apartments, as previously reported during various stages of the development's roughly six-year lifespan -- instead, the 33-floor building will be built as a 249-unit hotel, but that's really only half the story. In line with reports from this site ...
