The long-expected development of the “Taco PUD” at the southeast corner of South Lamar Boulevard and West Riverside Drive has taken shape over the last two years since the 2019 start of work on the eight-story hotel and condo project known as the Loren at Lady Bird Lake, and though the building at 211 South Lamar…
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The Long-Awaited Seaholm Waterfront Project Starts Up Its First Phase
We’re huge fans of the plan by the City of Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department to rehab the historic 1950s Art Deco-style facility on Lady Bird Lake formerly used as the pump house of the adjacent Seaholm Power Plant into a new downtown public space — and unlike the fate of many plans we like, after waiting more than 10 years we’re happy to report…
Apple-Inspired Modular Apartments Break Ground in East Austin
Juno, a Silicon Valley real estate startup dedicated to the modular production of multifamily housing from the engineered wood material known as mass timber, has reportedly broken ground on its first project in East Austin. This five-story, 24-unit apartment community with ground-level retail space will rise on an extremely narrow 0.17-acre site at the northwest corner of East Fourth…
20 Years after 9/11, Austin’s Frost Bank Tower Remains a Symbol of Strength
With numerous taller towers now prominent on Austin’s skyline — and even more on the way — the 33-story Frost Bank Tower at 401 Congress Avenue isn’t quite the symbol of the “New Austin” it once was at the time of its opening in 2004, remaining the city’s tallest building only until the completion of the 360 Condominiums in 2008. But as…
Natiivo Austin’s ‘Home Sharing’ Tower Sells Out in the Rainey Street District
Natiivo Austin, the fascinating residential crossbreed that’s not quite condo and not quite hotel, is officially “completely sold out” according to its developers at Austin-based developer Pearlstone Partners along with Newgard Development Group out of Miami. Per its exclusive listing agents at Prospect Real Estate, the building’s 248 units sold out ahead of schedule — actually beating their own projections, with…
The Amaya Family Imagines a Bigger Taco Village in North Loop
A proposed zoning change for a 1.2-acre property near the southwest corner of I-35 and Highway 290 at the edge of the North Loop neighborhood would allow the Amaya family behind longtime Tex-Mex staple Amaya’s Taco Village to redevelop their restaurant site as a multistory mixed-use building containing a new restaurant space, additional retail, and a number…