With a general real estate bonfire and more specific downtown Austin condo and apartment tower boom well underway in Austin, there’s never been a better time to obsess over the names of new buildings. It might seem trivial to you, but the branding of these projects is something a lot of people think about —…
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Avenue Lofts Sold in Fourth Major Downtown Austin Condo Buyout
Downtown Austin condo community Avenue Lofts has sold to local real estate developers Wilson Capital, according to the firm. This five-story, 38-unit building at 410 East Fifth Street, originally built as state offices in 1943 and adapted for condo use in the late 1990s, has been recently marketed as a prime location for new tower development — its 0.8-acre…
The Amaya’s Condo Redevelopment is Austin’s Feel-Good Project of the Year
A zoning change approved by the City of Austin’s Planning Commission this week will allow the Amaya family behind local Tex-Mex institution Amaya’s Taco Village to redevelop their 1.2-acre restaurant site at the far edge of the North Loop neighborhood near the southwest corner of I-35 and Highway 290, with plans for a five-story mixed-use building containing an estimated 80…
The Austonian Finally Flips the Lights Back On in Downtown Austin
The Austonian, a fetching 56-story downtown Austin condo tower standing 683 feet at 200 Congress Avenue, enjoyed its status as the city’s tallest building from its completion in 2010 until the arrival of the Independent in 2019 — but for many of those years, the tower’s original crown lighting was switched off. Read More
44 East Avenue Tops Out 49 Floors of Condos in the Rainey Street District
Here’s a late-breaking news update you tower-minded folks will be happy to hear — the downtown Austin condo tower at 44 East Avenue by developers Intracorp has officially celebrated its topping out at the southern edge of the Rainey Street District. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Connor Matthews – Realtor (@connormatthewsrealtor) There’s a…
The Loren Condos Are Nearly Sold Out at South Lamar and Riverside
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…