It's been too long since we've pulled off a nice lightning round of updates on the perpetual development machine of downtown Austin condos, apartments, offices, hotels, and so forth. Let's fix that with some fresh photos and even fresher perspectives. In fact, the only thing that isn't fresh about this post is us after going outside to take these photos. Don't say we don't ...
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Here’s Our First View of the Updated South Lamar and Riverside Hotel
Remember the plans for a South Austin condo or apartment building at the southeast corner of South Lamar Boulevard and West Riverside Drive? This long-awaited and occasionally controversial project, first announced in 2013 as a 175-unit residential community, recently returned in the form of a 107-room hotel, also sporting 25 condo units and retail space to boot. ...
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 ...
On Island Time at WatersMark, the Weirdest Austin Condo Tower Never Built
Explosive growth, which would eventually come to define Austin despite storied resistance from its slacker set, really arrived at the dawn of the 1980s. That decade saw the development of a dozen buildings over 15 floors in height in the downtown area alone, and though Austin didn't experience the stereotypical excess of the era compared to either Dallas or "Dallas," the ...
