A mixed-use apartment and office tower by national real estate firm Ryan Companies is in an early planning phase atop a nearly half-acre land assembly on the southeast corner of West Sixth and Guadalupe Streets in downtown Austin — making the as-yet-unnamed project the second tower now planned at this intersection, joining the 6 X Guadalupe development already…
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We’ve Got Two Options for a Snazzed-Up Trailhead in the Rainey Street District
The Trail Foundation’s vision for an improved Hike-and-Bike Trail entrance — or trailhead, using the preferred hiker-and-biker parlance — in downtown Austin’s rapidly-growing Rainey Street District is finally taking shape this month. At a public engagement meeting held last weekend, the nonprofit showed off two possible design configurations of an upgraded entry point and park space…
How Big Should Project Connect Go?
Last week I had the privilege of attending an open house for Project Connect , the planning effort to build a high-frequency, high-capacity, fast-running base for Austin’s transit system. Although the in-person open houses for the Orange and Blue lines are over, you can still review the materials and get your feedback heard at the virtual open house . CapMetro…
Between Rails and Roads, an East Austin Office Project Braves the Squeeze
A vaguely triangular piece of land created by the gradual confluence of a rail line with East Fifth Street sounds like a challenging choice of site for East Austin’s next big development, but then again, constraint drives creativity — making the office project bound for a 1.74-acre tract at 2700 East Fifth Street more interesting than most. The…
A Record-Setting Tower’s Planned at 14th and Guadalupe Downtown
UPDATE, FEBRUARY 2020: Check the end of this article for a new rendering of the 14th and Guadalupe project. A 31-story office and retail building planned at the northwest corner of 14th and Guadalupe Streets by local developers Cypress Real Estate Advisors will raise the bar for its growing district in a very literal sense — with…
Central Austin Development Roundup: Super-Secret Mystery Building Edition
Today, we’re taking a peek at some downtown Austin projects in the early planning stages — so early, in fact, that we don’t have many details or images for most of them, though we can make plenty of educated guesses and maybe one of those “green box” massings we love so much, meaning you’ll at least have…
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