A 43-story residential tower bound for the corner of Rainey and River Streets in downtown Austin’s fastest-growing district announced its groundbreaking today — but considering that site prep and crane installation were visibly underway at this future building’s half-acre tract at 700 River Street since earlier this summer, we’re just glad to see its developers finally making things…
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South Congress Tower Plan Adds Height, Housing, and Rooftop Beekeeping
A planned unit development proposed by New York-based real estate firm Tishman Speyer Properties would raise a 400-foot tower atop a 0.8-acre assembly of adjacent properties currently containing a tire shop and nail salon on South Congress Avenue. The plan for the site, spanning 311 to 315 South Congress Avenue, was previously described in local reports earlier this year as a…
Meet Solomon, Building Mueller-Style Living Across the Street From Mueller
A seemingly biblically-named building by major local developers Endeavor Real Estate Group is now under construction at the gateway to the Mueller neighborhood in Central Austin. Solomon, a five-story mixed-use apartment and retail project containing approximately 369 new residences, is located atop a largely undeveloped 3.8-acre tract at 1414 East 51st Street formerly used as parking space…
Transforming Brodie Oaks From Shopping Center to City in South Austin
We’ve said this before, but the upcoming redevelopment of the 37-acre Brodie Oaks shopping center into a new mixed-use community for South Austin is the sort of large-scale urban planning even the city’s most change-averse citizens ought to celebrate. Play with this slider and try telling us the “after” image doesn’t look like an upgrade: Taking a…
Inside Zilker Studios, South Austin’s Latest Affordable Housing Community
With a clean modern design and incredible panoramic views of the downtown skyline from a hillside at the edge of the coveted Zilker neighborhood , the 110-unit apartment building now nearing the end of construction at 1508 South Lamar Boulevard looks like it’s almost ready to hit South Austin’s hungry luxury market — but Zilker Studios, the latest project…
It’s Last Call to Vote for Housing at the Palm District in Downtown Austin
The recent planning effort by the City of Austin designating a large swath of downtown near I-35 as the Palm District has always felt a bit inexact for us, rolling the Rainey Street District, the area around the Austin Convention Center that also contains the plan’s namesake Palm School, the entertainment district along Red River Street, and the Innovation District near the new…