Having topped out its Natiivo project at 48 East Avenue in the Rainey Street District just last week, Austin firm Pearlstone Partners has an only slightly different address on its mind at 84 East Avenue, where the developers’ 284-unit downtown Austin condo tower plan currently known by the placeholder name The East Tower is quickly passing through the permitting stages on the…
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Austin’s Waller Creek ‘Supertall’ Project Would Be Texas’ Tallest Tower
In the aftermath of the revelation that Austin could soon receive its first “supertall” tower in the form of a mixed-use project called Waller Creek by developers Lincoln Property Company and Kairoi Residential at 98 Red River Street — a site that’s sat undeveloped despite multiple evolving plans for its transformation over the years — whichever anonymous individual first leaked the renderings…
Natiivo Is Officially Topped Out at 33 Floors in the Rainey Street District
Only a year and change after its groundbreaking ceremony in August 2019, downtown Austin condo tower project Natiivo is officially topped out. Its 33 floors, rising at 48 East Avenue on the edge of the forever-growing Rainey Street District, will operate under a unique “home sharing” ownership model its developers at Pearlstone Partners and Newgard Development Group describe as a “first-of-its-kind, innovative concept…
Here’s How Austin’s Fixing Up Fiesta Gardens, Lakeside Lagoon and All
The City of Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department kicked off a virtual community engagement process for the rehabilitation of longtime city-owned East Austin event venue Fiesta Gardens earlier this week, a project overseen by preservation-minded local architects Clayton Korte to bring a variety of improvements to the 54-year-old facility that’s often rented for weddings, quinceañeras, and family reunions. But…
Widening I-35 to 20 Lanes in Downtown Austin is the Anti-Project Connect
It’s never been more widely understood in the history of transportation infrastructure that adding lanes to highways does not solve the problem of traffic congestion. The phenomenon of “induced demand,” a catch-all phrase used to describe the complex relationship between multiple effects causing traffic to rapidly fill expanded highway space, has filtered through somewhat to the general public — and efforts…
This Year’s Drive-Through Trail of Lights is a Secret Austin History Lesson
As Austin prepares to celebrate a very different holiday season this year in the shadow of the ongoing pandemic, the much-loved Trail of Lights at Zilker Park is providing its own version of social distance by transitioning to a drive-through event, meaning we’ll be idling, not walking, past its giant lighted displays and other seasonal decorations. Due to COVID-19…