Block 185, the downtown Austin office tower project best known as the future home of Google, has made significant progress since its groundbreaking back in the downright prehistoric era of 2019 — and though it hasn’t reached its full height of 594 feet just yet, the 35-floor building’s ever-growing prominence on the downtown skyline is becoming increasingly difficult to…
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Parkside Brings Mueller Its First Real-Deal Density-Loving Condo Community
Approximately 17 years into its transformation from an Austin airport to a master-planned neighborhood, you might say Mueller is running out of surprises — most of its sprawling 711 acres are now built out on behalf of its master developers at Catellus. We’re excited to see how an expected future apartment project fits around the iconic former Mueller Airport’s…
Demolition Finally Kicks Off at Symphony Square in Downtown Austin
More than two years after the first appearance of plans for a 31-story mixed-use tower development surrounding the Symphony Square historic site in downtown Austin, demolition has finally arrived at the project’s approximately 1.7-acre land assembly — never mind that we still haven’t actually seen a rendering of the tower from its developer Greystar, it’s still a good sign of progress on will…
Downtown’s Avenue Lofts Condos Hit the Market, With Redevelopment in Mind
The Avenue Lofts, a 38-unit downtown Austin condo community at 410 East Fifth Street, is being marketed for sale. According to a listing from commercial real estate investors CBRE, the owner’s association of the building has retained the firm as the property’s exclusive marketing agent, with a possible major tower redevelopment of the 0.81-acre property highlighted in marketing materials…
With Apartments on Deck, 1155 Barton Springs Shakes Off Years of Bad Luck
After more than 20 years of false starts, neighborhood opposition, and at least one bankruptcy, one of the longest-planned residential projects in Austin’s history is finally speeding toward a hard-earned finish at 1155 Barton Springs Road. Perched atop a picturesque hillside at the edge of the Bouldin Creek neighborhood with an impressive view of the downtown skyline just north…
Talavera Lofts Brings High Design to Mixed-Income Renters in East Austin
Saltillo, East Austin’s most recent master-planned transit-oriented development by Endeavor Real Estate Group, transformed a 10-acre former rail yard into a mixed-use community of residential, office, and retail space a stone’s throw from the Plaza Saltillo MetroRail station — and the project is now rapidly approaching the one-year anniversary of its grand opening, despite the outbreak…