The owners of a longtime North Austin shopping center with one of the city’s most perpetually empty parking lots are currently weighing the possibilities of a denser redevelopment, according to a meeting of the Wooten Neighborhood Association earlier this month. The Anderson Square shopping center, located at the southwest corner of the interchange between Highway 183, West Anderson Lane,…
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Fixing Up Austin’s Most Underrated Downtown Green Space at Duncan Park
After more than a decade of thoughts on the subject, the City of Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department is kicking off improvements to Duncan Neighborhood Park on West Ninth Street at the far western end of the downtown area, with the park closed to the public for construction as of this week. looks like the duncan park renovation is…
Downtown Austin’s Salvation Army Redevelopment Comes Into View
Perhaps by now you’ve heard that the Salvation Army is selling its acre-sized downtown Austin property near the corner of Eighth and Neches Streets, occupied for years by the charity’s homeless shelter until an abrupt closure last month. The site, now being marketed by commercial real estate giants CBRE, will probably need a fairly sensitive redevelopment to overcome the…
Demolition Pending For El Mercado Building at 17th and Lavaca Downtown
A permit filed with the city this week indicates the pending demolition of the buildings located at West 17th and Lavaca Streets in downtown’s growing northwest corner — most notably including the former home of the longtime El Mercado Uptown restaurant at 1702 Lavaca Street, which shuttered last year after nearly 30 years of business. Although the buildings at the corner date…
Austin Could Roll Back Its Controversial ‘Stealth Dorm’ Occupancy Limits
A proposed code amendment up for discussion at tonight’s meeting of the city’s Planning Commission could roll back Austin’s controversial reduction of citywide occupancy limits for new housing, popularly known as the “Stealth Dorm Ordinance.” Item 19 on the Tuesday, May 9 meeting’s agenda, initiated by Commissioner Maxwell and supported by Commissioner Anderson, would strike all text…
A Block-Sized Demolition’s Headed for Sixth & Blanco West of Downtown Austin
A five-story mixed-use project bringing retail, hotel, office, and residential space to more than two acres along West Sixth Street near downtown Austin is headed for the demolition phase. Sixth & Blanco, a new name for the plan first announced last summer as Clarksvillage, imagines a large-scale destination for the neighborhoods west of downtown courtesy of…