The new Rainey Street District location of the Cambria Hotel brand by Choice Hotels International finally broke ground yesterday at 68 East Avenue, four full years after its first announcement — and although the Cambria is part of a chain just like its neighbors directly to the north at the baffling Homewood Suites by Hilton and the upcoming Fairfield by Marriott, respectively located at 78 and…
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Embracing the Bittersweet Beauty of Congress Avenue’s Hyatt Centric Tower
After celebrating its official topping out earlier this summer and dismantling its crane late last month, we’re finally able to get a good look at the 31-floor hotel tower set to open early next year but already standing tall at the corner of Eighth Street and Congress Avenue, formally known as the Hyatt Centric Congress Avenue Austin but…
The Loren Condos Are Nearly Sold Out at South Lamar and Riverside
The long-expected development of the “Taco PUD” at the southeast corner of South Lamar Boulevard and West Riverside Drive has taken shape over the last two years since the 2019 start of work on the eight-story hotel and condo project known as the Loren at Lady Bird Lake, and though the building at 211 South Lamar…
Natiivo Austin’s ‘Home Sharing’ Tower Sells Out in the Rainey Street District
Natiivo Austin, the fascinating residential crossbreed that’s not quite condo and not quite hotel, is officially “completely sold out” according to its developers at Austin-based developer Pearlstone Partners along with Newgard Development Group out of Miami. Per its exclusive listing agents at Prospect Real Estate, the building’s 248 units sold out ahead of schedule — actually beating their own projections, with…
Corner-Clearing Demolition Approved for 14th and Lavaca Tower Plan
Austin’s Historic Landmark Commission approved the demolition of five adjacent buildings in downtown northwest of the Capitol at its meeting earlier this week, representing another step forward for a reported hotel tower project at the site from a partnership between local firms Sabot Development and Twin Crest Capital. The site is an approximately 0.42-acre assembly of four neighboring properties including…
The Rainey Street District’s Getting Another Chain Hotel, For Some Reason
The Rainey Street District of downtown Austin is currently home to at least four planned tower projects expected to exceed 40 floors or more in height, one of which if built would become the tallest building in the state — and with other towers like Natiivo, 44 East Avenue, and the East Tower, East Avenue is fast becoming the neighborhood’s most interesting corridor for growth besides Rainey Street itself….