The City of Austin’s Historic Landmark Commission approved a permit this week for the demolition of the Dunham & Jones law offices located at 1800 Guadalupe Street, and it’s kind of a funny story. The building, a handsome former apartment structure dating back to 1923, was originally determined in a report from city staff to be an exceptionally…
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Austin’s Waterloo Park Hotel Tower Could Finally Break Ground in 2023
On January 21, 2015, the #1 song in America was “Uptown Funk” and this site published a post about a hotel tower planned at the Brick Oven Pizza restaurant at 1201 Red River Street. Just shy of eight years later, that restaurant’s still standing, although it closed two years ago — and there’s still no hotel in sight….
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…
This Downtown Demolition Application Could Tell a Tower-Shaped Story
A demolition application scheduled to appear at the October 5 meeting of the city’s Historic Landmark Commission could point to a new tower development on the northwestern edge of downtown Austin. The permit, listed for consideration on the upcoming meeting’s agenda, indicates an applicant is seeking to demolish the building at 1800 Guadalupe Street, a former apartment building dating…
Nearly 700 Homes Planned Across Two Towers Near Austin’s Convention Center
Recent permit activity for the Block 32 tower project, planned by an unknown developer for a half-block site at East Third and San Jacinto Streets a stone’s throw from the Austin Convention Center, indicates the development will contain two towers built next door to each other across two phases of construction. It’s not yet clear if these will be…
28-Story Downtown Austin Hotel Tower Plan Moves Forward at Fifth and Lavaca
The dual-branded Embassy Suites and Motto by Hilton hotel tower planned by local hospitality firm Merritt Development Group for a 0.27-acre assembly at the southeast corner of West Fifth and Lavaca Streets in downtown Austin is showing some notable signs of progress this week, with the first development-related filing for the 28-story building now in review with the city. According…