A project to renovate a former apartment complex on South Lamar Boulevard into an 84-room boutique hotel is moving forward, according to industry sources connected with the project and a new set of renderings from local architects Chioco Design. The site is a roughly 1.3-acre collection of adjacent addresses at 2121 and 2119 South Lamar Boulevard, currently occupied…
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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…
Here’s a New View of the Downtown Austin Hotel Planned at Fifth and Lavaca
The 30-story downtown Austin hotel plan proposed by local hospitality firm Merritt Development Group at the southeast corner of West Fifth and Lavaca Streets is set to appear before the city’s Design Commission tonight, seeking a ruling on its compliance with the design requirements of the Downtown Density Bonus Program. That’s great news for us, since it means we’ve…
Graduate Hotel Planned in Downtown Austin’s Growing Northwest Corner
It’s always a great day here on the blog when our idle speculation actually predicts the future, so we’re thrilled to announce that after months of connecting the dots around the roughly acre-sized property at 1800 Guadalupe Street, we can now confirm with an outrageously cool sense of self-assuredness that Nashville-based real estate firm Adventurous Journeys Capital Partners plans to build the…
Downtown Austin’s Next Hotel Takes on Red River’s Most Eligible Parking Lots
Last week, we noted the second possible demolition of an Extended Stay America hotel in the central city to make room for taller growth, but that doesn’t mean the mid-tier extended stay hotel is obsolete in downtown Austin — ha ha, au contraire! City permit filings from this month indicate plans for the development of a 166-room TownePlace Suites…
Hot on the Trail of Downtown’s Mystery Hotel Tower at Seventh and Trinity
It’s a big week for hotels on East Seventh Street, according to a permit filed yesterday with the City of Austin. But this case takes a bit more reading between the lines than usual, so it’s a good thing we’re comfortable with idle speculation on this little blog! The mystery permit, a license agreement filed with the city by local…