The "home-sharing" concept of the 33-floor Natiivo tower, now under construction at 48 East Avenue on the edge of downtown Austin's ever-growing Rainey Street District, will introduce some new forces to the local hospitality and short-term rental market. In fact, if we were advertising the project, the first of its kind in the city, we might describe its potential effects as ...
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Here’s 90-92 Rainey, a 53-Story Tower for Downtown’s Fastest-Growing District
Earlier this year saw the announcement of a mixed-use tower in the rapidly-rising Rainey Street District by local developer and Urbanspace CEO Kevin Burns, but since that news broke back in March we haven't heard much else about the project -- described at the time as a hotel, residential, and retail building with 50-odd stories headed for the corner of Davis and Rainey Streets ...
Loren Hotel and Condo Project Breaks Ground at South Lamar and Riverside
Groundbreaking and other site work has begun for the Loren at Lady Bird Lake, an eight-story, 108-room hotel with 26 additional condo units including two penthouses planned for South Austin's so-called "Taco PUD" at 211 South Lamar Boulevard, according to an announcement by hospitality firm the Loren Hotel Group. A current view of the site at the corner of West Riverside ...
Take a Fresh Look at Natiivo, the Rainey Street District’s ‘Home Sharing’ Tower
Natiivo, the Airbnb-powered "home sharing" concept currently under construction at 48 East Avenue in the Rainey Street District of downtown Austin, received a lot of attention both local and national regarding its unique ownership model after the project's announcement earlier this year -- and at the time of the tower's groundbreaking ceremony back in August, its ...
Downtown Austin’s Marriott Hotel Tower Celebrates Its ‘Topping Out’
It sounds a little strange to call a 31-story tower project "under the radar," but for all its prominence, the new Marriott hotel tower rising at the northwest corner of Cesar Chavez and Trinity Streets just across from the Austin Convention Center hasn't received all that much attention in the news lately. Still, its 613 guest rooms and direct proximity to the ...
