According to new city filings, the Security Self Storage facility located at 1515 South Lamar Boulevard might soon be storing selves instead, in the form of a 328-unit apartment project by multifamily mega-firm Fairfield Residential, which owns numerous communities around the country -- though none in Austin, until now. For the most part, this new project, which is ...
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The Once and Future Block 36
We've known a multifamily project by developer Transwestern was in the cards for Block 36 of the original downtown Austin plan since the beginning of this year, but that's about it -- not nearly as exciting without a picture, is it? Good thing we've got some drawings now, thanks to recent city utility filings for the site: The building's designer is Wilder Belshaw ...
The Tyndall’s On Deck in East Austin
For a long time, I ignored the Tyndall. It just didn't grab my attention. In fact, for several months I thought this Austin condo project, currently in a late stage of construction at 800 Embassy Drive just east of I-35, was destined to be another straightforward mid-rise apartment building like its neighbors, AMLI Eastside and Eleven by Windsor. It certainly looked that ...
The Huston Apartment Project Headed to a Controversial East Austin Site
You wouldn't necessarily peg the 2.84-acre plot on the east side of Interstate 35 between East 11th and 12th Streets as a fierce battleground for the soul of Austin. That's not to say that the swooping pink roofline of the former Lucky Lady Bingo Hall isn't charming, but at the end of the day it's an unassuming strip mall dominated mostly by its shockingly large parking lot. ...
Australian Investors Weigh Development Options on East Cesar Chavez
On the eve of the Fourth of July, local architectural firm Thrower Design submitted documents to the city's Development Services Department describing two concepts for a three-story multifamily project that would theoretically be built near the corner of East Cesar Chavez and Clara Streets. We qualify the concept as theoretical, because the company that retained Thrower ...