A five-story apartment building could soon rise atop the site of a former East Austin barbershop, per recent city filings. Located on a roughly .22-acre assembly that includes 1812 and 1814 East Sixth Street, both addresses are now owned by corporate entities connected with local design and construction firm Novium Group. Site plan proposals filed last week by ...
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Residential Project to Replace Bingo Hall in East Riverside’s Growing Corridor
UPDATE: Thanks to a tip from an intrepid reader, we've now got our hands on a selection of the 1919 East Riverside Drive project's site plan, submitted to the city via engineering firm Stantec. Take a gander for yourself: Though this image doesn't give us as much information as a rendering, it shows that the proposed building at the bingo hall site appears to be ...
In South Austin, Bouldin’s Building Up
It's not the friendliest of streets, but South First remains Bouldin's major conduit for growth. Photo by James Rambin. Bouldin Creek, though not Austin's (or even South Austin's) most development-friendly neighborhood, has seen a large push of projects recently -- many by builder PSW Real Estate along the South First Street corridor. Though the neighborhood's own defined ...
Senior Housing Tower Planned Behind East Austin’s Historic Lopez House
The Routon-Alvarez-Lopez House, a historic residence at 809 East Ninth Street, has found itself in a pretty tight squeeze over the last few years. Perched on a diminutive .17-acre lot overlooking I-35, the home is sandwiched between two larger multifamily developments, directly west of East Austin condo the Tyndall and just across the street from ...
North Central Roundup: Say ‘Howdy’ to More Than 1,500 Apartment Units
Yesterday, we dug into apartment plans for the former Honda dealership at 1301 West Koenig Lane, but it didn't take long before we realized there's a lot more development worth noting in the north central neighborhoods of Austin. Being downtown-dwellers, we don't always pay enough attention to what's going on in the neighborhoods up north from the University of Texas campus, so ...