Though we stick to the written word for the most part, sometimes nothing beats a video for getting your point across -- so here's one of the best we've seen in a while. It's from construction firm PERI Formwork Systems, working with DPR Construction, describing some of the specific challenges of building the Block 71 / Indeed Tower office project in the heart of downtown ...
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In Far East Austin, Govalle’s Going Up
The Midtown RV Park, located at 720 Airport Boulevard on the far east end of Austin's equally far-east Govalle neighborhood, is no more. In its place will rise Nexus East, a 352-unit apartment project by local development firm Ardent Residential, split between two four-story buildings atop the former RV park's sizable 8.375-acre tract. The Nexus development -- though ...
Central Austin Development Roundup: It’s Pretty Obvious We Like the Towers
It's been too long since we've pulled off a nice lightning round of updates on the perpetual development machine of downtown Austin condos, apartments, offices, hotels, and so forth. Let's fix that with some fresh photos and even fresher perspectives. In fact, the only thing that isn't fresh about this post is us after going outside to take these photos. Don't say we don't ...
Schlotzsky’s Soon Scuttling Its South Lamar Flagship, So Here’z What’z Next
Austin-gone-international sandwich chain Schlotzsky's has had its ups and downs. First opened in 1971 at the current site of Amy's Ice Cream at 1301 South Congress Avenue, the growth of the brand through the 1990s eventually saw the relocation of its flagship outlet to a two-story former grocery store at 218 South Lamar Boulevard, which also housed the company's training and ...
Demolition at the 6 X Guadalupe Tower Site Could Arrive Next Month
To build the new tallest tower in Austin, you've got to break a few eggs -- or, in this case, demolish a completely unremarkable hotel. In other words, the Extended Stay America now occupying the famously "cursed" former home of the late Alamo Hotel at the northwest corner of West Sixth and Guadalupe Streets is not long for this world, with recent city documents pointing to its ...
