A permit application is now pending with the City of Austin for the demolition of the 13,000-square-foot former Frost Bank at 3525 Far West Boulevard, a roughly four-acre tract located at the southeast corner of Far West Boulevard and Wood Hollow Drive. The removal of the existing vacant building at the property will prepare the…
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A Residential Project Dips a Toe Into Sixth Street’s Bar District at The Grant
The apartment project planned for the Grant Plaza offices at 611 East Sixth Street would be the first major residential development built inside downtown Austin’s infamous Sixth Street entertainment district in a generation — and even before a certain sense of uncertainty struck our
Transforming the Sprawl and Saving the Pink Gorilla at Anderson Square
Anderson Square is the official name for the 16-acre ocean of asphalt located at the southwest corner of the interchange between Highway 183, West Anderson Lane, and North Lamar Boulevard in Central Austin; a sleepy yet humongous shopping center anchored by a Hobby Lobby, Planet Fitness, and one of the city’s most consistently underused parking lots. Aside…
Northwest Austin Office Park Site Seeks 12-Acre Residential Rezoning
The owners of two adjacent office parks along the MoPac frontage road containing three buildings and a parking garage are now seeking a 12.26-acre rezoning for a mixed-use redevelopment that could build more than half a million square feet near Steck Avenue in Northwest Austin. The Park and Park North office complexes, respectively dating back to 1981…
Great Hills Market Shopping Center Plans Partial Demolition in North Austin
Demolition permits are now pending with the City of Austin for two buildings inside the Great Hills Market shopping center, a 17.23-acre strip mall dating back to the late 1980s located between Jollyville Road, Great Hills Trail, and Research Boulevard near U.S. Highway 183. The sites set for demolition are the former Romano’s Macaroni Grill…
Demolition Pending for North Lamar Apartment Site Near Crestview Station
Demolition permits are now pending for approximately five buildings spread across four adjacent properties near the northeast corner of North Lamar Boulevard and West St. Johns Avenue in the Highland neighborhood of Central Austin, clearing the approximately 3.6-acre land assembly for a 378-unit apartment and retail building planned by residential mega-developers Greystar. The four tracts…