We've already gotten one peek at what's planned for the Travis, a mixed-use project building two towers at 80 Red River Street in downtown's Rainey Street District, which could break ground as early as later this year -- but remember, the project's developers, Dallas-based Genesis Real Estate Group, say they're building this thing in phases. We saw the Phase I tower back ...
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Digging Into the Blockbuster Plan for the Austin American-Statesman Site
Now that we've had a few days to digest the Austin American-Statesman's breaking news story about the redevelopment of its own headquarters on the south shores of Lady Bird Lake, we thought it might be nice to think a little further about the potential wrapped up in this roughly 19-acre site at 305 South Congress Avenue. Even though the plan, as shown in the renderings seen ...
We’ve Got Options for East Austin’s New Longhorn Dam Pedestrian Bridge
Earlier this week, the City of Austin's Public Works Department held its second of three community engagement meetings to solicit public feedback on alignment and design options for a new pedestrian and bicycle bridge at the eastern edge of Lady Bird Lake. Considering the well-documented shortcomings of the current bridge along the stretch of Pleasant Valley Road crossing the ...
At Downtown Austin’s Empty Post Office, the Wait Is Longer Than Usual
Though Austin is still a fairly young city in terms of its central growth, our portfolio of full downtown city blocks suitable for tower development gets smaller every year. With limits imposed upon many such tracts by Capitol View Corridors, the presence of historic buildings, or multiple property owners requiring lengthy and complex land assemblies by any aspiring developer, ...
Downtown Austin’s Sabine Street Promenade is Finally Happening
After languishing in Austin’s own version of “development hell” for roughly a decade, the Sabine Street Promenade is under construction even as we speak. To be exact, it’s been under construction for at least two months now — we’ve walked past this site like three times and assumed someone else had already noted this long-awaited bit of downtown improvement was finally moving ...
