You may have heard that Austin’s post-pandemic office market is kind of a work in progress. Although our recovery is going better than a lot of folks around the country, there’s still a lot of vacant office space downtown, and the future of new commercial developments coming online is unclear. So the news that Endeavor…
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Graduate Hotel Planned in Downtown Austin’s Growing Northwest Corner
It’s always a great day here on the blog when our idle speculation actually predicts the future, so we’re thrilled to announce that after months of connecting the dots around the roughly acre-sized property at 1800 Guadalupe Street, we can now confirm with an outrageously cool sense of self-assuredness that Nashville-based real estate firm Adventurous Journeys Capital Partners plans to build the…
Designing Streets for Everyone in Downtown Austin Starts With You
The Austin Transportation Department’s ongoing study of mobility options and street infrastructure in downtown, known as the Austin Core Transportation (ACT) Plan, has entered its second phase of community engagement — and before you completely glaze over, we’d like to make a case for why you ought to care. With the future public transit improvements of Project Connect seemingly in the lurch at the…
Borden Dairy Plant Redevelopment Moves Forward in East Austin
Austin’s Planning Commission approved a zoning change at its meeting last night clearing the way for the redevelopment of a roughly 21-acre industrial site currently occupied by the Borden Dairy plant, located at 71 Strandtman Cove near Highway 183 in East Austin — set to become one of the largest mixed-use communities planned in the district. The proposal…
In South Austin, Sometimes a McDonald’s Is Just a McDonald’s
The demolition of the longtime McDonald’s location at 1209 Barton Springs Road last week really had some of us going for a minute. You’ll find a number of locals on Reddit and Nextdoor mourning the passage of this building as the end of an era, which is probably the least sympathetic variety of Austin nostalgia…
Preservation Austin’s 2023 Homes Tour Celebrates 30 Years of Citywide Design
Preservation Austin’s Homes Tour celebrates its 30th anniversary this April, and to mark the occasion the 2023 edition of this flagship fundraising event for Austin’s own historic stewardship nonprofit offers an inside look at historic homes all over town — with 11 properties total, the tour will be a two-day event, with viewings of six homes in Central and…