The State Theatre, originally opened in 1935 at 719 Congress Avenue in the heart of downtown Austin, is a striking work of Art Deco architecture — and as the first theatre in the city purpose-built for screening movies, it’s also historically interesting. But its location, directly next door to the larger and grander Paramount Theatre, has arguably relegated…
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Here’s How the City Plans To Upgrade East Austin’s Red Line Rails and Trails
An upcoming project by the Austin’s Transportation and Public Works Department aims to improve pedestrian and bike access along East Fifth Street as part of two planned efforts by CapMetro to double-track the Red Line rail transit network along its existing path through
Wilson Tower’s Downsized Downtown Austin Apartment Plan Moves Forward
Back in April, we learned that the formerly record-setting plan for a supertall residential building in downtown Austin known as Wilson Tower had been scaled back by its developers at local firm Wilson Capital, with the firm’s president Taylor Wilson . . . Become a patron to get the full story and gain access to TOWERS’ archive….
Here’s the Plan for Transforming South Austin’s Twin Oaks Shopping Center
The mixed-use redevelopment planned for the Twin Oaks Shopping Center in South Austin by the Dallas-based real estate developer Trammell Crow Company and its subsidiary High Street Residential on behalf of the 10-acre shopping center’s owners at the H-E-B Grocery Company has the potential to anchor the northeast corner of South Congress Avenue and Oltorf Street with nearly 1,000 homes, offices, a…
Austin Finally Faces Down the Housing Crisis With Single-Family Zoning Reform
Austin’s City Council is currently on summer break, but when its members return next week for the meeting scheduled on July 20, they’re taking on a fairly significant land use resolution with the potential to shape the future of housing across the city. You’d think Agenda Item 126 might have dropped with a little more fanfare, considering its…
900 Apartments Planned For McKalla Warehouse Site Near Q2 Stadium
An apartment project planned directly south of Q2 Stadium and the upcoming McKalla Place light rail station has updated its proposal to more than three times its original size, according to documents filed with the City of Austin. The plan by local firm Cypress Real Estate Advisors was first permitted as a 274-unit apartment…