The transformative land use changes passed by Austin City Council last week didn’t come out of nowhere, although the possibility of their adoption felt like wild fantasy only a few short years ago. The speed of Austin’s changing local attitude towards density and zoning reform makes a bit more sense in the face of rising housing costs — by 2020, even relatively high earners started experiencing the effects of our local…
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Vertical Mixed-Use Headed to South Congress Near the St. Elmo District
South of Highway 290, much of South Congress Avenue retains its original appearance of industrial properties, car dealerships, and self-storage units. After all, this area’s pretty far from downtown by the typical standards of density — but you’ll still find pockets of rapid development along the avenue that seem to imply that won’t be the…
Cielo Property Group’s 4 East Project Splits the Planning Commission
Tyler Buckler, principal at Cielo Property Group, left the City of Austin’s Planning Commission this week without an answer to his request to build a 90-foot office tower next to the Plaza Saltillo Station in East Austin. Buckler’s company acquired six single family residential lots over the past year to cobble together a half block tract at the northeast…