Two residential developments planned roughly two miles apart on the Central Austin corridor of North Lamar Boulevard are marking groundbreakings this month, with both projects bringing a combined total of 605 new apartment residences to the area -- yet another sign that even a softening housing market hasn't stopped many planned multifamily residential developments from moving forward across the city, even as groundbreakings slow on larger downtown projects. Let's take a look:
5210 North Lamar Boulevard
A long-planned 227-unit apartment project known for now only by the extremely obvious placeholder name of