Whole Foods area downtown ripe for construction, but the price to pay is traffic

Ground flood retail coming to Sixth and Lamar, topped by four layers of parking

Even for people who have a strong interest in urban Austin development, the increasing activity is hard to keep track of, especially when overshadowed (literally) by bigger projects.

A lot of attention is being paid to the construction boom on South Lamar, but there is a fair amount underway on North Lamar near downtown too.

This area is branded as the "Market District" and runs from West Elm on the south . . .

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