The Monarch Apartments Sold To Windsor
Amid a few weeks of rumors and hearsay, Downtown Austin Blog has confirmed that Windsor Communities has closed on their purchase of The Monarch apartment building from ZOM/ZRS. Back in 2007 ZOM was...
View ArticleWhitley Paper Is Coming Down
Thanks to a reader tip, we’ve learned that demolition of the former Whitley Paper warehouse is more than just speculation. Demolition of the half-block site will begin Monday, September 26th according...
View ArticleLease Restrictions: A Noble Idea That Can Backfire On Owners
Lease restrictions are typically birthed with noble intent – to foster owner-occupancy and ensure that buyers can get loans for properties within the community. When new lease restrictions are forcibly...
View Article7 Rio Reanimated
Remember the plans for the 7 Rio condo high rise? It’s back in play, with a new scaled down plan focused on renters rather than buyers. The original proposal by CLB Partners was an attractive...
View ArticleNew Rainey Street Apartment Tower Proposed: The Austin Skyhouse
According to an administrative site plan application filed with the city, the Austin Skyhouse is a proposed downtown Austin mixed-use apartment tower at 47 Rainey Street. If built, the tower could...
View ArticleCapitol Terrace: An Affordable Housing Development Proposed In Downtown Austin
Walter Moreau is a developer with a unique vision. Walter’s vision is to bring housing into downtown Austin for people who earn $15.00 per hour, or less. Say what?! Proposed is a 135 efficiency-style...
View ArticleDANA Hosting Discussion On Affordable Housing (Thursday February 16th)
With the proposed Foundation Communities development needing support of the neighborhood, DANA invites its membership to come out for a special presentation by the CEO of Foundation Communities and a...
View ArticleNew Renderings Of Capital Studios
Foundation Communities’ proposed downtown Austin affordable housing development will no longer be referred to as Capitol Terrace, but rather Capital Studios. Yes, the spelling is correct. DAB has...
View ArticleComing Soon: The Changing Face Of The Railyard District
Let it be known as the Railyard District, that part of downtown Austin, south of 5th Street and sandwiched between Congress Ave and the Austin Convention Center. You could straddle the convention...
View ArticleVirtual Flyover Of The 3rd & Brazos Apartment High Rise
Not much info has been released about the design of Riverside Resources’ 20 16-story apartment building under construction at 3rd & Brazos (in the newly monikered Railyard District). The video...
View ArticleRocket Electrics Electric Bike Rental Discount Code – Exclusive for Downtown...
I love a good deal. And more than that, I love SHARING a good deal. Luckily for me, Rocket Electrics over on E. Riverside (just south of Downtown Austin, on the ground floor of the AMLI South Shore...
View ArticleNew Apartment Tower At 97 Trinity?
Based on conceptual plans filed with the City of Austin, national real estate developer Wood Partners could be entering the downtown Austin apartment market with a tower at the southeast corner of...
View ArticleWhitley: Downtown Luxury Apartments
Developers of the Whitley have launched their marketing website for the forthcoming 16-story, 266 unit downtown Austin apartment high rise. AustinTowers broke the news in July that the apartment...
View ArticleWhat’s Missing? Clues To Downtown Austin’s Next Apartment Tower
What’s missing is a clue to what might become downtown Austin’s next apartment high-rise. Back in August we discovered the old warehouse on the corner of Trinity and Cesar Chavez had been acquired by...
View ArticleMarathon Planning Effort Pays Off: 7 Rio Site Plan Permitted, Awaiting...
An Englishman once said: “You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, well you just might find you get what you need.” And so it was for the folks behind a tower planned at Seventh...
View ArticleFLOR coming to Downtown Austin’s 2nd Street District March 7, 2013.
Looks like FLOR will be opening in downtown Austin’s 2nd Street District (209 W 2nd to be exact, where Mercury Design Studio was – they’ve now moved 2 doors down). They’ll be opening a day before SXSW...
View ArticleMore Downtown Austin Apartment & Condo Projects Emerging
It seems like almost every direction we look around downtown Austin, construction cranes are deployed, helping concrete and steel skeletons reach to the sky. Notably the JW Marriott hotel, across from...
View ArticleUT student housing, not condos, coming to 17 & Guadalupe
About a month ago, the Downtown Austin Blog had a post hinting at the redevelopment of the abandoned, sad-looking Arby’s at 17th and Guadalupe, received with some skepticism. Guess what? It’s going to...
View Article9th Annual Downtown Living Tour – May 19th, 2013 – Reserve Your Tickets
The 9th Annual Downtown Living Tour is a couple of weeks away. Produced by the Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association (DANA), the tour is a great way to tour downtown living, at your own pace, all...
View ArticleDAB EXCLUSIVE: First Look at Broadstone On The Lake (former RunTex store)
Cities evolve. Few quite as visibly as Austin over the past couple of decades. We’ve got the first look at what’s coming to the site of the former RunTex store at S. 1st and Riverside Drive. Demo...
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