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Austin: Long Awaited Mixed Use Campus Project Gets Nod from City
Feature Illustration: An early concept of the towers of Austin Viie that were to face the U.S. Highway 183 frontage road.
Posted 11-16-2020
Austin (Travis County) — A mixed use, commercial campus development that has long been planned finally received approval by the Austin City Council last week.
Council rezoned 109.65 acres of a property that is to be known as Austin Viie, 3443 Ed Bluestein Boulevard, from limited industrial services district zoning to limited industrial services-planned development area district zoning.
Zarafshani also requested that buildings in the portion bounded by Ed Bluestein Boulevard, Technicenter Drive, Semiconductor Drive and Central Avenue would not exceed 400 feet (28 floors) and buildings on the remaining portion west of Semiconductor Drive, would not exceed 280 feet (17 floors) of height.
However, the Austin Planning Commission denied those requests and recommended that all other buildings on the property not exceed 120 feet of height. The commission said that this would still allow for the revitalization of the campus and that by increasing building heights and reducing parking requirements, the property will be able to provide a compact campus without requiring “a sea of parking and impervious cover.” There is a floodplain within the property.
