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It's difficult to make a good argument for protecting buildings like this from demolition on historical and/or architectural grounds, and the mechanisms for granting such protection in Austin are really weak. I anticipate we will continue to see the piecemeal destruction of older, smaller scale areas of central Austin (warehouse district, Rainey, S. Congress, etc.) until they're essentially gone. Expect more parking podiums, corporate architecture, and the occasional overpriced retail/restaurants. Every year it seems like it's getting harder to draw distinctions between Austin and Dallas or Houston.

I guess the market part of this development is a food hall??? At least that's something.