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YMCA details plans for redeveloped TownLake facility with condo towers, affordable housing

Reviews are progressing for the Greater Austin YMCA's redevelopment of its TownLake center near downtown, anchored by three residential towers rising more than 400 feet.

Alongside those high-rises and an expanded YMCA, the nonprofit is also partnering with Foundation Communities on an affordable housing complex on the Old West Austin property. President and CEO Kathy Kuras called the project a "once-in-a-generation opportunity" for the city.

The YMCA announced its TownLake redevelopment plans at 1100 W. Cesar Chavez St., Austin, earlier this year. The future facility will include an early education and child care center and offer new well-being programs, including mental health counseling, as well as on-site housing support services.

The nonprofit is now moving its planned unit development, or PUD, application through city reviews to build:

A 110,000-square-foot YMCA and office building
Up to 750 market-rate condominiums from developer Millennium Partners affiliate MP-Austin
90 affordable housing units for tenants earning up to 30%-80% of the local median household income, most of which will be two- and three-bedroom units designed for families
35,000 square feet of pedestrian-oriented space at street level, including a 10,000-square-foot restaurant space

“We’ll create a destination for family fun, major improvements in environmental sustainability—which is a strategic imperative for the YMCA—and a hub for expanding community partnerships," Kuras said Oct. 15.