Posted Jun 25, 2024, 8:40 PM
|
![Urbannizer's Avatar](image.php?u=40024&dateline=1677810739) |
Moderator
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Chicago, IL —-Austin, TX
Posts: 12,681
|
|
Redevelopment Concept Now in Review for Shady Grove Site on Barton Springs
Quote:
But even with these challenges, it appears someone is finally thinking seriously about the redevelopment of the Shady Grove site. An unknown developer has submitted a concept study for a new building at the property for assessment by the City Arborist, to determine the potential impact on the site’s heritage trees — we’ve also gotten our hands on it, of course. Keep in mind that this is an extremely abstract feasibility study for what could be built here, not some kind of detailed roadmap for development. Even so, we figured the public might like to see what could potentially rise here.
The concept, assembled on behalf of our mystery developer by prominent local architecture firm Rhode Partners, outlines an approximately 423,000-square-foot multifamily residential building rising eight floors to a maximum height of 85 feet, with a three-level parking podium and a 4,589-square-foot retail space on the ground level with a patio facing Barton Springs Road, likely suitable for a restaurant tenant. As shown in the slide above, at least eight significant trees are within this building concept’s footprint — it’s unclear if any of these trees are eligible for removal with a variance from the city, or if all eight would need to be transplanted elsewhere.
|
|