AUSTIN | Project Updates Thread Part II

[Werdman89]

Originally Posted by Croon

Pardon my sardonic, old Austin curmudgeonly tendencies. Clarksville has been fine as it was in its recent decades, unless change was brought to fruition, like affordable housing in the city center. No need for this posh project, that's all I'm saying. $10 million dollar condos? Lol, Bros. Don't help normalize this wealth hoarding. It's uncool, unweird and unAustin.

I guess, Howards, Rosie's and this broader MML project is meant to appeal to the AirBnb jetsetters, carpetbaggers that have gradually woven itself into the fabric of Clarksville.

Ah yes, the much preferable option to Clarksville residents. Famously known for their support of dense affordable housing.

[ROCrot]

Originally Posted by Croon

Pardon my sardonic, old Austin curmudgeonly tendencies. Clarksville has been fine as it was in its recent decades, unless change was brought to fruition, like affordable housing in the city center. No need for this posh project, that's all I'm saying. $10 million dollar condos? Lol, Bros. Don't help normalize this wealth hoarding. It's uncool, unweird and unAustin.

I guess, Howards, Rosie's and this broader MML project is meant to appeal to the AirBnb jetsetters, carpetbaggers that have gradually woven itself into the fabric of Clarksville.

Oh noes! Today's wealth-hoarding descendants of the segregationist rich, who had come from elsewhere and pushed out the minorities and The Poors a hundred years ago, are being pushed out by the even richer! What will they ever do about this gentrifcation of their neighborhood?

To think that Clarksville, or its adjoining neighborhoods, or West Sixth, would ever see much in the way of affordable housing constructed is truly delusional.

Call them jetsetters, oil sheikhs, carpetbaggers, interlopers, tech bros, or whatever disparaging term du jour one can come up with, but that area has been written off as a hangout for the well-to-do for a long, long, long time.

Frankly, I'm glad to see it being redeveloped into something more valuable that will being increased property tax revenue to the city, and likely sales tax too, even though I may never be a patron of the establishments that will be tenants. I don't begrudge them.

"...fine as it was," indeed.

[Urbannizer]

Central Health moves forward with new clinic, HQ at Hancock Center in north central Austin

Travis County's public hospital district Central Health—funded by tax payer dollars—received approval for an $888.7 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which includes the district’s plans for a new clinic near Airport Boulevard and I-35 at the Hancock Center.

Taking over the former Sears department store building, the new Central Health Hancock clinic with feature 196,000 square feet of clinical and administrative space, spread between three floors, according to an email from Central Health.

Renovations are currently underway, with completion expected by Spring 2027. The project is budgeted at roughly $150.7 million.

[Urbannizer]

Sixth & Blanco

[gillynova]

Can't find the 6th street thread but I was on dirty 6th last weekend and I noticed a good amount of store fronts are getting renovated and will open in 2025.

[Urbannizer]

Cady Lofts

[Urbannizer]

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

It's being converted into a hotel. I understand why, the G Spot layouts aren't ideal for student housing.

Passed by the former G Spot, conversion into a Tru By Hilton is underway. The exterior of the building is being worked on.

[Riverranchdrone]

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Passed by the former G Spot, conversion into a Tru By Hilton is underway. The exterior of the building is being worked on.

First man to find a G spot!.

[WestAustinite]

A pair of proposed high-rise office towers along the Colorado River near downtown Austin could soon get approval from the City Council. What ultimately winds up there will depend on plans for light rail on Riverside Drive

The potential rezoning of a 4-acre site at 200 E. Riverside Drive into a planned unit development would allow for two high-rise buildings that would have about 1.38 million square feet of office space and 29,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, although plans haven’t been finalized.

The site currently contains a 93,000-square-foot vacant office building that was built in 1970, according to city documents.

Garwald Company Inc. is listed as the owner of the property. The PUD request is on the City Council's agenda for its Oct. 24 meeting, but Richard Suttle, a lawyer who represents the property owner, said the zoning case will be postponed.

Suttle told the Austin Planning Commission on Sept. 10 that plans for the site include anywhere from two to four buildings, noting that housing or hotel usages might be added. Long-term plans to add light rail to the area will influence the decisions, he said at the time.

Although the zoning change still needs approval and the site's exact uses aren’t finalized, city documents indicate the project would be built in one phase and is anticipated to be completed sometime in 2026.

If any redevelopment happens at the location, it would be one of several projects in the Riverside area with the potential to change Austin’s skyline over the next few years.

The City Council also is set to consider a PUD rezoning at its Oct. 24 meeting for a property at 311-315 S. Congress Ave. If approved, the new zoning would allow for a tower to be built with 488 residential units, 30,000 square feet of office space and 7,500 square feet of pedestrian-oriented uses.

Other big projects near the Riverside area include plans to develop about six acres at the intersection of South Congress Avenue and West Riverside Drive into a multi-tower project with 800 residential units, a 225-room hotel, 200,000 square feet of office space and 145,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space, as well as the redevelopment of the former Austin American-Statesman site.

The redevelopment project on the American-Statesman site — called 305 South Congress — could add 1,478 residential units, 1.5 million square feet of office space, a 275-room hotel and 150,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space across six buildings. But the project has been complicated by a lawsuit filed by the Save Our Springs Alliance, which contends the city of Austin violated various required procedures when it approved elements of the redevelopment.

[Jdawgboy]

I know these projects wouldn't come online for a few years even if they started construction today, however aren't we still dealing with an abundance of unused office space with more currently under construction...? I would think these projects would focus more on residential, hospitality and entertainment than office, or have whatever office space be designed to convert easily to other uses. Spaces should be designed
for a variety of use options. There's just no reason to zone a specific use especially when it comes to office in this day and age.

[Urbannizer]

Mexican American Cultural Center

[Urbannizer]

Council gives first reading OK to major development on tiny slice of land

On a vote of 8-3, City Council last week approved on first reading a major change for a small sliver of property at 1209 W. Fifth St. The change would allow the developer to build up to 120 feet, a change that has neighbors up in arms. After hearing objections to the proposal from several neighbors in the Old West Austin Neighborhood Association, Mayor Kirk Watson joined Council members Alison Alter and Mackenzie Kelly in voting against the zoning proposal. The matter will likely come back to Council at next week’s meeting for second and third reading.

[Urbannizer]

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Former Nau's Enfield Drug faces mixed-use retail, residential future

https://www.livabl.com/austin-tx/1115-west-lynn-street-condos

1115 West Lynn Street Condos is a new condo community by Zydeco Development currently in preconstruction at 1115 West Lynn Street, Austin. 1115 West Lynn Street Condos has a total of 30 units.

[Urbannizer]

Originally Posted by GoldenBoot

Sixth&Blanco project is a go!

Riverside Resources and MML Hospitality have secured a $193M construction loan on the project. It will include 50k SF of luxury retail and restaurant space, a 57-room boutique hotel (run by MML Hospitality) and 10 residential units - which have a starting price of $10M and average 4,600 SF each.

The residential units have a 2Q2027 target delivery date.



https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2024/10/08/west-sixth-blanco-austin.html

The buildings were demolished recently. W 6th along this stretch down to one lane at the moment.

[Urbannizer]

Originally Posted by Mopacs

FAR WEST MULTI-FAMILY

https://www.cswdevelopment.com/current-projects.html

Financing secured for Class A multifamily development in Austin

AUSTIN, Dec. 2, 2024 –  JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has secured construction financing for Far West Apartments, a 321-unit, Class-A multifamily community in Austin, Texas.

Far West Apartments, a substantial 282,609 net-rentable square-foot development, will offer a diverse range of living spaces, including studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, with an average unit size of 880 square feet. Residents will enjoy many community amenities, including a clubroom, fitness center, pet spa, conference room, and a resort-style swimming pool. The project is scheduled to commence full operations in April 2027.

[Urbannizer]

Sixth & Blanco

[Riverranchdrone]

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Sixth & Blanco

Thought that was a dinosaur skull at first.

[drummer]

^^ Haha, I did a doubletake as well. Funny.

[TowerSpotter]

Are there any development lists for Austin I can find anywhere? I am trying to add some projects to my 3D devmaps and I am not sure where to start as Austin has tons of projects.

[Urbannizer]

Originally Posted by TowerSpotter

Are there any development lists for Austin I can find anywhere? I am trying to add some projects to my 3D devmaps and I am not sure where to start as Austin has tons of projects.

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpost.php?p=8614105&postcount=6

Should be updated soon :-)