Seems like the Nau's project is going to get moving to capture some of the excitement around Sixth & Blanco.
First look at redevelopment of Old West Austin's Nau's Enfield Drug
Zydeco Development Corp. plans a mixed-use project at the site
"The developer of Southeast Austin’s sprawling MetCenter business park is turning its attention to Old West Austin, where it plans to redevelop the site of an iconic Austin business that closed in 2022.
Nau’s Enfield Drug opened its doors in 1951 but closed during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the site has sat vacant since. Now, Zydeco Development Corp. is planning to bring life back to the property with a mixed-use development called The Westlyn, according to filings with the city of Austin. Austin-based Zydeco is perhaps best known for Southeast Austin’s MetCenter development, a more-than two-million-square-foot industrial project it began in 1993 and is still adding to today.
The Westlyn will be a 98,553-square-foot development with 27 condo units. The project will also include retail space, but it is not clear how much of the project will be for commercial uses.
Nau's operated as a pharmacy, convenience store and diner throughout its long history on the border of Old West Austin's Clarksville neighborhood. It was a relic of days gone by until it closed — serving up shakes and burgers at a counter one might expect in a black-and-white movie. In 2023, an estate sale was held to liquidate the closed businesses assets, including soda fountains, countertops, cash registers, magazine racks, shelving units and more.
The 1.1-acre property at 1115 West Lynn St. includes several other small commercial buildings that must be demolished for redevelopment to take place. The property also includes a Medici Roasting cafe, but that building will remain safe from demolition, a Zydeco representative confirmed.
Zydeco provided renderings of the development but declined to comment further. Miro Rivera Architects is the project architect and is responsible for the renderings. Commercial tenants depicted on the renderings are conceptual and have not signed leases at the property.
Zydeco first filed a site plan application to redevelop Nau’s in December 2024. There has been little activity with that application since, but Zydeco on May 18 filed an application for streetscrape work that included key details for the development.
Though Medici Roasting will remain in place at 1101 West Lynn St., the remaining buildings on the property will not be safe. In February and March, demolition permit applications were filed for 1004 Eason St., 1006 Eason St., 1102 Eason St., 1104 Eason St., 1015 West Lynn St. and 1013 West Lynn St, all of which are addresses located on the Nau’s property."
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