Dog's Head: 2,500+ Acre Mixed-Use Development

[Riverranchdrone]

With half the site directly under ABIA's flight path, Manufacturing or warehouses would make the best use of the land there. It would be unhealthy to have people living there.

[Maximusx1]

Originally Posted by Riverranchdrone

With half the site directly under ABIA's flight path, Manufacturing or warehouses would make the best use of the land there. It would be unhealthy to have people living there.

Yea this is what I'm thinking. I'm surprised so many people on here want this to be housing. It sits directly under final approach all day every day of a growing airport. With all of the public pushback against (loud) data centers, this seems like the perfect place to put data centers. Fill this space with data centers, manufacturing and warehouses. And I always support more bridges across the Colorado and building hike and bike trails around the river as far as we can go.

[chinchaaa]

sucks to see so much waterfront property end up as just industrial/office.

[wwmiv]

Having an ample portion of housing here would not be out of the ordinary compared to other major airports. And the housing would likely be on the more affordable side because of the approach and takeoff paths.

[urbancore]

I think Dog's Head should get it's own thread.

from ABJ

East Austin's 2,645-acre Dog's Head site could be valued at $26.9B by 2057
This could be one of the biggest developments Austin has or ever will see

Endeavor Real Estate Group plans 12,395 residential units and 9 million square feet of commercial space.

The Dog's Head land value could reach $26.9 billion if fully developed by 2057.

Austin Environmental Commission recommended delaying the TIRZ vote until 2027 and restricting development.


https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2026/07/10/dogs-head-development-details-emerge.html

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[Urbannizer]

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[LiveattheOasis]

Originally Posted by urbancore

I think Dog's Head should get it's own thread.

from ABJ

East Austin's 2,645-acre Dog's Head site could be valued at $26.9B by 2057
This could be one of the biggest developments Austin has or ever will see

Endeavor Real Estate Group plans 12,395 residential units and 9 million square feet of commercial space.

The Dog's Head land value could reach $26.9 billion if fully developed by 2057.

Austin Environmental Commission recommended delaying the TIRZ vote until 2027 and restricting development.


https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2026/07/10/dogs-head-development-details-emerge.html

Can anyone post the full contents of the article?

[The ATX]

Here's my latest theory that I posted on X:

We know that Austin is one of two cities competing for an unnamed Fortune 100 company's “advanced manufacturing facility.” It would then seem likely that the other city would have similar limited public information available. And there is just one other City coming up in internet searches that is rushing to make a site available for an “advanced manufacturing facility” for an “unnamed Fortune 100 company.”

According to multiple news articles, the City of Cleveland is in the process of making an old General Motors defense factory now being used as an exhibition center (Brook Park I-X Center) available for an advanced manufacturing facility by an unnamed Fortune 100 company. The process has mirrored Austin's Dog's Head project timeline. In fact, the Cleveland City Council had a meeting yesterday (07/15) to resolve legal and tax issues related to the project.

Piecing together information from multiple sources indicate that the facility is an EV battery manufacturing facility. Such a facility could be described as an “advanced manufacturing facility.” Seven hundred plus initial jobs would be created. Cleveland makes sense for such a project as there are other EV battery manufacturers in the area, and it's near the center of the traditional U.S. Auto manufacturing region.

Tesla and SpaceX are not part of the project according to the developer. Since this is a Fortune 100 company and the product is EV batteries, General Motors or Ford are obvious choices.

[WesternSon]

https://www.statesman.com/business/real-...%20breaking%20news%20and%20top%20stories

Well, turns out it was Amazon.

[LiveattheOasis]

Originally Posted by WesternSon

https://www.statesman.com/business/real-...%20breaking%20news%20and%20top%20stories

Well, turns out it was Amazon.

Interesting ...

[lonewolf]

this entire time i have been skeptical of this getting done. now knowing it's amazon robotics it's got a real shot

[The ATX]

I would never have guessed that Amazon would be building an "advanced manufacturing facility. This is not too far from the U/C Optimus factory. SE Austin could be a robot powerhouse.

[clubtokyo]

So its not an amazon data center, its robotics? That seems better I think.