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Old Posted Feb 8, 2023, 5:51 PM
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Curious if anyone has heard any updates on the Goodwill site and surrounding properties that had been put together. A year ago it seemed they wanted to confirm one more item and now hear we are.
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Curious if anyone has heard any updates on the Goodwill site and surrounding properties that had been put together. A year ago it seemed they wanted to confirm one more item and now hear we are.
Someone recently fixed the fence around it up. Its been pushed on its side for like 3 months so either they got enough 311 calls about it or someone went by the site at least?
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Old Posted Feb 13, 2023, 6:20 PM
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https://austin.towers.net/bouldin-vi...n-south-lamar/

I love seeing this! Great location for development in general, and the new VMU-2 having some effect. Will be a turbo-charge for a number of the businesses around the area, and hopefully only hasten work to begin on turning CVS/Office Depot into something much more live/work/play.
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Old Posted Feb 13, 2023, 8:15 PM
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From the Austin Business Journal:

Grand Brodie Oaks redevelopment requires extra attention from Austin City Hall

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A rezoning request that would clear the way for a pavement-covered South Austin shopping center to be transformed into a mixed-use urban node remains on the table at Austin City Hall.

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But the delay is not expected to hamper the overall project. In fact, it's seen as essential to get the planned unit development zoning correct: The deferment will provide adequate time to formally draft a written agreement with the developer and the city, both sides said.

"Everything that we have presented and been discussing with the City and other stakeholders over the last 2-plus years needs to be reduced in writing into the actual zoning ordinance for the Brodie Oaks Redevelopment PUD," Milo Burdette, partner and vice president of development at Barshop & Oles, said in an email to Austin Business Journal following the postponement. "It will be a challenge to capture everything within a single zoning ordinance. We have received a draft from the City and felt like additional time was needed to review it thoroughly and provide any feedback we felt would make it a thorough and accurate reflection of our proposal. The postponement will provide sufficient time in which to complete that review.”
From the American-Statesman Jan 13:

Billion-dollar remake of Brodie Oaks retail center site moves closer to reality

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proposed number of hotel rooms has been reduced from 448 to to 200, while the number of planned residential units has increased from 1,564 to 1,700.

The plans call for 1.2 million square feet of office space and 140,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space.

The project, which is being called Brodie for now, is anticipated to be built in phases.

If all goes as planned, design for the first phase could begin this year and construction could start in 2025.

Tentative plans call for the initial phase to be just over 1 million square feet. It would consist of two multifamily projects and an office building surrounding a central park, with restaurants and retail occupying the ground floor spaces in the buildings.

The project's residential units are expected to mainly be apartments, but could include a mix of other types of housing in the future. The first units could open as early as 2027. The developer has not provided estimated rents for the units.

Barshop & Oles executives say they plan to include about 200 housing units priced below market rates, representing about 12% of the total units in the project. About 100 to 130 of those units would be built in a stand-alone building where the existing Olive Garden restaurant is located.

This separate project will be owned and built by Foundation Communities, a nonprofit housing developer.


So it looks the Foundation Communities project will be in that building that appears to have the garage portion that is open to Lamar Blvd that some have mentioned that they don't like, with the housing units wrapping the other three sides.

Where Sprouts, Floor King, Relax Day Spa and Starbucks are now would be where the small "Neighborhood Park" will be with some of the buildings (including mine) at The Retreat at Barton Creek apartments on the west side of the neighborhood park.

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The maximum height of 275 feet would be at the intersection of Loop 360 and South Lamar, which potentially could house a 24-story building with a hotel and residences with an attached garage.

The next two blocks on either side could house buildings of about 14 stories, possibly for office space on top of five-story residential garages.

Elsewhere within the project, plans call for residential buildings of up to 13 stories with five-story parking garages.
The Barshop & Oles Brodie Oaks Redevelopment site also mentions grocery. I'm thinking it would be something the size of the current Sprouts (although I'd prefer a Trader Joe's to be honest.)
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Old Posted Feb 13, 2023, 8:33 PM
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I really hope that the city council -- and the city -- get used to these sort of reuse strategies. There are untold numbers of these aging shopping centers around town just begging for the same treatment.
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Old Posted Feb 13, 2023, 10:34 PM
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Next round of Project Connect needs to get started down South Lamar. By the time it's done, going to be more density along this road by a long shot than any other in Austin.
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Next round of Project Connect needs to get started down South Lamar. By the time it's done, going to be more density along this road by a long shot than any other in Austin.
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Old Posted Feb 14, 2023, 12:38 AM
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Love all these spots. Would love a line that went South Lamar down to Brodie Oaks, and was connected to a NE or NW line. But maybe we just need spurs off the current orange line for efficiency.
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I really hope that the city council -- and the city -- get used to these sort of reuse strategies. There are untold numbers of these aging shopping centers around town just begging for the same treatment.
I'm at the Galaxy Theater here in the Highland area waiting for my movie to start seating. I was literally reimagining this exact same thing for this area. There's lots of things out this way and still somehow looks dead with empty parking lots. So much potential out here too.
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Old Posted Feb 14, 2023, 2:36 AM
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The problem with all transit on South Lamar is that it's a state owned road. They've put up fights over even sidewalk projects recently.
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https://austin.towers.net/bouldin-vi...n-south-lamar/

I love seeing this! Great location for development in general, and the new VMU-2 having some effect. Will be a turbo-charge for a number of the businesses around the area, and hopefully only hasten work to begin on turning CVS/Office Depot into something much more live/work/play.
https://www.vitaecapitalinvestments.com/south-lamar/

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Old Posted Feb 15, 2023, 9:53 AM
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Apparently, this is what the project would have looked like before the height was added.
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Old Posted Feb 17, 2023, 4:07 PM
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Great Towers poll -- what other shopping centers around town need to be Brodie Oaksified?

https://austin.towers.net/its-time-t...pping-centers/

IMO, Northcross Center, at Anderson and Burnet, could be amazing. I don't think the neighborhoods would approve extraordinary height, but even midrises would improve things drastically.
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Great Towers poll -- what other shopping centers around town need to be Brodie Oaksified?

https://austin.towers.net/its-time-t...pping-centers/
The one across from Brodie, Barton Creek Mall, NW & NE corner of 6th/Lamar and Allendale Village.
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The problem I see arising is many of these shopping centers are home to beloved, old-school, local businesses.

Wheatsville Co-Op, Waterloo Records, Alamo Drafthouse, Terra Toys, etc.

I am not opposing these shopping centers being redeveloped. Quite the opposite, actually.

However as these centers begin getting razed, and these stores are not replaced for any number of reasons I believe there may be a backlash.

And truthfully it will be a little sad to see these shops replaced by the likes of another Starbucks, waxing studio, or worst of all empty storefront.

Because really outside of Brodie Oaks I can't think of any shopping centers listed with a bunch of vacancy. These shopping centers are auto-oriented, and mostly uncool. But they're mostly full of businesses and people shopping, eating, etc.
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Old Posted Feb 17, 2023, 5:04 PM
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To put forth some data to back up the claim there's very little retail vacancy in this city:

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Austin running out of retail space: Weitzman report
High demand, low supply has retailers resorting to suburbs

JAN 23, 2023, 2:00 PM

Despite the pandemic causing multiple retail closures, leading to a 1.5 percent drop in occupancy in 2020 and about 770,000 square feet of vacant space, the retail occupancy rate in Austin has bounced back to 96.5 percent today, making it the strongest metro in the state, according to Weitzman
https://therealdeal.com/texas/austin...itzman-report/
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Old Posted Feb 18, 2023, 12:01 AM
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Yet all the retail in the indeed tower is empty and Glorias across the street is still empty. DT is the only spot that seems to not be bouncing back.
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