The Transformation of South Lamar

[LiveattheOasis]

Originally Posted by H2O

Hit the escape button as the page loads.

"The project will include ground-floor retail and creative office space, according to Pearlstone."

Thanks. This will be exciting and great infill for the area. Really hoping that Council goes back in 2024 on phase 2 of rail and looks at South Lamar. The amount of new units coming in the next 3 years must be over 2000, and those are just the ones I've seen mentioned here.

[StoOgE]

Originally Posted by LiveattheOasis

Thanks. This will be exciting and great infill for the area. Really hoping that Council goes back in 2024 on phase 2 of rail and looks at South Lamar. The amount of new units coming in the next 3 years must be over 2000, and those are just the ones I've seen mentioned here.

I think we need to get our great streets improvements done first and then Lamar makes 1000% sense for light rail.

I don't think CapMetro is hiding their intent either. If you look at project connect I suspect all those purple "Enhanced Metro Rapid" routes are future light-rail plans that we'll see in the next 10 or so years and the dashed purple routes are the far-flung future plans in the next 20.

[ThyPiGuy]

Speaking of Great Streets - does anyone know what happened to the kickoff of the sidewalk and bike lane additions on South Lamar between Riverside and Barton Springs?

They put up signage at least 6 months ago and work seemed imminent but signs have disappeared and nothing has started. The sidewalk for the new condo at Riverside/Lamar corner is also back in place without those improvements.. which seems like something the city/developer could have worked out ahead of time instead of having to rip it up again soon.

[J78704]

Originally Posted by LiveattheOasis

Thanks. This will be exciting and great infill for the area. Really hoping that Council goes back in 2024 on phase 2 of rail and looks at South Lamar. The amount of new units coming in the next 3 years must be over 2000, and those are just the ones I've seen mentioned here.

Can’t agree more. S. Lamar has so much development and street potential if correctly planned ahead for rail and walkability. It’s also a major artery into downtown and could bring transit connections deeper into south Austin. I live off S. Lamar so I’m biased, but I’d hop on a rail or subway every day if it were there.

And… at least one more in the pipeline not mentioned here yet:

- 453 units @ Mary / S. Lamar
https://abc.austintexas.gov/public-s...ertyrsn=930111

[futures]

Originally Posted by J78704

And… at least one more in the pipeline not mentioned here yet:

- 453 units @ Mary / S. Lamar
https://abc.austintexas.gov/public-s...ertyrsn=930111

8 STORIES!?!? Hell yeah

[StoOgE]

My upholstery shop seems doomed.

I am all for this building, but the city needs to do something about the light cycle and pedestrian crossings at Mary/Hether/Lamar.

The extreme turn Mary makes causes a lot of problems and turning there is extremely dangerous as folks don't realize or care that Mary and Hether are on the same light cycle.

I walk to Bouldin Acres a few times a month and have nearly been hit by a car doing something stupid half the time.

[J78704]

Originally Posted by StoOgE

My upholstery shop seems doomed.

I am all for this building, but the city needs to do something about the light cycle and pedestrian crossings at Mary/Hether/Lamar.

The extreme turn Mary makes causes a lot of problems and turning there is extremely dangerous as folks don't realize or care that Mary and Hether are on the same light cycle.

I walk to Bouldin Acres a few times a month and have nearly been hit by a car doing something stupid half the time.

I hear ya, neighbor... and perhaps I've had coffee at your establishment. Other plans call for a realignment of Mary to Hether and ditching the "Lamar NB exit" to Mary.... so I'm so curious how this new development would have a long-term sustainable "private driveway off Mary".

[StoOgE]

Oh, I don't own the upholstery shop, I just have used it a few times :p

[Urbannizer]

1515 S Lamar





1508 S Lamar





1301 S Lamar

[Urbannizer]

https://www.austinmonitor.com/storie...rly-two-years/

Work on a major face-lift to South Lamar Boulevard between Riverside Drive and Barton Springs Road was supposed to have been well underway by now, but as those who frequent the stretch know, not much has changed.

That’s because the “road diet” project, which will remove one lane each way to add protected bike lanes and wider sidewalks, has been delayed until at least late fall or early winter of this year – nearly two years later than planned – the Corridor Program Office told the Austin Monitor this week. “It is not uncommon for large-scale infrastructure improvement projects, such as the Corridor Construction Program, to encounter construction delays,” spokesperson Dea Crichton said.

The office is working on an updated construction timeline; Crichton said work could now happen alongside improvements to the rest of South Lamar, which are planned to start late this year and finish in 2024.

[Lobotomizer]

The city seems to do well on some projects, but road projects in particular seem to always have major delays stretching for years.

I've been waiting for years to see the city connect the gap in Pleasant Valley for instance. Another one is the Rundberg extension to Burnet.

These projects should have been completed decades ago.

[StoOgE]

I mean, that is now a 5 year old bond package and crickets.

[LiveattheOasis]

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

https://www.austinmonitor.com/storie...rly-two-years/

The statement about delays being normal are why so many are skeptical of putting major dollars into the hands of even the local government. Need some better reasoning/PR here.

[LiveattheOasis]

Looks like Wheel picked up the lease at 2330 South Lamar (Bluebonnet intersection) after their $150 million Series C was announced. Feel like that's really good news all around for South Lamar and for 2330 in particular.

[StoOgE]

Good for them.

[J78704]

Cranes are up and movin'!

1301 S Lamar

[Urbannizer]

https://austin.towers.net/its-time-f...n-south-lamar/

A South Austin condo project by local developers Pearlstone Partners will bring 175 new residences to a vacant former used car lot at 2323 South Lamar Boulevard near Bluebonnet Lane, planned as part of the company’s growing portfolio of multifamily housing communities designed to be “attainable” to middle-income buyers recently priced out of Austin’s central neighborhoods. The start of construction on the project, previously planned as an apartment development by Endeavor Real Estate Group before Pearlstone’s acquisition of the property last year, is expected later this summer.

Known as Montage, the project targets an average purchase price per unit that’s lower than comparable new homes in the surrounding neighborhood by 20 percent or more, with residences in the building ranging from $499,000 to $999,000 with an overall average sales price of $667,394 — if you’ve looked at new construction or even the entire market in 78704 lately you’ll recognize that’s well below the norm, with the area’s median listing price currently hovering somewhere around $1 million.

[LiveattheOasis]

Great to see these first renderings, and their focus on being on a slightly less than top end clientele is great.

[urbancore]

this should be 100ft tall and include commercial. better than a parking lot, or a chick fil a (which was one rumor 10 years ago)...but damn, what a missed opportunity.

[futures]

Looks like a kindred spirit to the Bouldin Creek office development on S Lamar/Oltorf down the road. I like it.

Good use of that lot for sure.