East Austin Developments

[KevinFromTexas]

3-story Springdale multi-family - 5605 Springdale Road.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...mily_PLANS.pdf

[corvairkeith]

Originally Posted by 427MM

As I live across the street from this site I'm happy to post its progress. Thanks for finding Urbanizer


2400 East 6th (just west of Pedernales and south of Hidalgo) was recently rezoned to 'CS-V' and is slated to have 208 homes plus ground floor retail. http://tcr.com/new_development/alexan-east-6th/.


According to a Trammell Crow rep I contacted they look to break ground within the next 60 days. The current plan is to allow pedestrian and bike access to the western side of the property (next to the Cap Metro line) between 6th and Hidalgo which is huge! The grid in this area is amazing and I'm happy that TRC had the foresight to include this important connection.


Here's an early rendering:



And here is the site as seen from my balcony:




The project includes the western half of this property. If you look carefully at the above photo and can make out the long wall with the ~20' wide overhead door, this building and it's neighbor to the east (one building but the roof makes it look like two) will remain and is still zoned 'LI' I believe.

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The crane is up and they are now starting on the second story.

[Cd1076]

In regards to the RBJ center redevelopment, here are a few basic drawings of the different layouts. They went with option C according to Austin Towers.

http://austintowers.net/major-redeve...oving-forward/
http://austintowers.net/major-redeve...rbj-site-west/

Here's another view from RBJ's facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/RBJCenter/p...e=3&permPage=1

Edit: The full RBJ Master Plan can be seen here:

http://rbjcenter.org/includes/pdf/RB...port_Final.pdf

[KevinFromTexas]

I wish they had gone with another tower instead. That thing looks like the Pentagon.

[KevinFromTexas]

East 6th & Chicon Hotel site plan. Elevations start on page 29. It's at 1817 East 6th Street - 6th & Chicon.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...otel_PLANS.pdf

63 feet with 5 floors.

[lzppjb]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

East Austin Hotel site plan. Elevations start on page 29. It's at 1817 East 6th Street - 6th & Chicon.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...otel_PLANS.pdf

63 feet with 5 floors.

I thought "East Austin Hotel" was at 1108 E 6th? How can 2 projects have the same name?

https://www.austintexas.gov/devrevie...erRSN=11427896

https://www.austintexas.gov/devrevie...erRSN=11402741

[lzppjb]

Kevin, the plans you posted call it "East Sixth and Chicon Hotel." Do you have a link to its permit page? I can't find it by searching its address.

The "East Austin Hotel" that I remember can still be found by searching the 1108 address. It's closer to I35.

[lzppjb]

Originally Posted by lzppjb

Do you have a link to its permit page?

Found it: https://www.austintexas.gov/devrevie...erRSN=11475428

[LoneStarMike]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

East 6th & Chicon Hotel site plan. Elevations start on page 29. It's at 1817 East 6th Street - 6th & Chicon.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...otel_PLANS.pdf

63 feet with 5 floors.

I think this is a revision of the hotel that was originally planned for E. Cesar Chavez. The original hotel was going to be 3 stories and 65 rooms, but the neighbors protested it and the Planning Commission nixed it, IIRC.

Plans for controversial East Austin hotel withdrawn

The developers behind the controversial East Side Hotel proposed for East Cesar Chavez Street have withdrawn their appeal for a permit and plan to propose their project at another site, Council Member Sabino "Pio" Renteria's office said Friday.

John Donisi, an attorney for Brian and Bree Carrico, the couple who proposed the hotel, wasn't available for comment.

The proposal for a $19 million, 65-room hotel wasn't approved by the city's planning commission in June but was pending an appeal to City Council.

On Friday, Renteria met with the Carricos, who formally submitted a letter to withdraw the appeal, the council member's office said. The Carricos plan to come back with a proposal that better fits the East Cesar Chavez neighborhood plan, a Renteria spokesman said.

Back in June of 2015 (before the Planning Commission denied approval for the project) KXAN ran a story on it.

• Video Link

At 0:32 in the story, they showed a couple of renderings of the original 3-story concept from Baldridge Architects.

I went over to Baldridge Architects website and found a page for an untitled hotel

Based on the elvations shown in Kevin's link and the renderings shown on Baldridge Architect's website, it appears to be the same project.

Renderings:





The man on the balcony in the below rendering appears to be looking west up Sixth Street because you can see The Austonian and the JW Marriott on his left and One American Center and the Omni Hotel on his right.



There's a couple of other interior renderings on that page as well.

Originally Posted by lzppjb

I thought "East Austin Hotel" was at 1108 E 6th? How can 2 projects have the same name?

https://www.austintexas.gov/devrevie...erRSN=11427896

https://www.austintexas.gov/devrevie...erRSN=11402741

Originally Posted by lzppjb

Found it: https://www.austintexas.gov/devrevie...erRSN=11475428

This is the one I'm confused about. Is this one the one designed by Rhode Partners?












Or is this one a different "East Austin Hotel" that's shown on Bercy Chen Studios website





I'm confused. There's too many "East Austin Hotels" to keep track of.

[KevinFromTexas]

Yeah, you're right. I read the title from the side of the document (which is turned 90 degrees).

[Cd1076]

The 1108 E 6th hotel is La Corsha hospitality group, right? I remember them buying the land when Cheer Up Charlies got the boot and La Corsha opened Wonderland in the former building.

So, the 1817 E 6th hotel will replace the Goodwill Career Center? Is that correct? Whisler's and Thai Kun are going to see a huge bump in business once it's done.

[KevinFromTexas]

There's an FAA permit for a 30 foot retail building. It doesn't list the address, but it gives the longitude and latitude as being north of 71 at FM 973 (just northeast of the airport). They're in the process of widening 973 and building a new bridge there.

https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external...8927878&row=43

[lzppjb]

30' tall convenience store? Sounds like a Bu-cee's.

[lzppjb]

Nevermind. I looked at the site. Too small for a Buc-ee's.

[Novacek]

I'm guessing orientation matters also. I'm not absolutely sure where the flight paths are, but just looking at the orientation of the runways, it seems like east of the airport would have fewer planes directly overhead than north of the airport.

[sammyk]

Originally Posted by Novacek

I'm guessing orientation matters also. I'm not absolutely sure where the flight paths are, but just looking at the orientation of the runways, it seems like east of the airport would have fewer planes directly overhead than north of the airport.

I don't think I've ever seen aircraft directly above that area. They are typically further north and south lining up with the runways.

[KevinFromTexas]

EDIT: Yeah, that lot is less than 5 acres according to this:

http://www.statesman.com/news/busine...stin-ai/njkGK/

The sale involved two tracts. Eastbourne Crossing was the seller of 385.68 acres, while an Eastbourne affiliate sold an adjoining 4.88 acres at the corner of FM 973 and Texas 71.

Koebel and Launius said they and the other new owners had the land under contract most of last year but waited to close until they were sure the contract for some of the nearby road improvements was a done deal. They said improvements being made to Texas 71 and FM 973, which will be expanded from two lanes to a four-lane divided road, will ease bottlenecks in Southeast Austin.

[lzppjb]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

EDIT: Yeah, that lot is less than 5 acres according to this:

http://www.statesman.com/news/busine...stin-ai/njkGK/

Nice find.

[lzppjb]

Is there anything in the works for developing the north side of 71 around the airport? When you leave the airport all that's there is a Shell station, vacant lot/building, and some run down looking businesses/bars.

It'd be nice if visitors could see something a little nicer upon arrival.

[wwmiv]

Originally Posted by lzppjb

Is there anything in the works for developing the north side of 71 around the airport? When you leave the airport all that's there is a Shell station, vacant lot/building, and some run down looking businesses/bars.

It'd be nice if visitors could see something a little nicer upon arrival.

A lot of that land is in the flood plain and undevelopable. It's part of the reason why putting the airport out there was kind of genius, because it least harms property values relative to being placed elsewhere.