North Lamar/Burnet Development Thread - Page 9

austin242 · #**161** Posted **Aug 31, 2021, 5:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by psychlotron

Had a moment of panic when I read "in Brentwood"...but I'm okay now that I've read the article.

The article says it's on Koenig Lane. While that's technically "in the Brentwood neighborhood", it's also on a thoroughfare of businesses.

For a moment there I thought this was happening on an otherwise-residential street. Sure looks that way in the picture!

I think it's unfortunate. Mixed use neighborhoods and streets should be the future. If people wanna walk a mile to the nearest store or business they probably shouldn't live in a city. I wish there was a a corner store on every corner.

drummer · #**162** Posted **Aug 31, 2021, 6:48 PM**

That's a part of Koenig that doesn't have a lot of height diversity, though...a smaller, three-story building will still stand out and add to the increasing density of the area.

atxsnail · #**163** Posted **Aug 31, 2021, 7:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by psychlotron

Had a moment of panic when I read "in Brentwood"...but I'm okay now that I've read the article.

The article says it's on Koenig Lane. While that's technically "in the Brentwood neighborhood", it's also on a thoroughfare of businesses.

For a moment there I thought this was happening on an otherwise-residential street. Sure looks that way in the picture!

Brentwood should absolutely have commercial activity within its borders. Turning one of its many neglected and underutilized churches into neighborhood retail would be a huge win. Woodrow Ave is begging for it. Is there really anyone who would complain if there were a Little Deli or Dia's Market in Brentwood?

psychlotron · #**164** Posted **Aug 31, 2021, 10:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by atxsnail

Brentwood should absolutely have commercial activity within its borders. Turning one of its many neglected and underutilized churches into neighborhood retail would be a huge win. Woodrow Ave is begging for it. Is there really anyone who would complain if there were a Little Deli or Dia's Market in Brentwood?

Don't get me wrong, I love having businesses on Koenig and there's really nothing "residential" about Koenig Lane anymore. For that matter, I was also very pleased to see a record store ("Love Wheel") pop up in the little strip center next to LaLa's. And yes, I did go inside and buy something. Twice so far.

I was only saying that, on first glance, it looked to me like someone was putting a 3-story Law Office on an otherwise residential street. On a 0.19 acre lot. Something like that would look quite out of place. But on Koening it will fit right in.

Also agree that Brentwood has an unusually high number of "underutilized churches." If they turn one into a beerhall, I'll be there!

Lobotomizer · #**165** Posted **Sep 1, 2021, 12:41 AM**

There should be 3 story structures all over the interior of Brentwood. Office, residential, whatever. This is an "urban" neighborhood in the middle of a city with a million people. Bungalows ain't gonna cut it anymore.

Urbannizer · #**166** Posted **Sep 1, 2021, 4:22 AM**

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Alta Burnet

Anyone able to make out the location?

https://www.edi-international.com/alta-burnet

https://www.costar.com/article/20224...urnet-corridor

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Wood Partners is underway on its latest apartment project in Austin, Texas, with the groundbreaking of a new development in the burgeoning Burnet Road corridor.

psychlotron · #**167** Posted **Sep 1, 2021, 1:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Lobotomizer

There should be 3 story structures all over the interior of Brentwood. Office, residential, whatever. This is an "urban" neighborhood in the middle of a city with a million people. Bungalows ain't gonna cut it anymore.

I follow your reasoning and in principle I agree that more density requires taller buildings near the center of town. But I think we should be clear that there's nothing special about Brentwood in that respect. Hyde Park, Travis Heights, and Campus neighborhoods are all even closer to downtown.

Is that what you mean? Not just Brentwood, but really all core neighborhoods?

In that case, yeah, I agree that new bungalows are not the way to go.

I think I stirred some folks up here, quite unintentionally. My original intent was to express relief that a 3 story commercial building turns out to be planned for a street that's actually prepared to handle a 3-story commercial building. I never, ever, meant to say that commercial development in Brentwood is unacceptable. I've never said that.

Brentwood/Crestview has had a supermarket and strip center right in the middle of the 'hood since 1953! I considered that a plus when I chose to move here 15 years ago. I don't just talk about LaLa's, I actually spend money there. Ditto for the new record store and several of the professional offices around here. And let's not forget that a lot of places out on Burnet and Lamar are technically "in Brentwood."

My specific comments about my own brief confusion over a single project. Not an anti-growth/density statement.

On a related note, I see that four adjacent houses on Grover were recently demolished -- this is near the northeast corner of Grover and Koenig. Would anyone happen to know what will be built there?

fereLeonart105 · #**168** Posted **Sep 1, 2021, 2:12 PM**

I live in an apartment a little south of Koenig; I'm not sure what those lots are going to be but I would expect either (a) large duplexes or (b) a single, laaarge house. I'd much prefer (a). There are quite a few properties that have been razed and redeveloped around there, I'd say about half have become (a) and the other half have become (b).

Besides the 3 story law office that sparked this conversation, there are quite a few developments in the works that are adding density to Koenig from N Lamar to Burnet, especially around the Grover/Koenig intersection.
-Pearl Apartments
-Project Transitions housing (https://static1.squarespace.com/stat...italforWeb.pdf)
-Apartments on the Dart Bowl site
-Apartments on the Driscoll Motors site (I got a rezoning/public comment form in the mail regarding that site; I'm not sure how public it is)

Bring it on!

dilliam · #**169** Posted **Sep 1, 2021, 3:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by Urbannizer

https://www.costar.com/article/20224...urnet-corridor

I think it's Burnet and Rockwood Ln! The existing building looks like it's Waterloo Ice House. https://www.google.com/maps/place/86...6!4d-97.728643

We vs us · #**170** Posted **Sep 1, 2021, 3:43 PM**

That strip of Koenig could (and probably should) densify throughout, but Koenig is also narrow at that point -- 2 lanes in each direction with no turn lane -- so infrastructure would probably need to improve to support increased activity.

I'm a former Brentwooder, and the whole nabe, as cool as it is, could do with some more commercial. Whoever voted upthread for turning one of the local churches into a brewery is spot on. Done right it could be a fantastic family-friendly draw for all the increasingly rich families who live there.

EDIT: sorry, my class envy is showing

Lobotomizer · #**171** Posted **Sep 1, 2021, 5:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by psychlotron

Is that what you mean? Not just Brentwood, but really all core neighborhoods?

Yes.

Urbannizer · #**172** Posted **Oct 26, 2021, 11:46 PM**

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Local Developer Proposing 330-Unit Development in Crestview Neighborhood

7113 Burnet

H2O · #**173** Posted **Oct 27, 2021, 11:35 AM**

That's what you get when you need to squeeze into 60'.

Urbannizer · #**174** Posted **Nov 12, 2021, 6:18 PM**

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80-unit affordable housing project will replace Driscoll Motors on the NWC of W Koenig and Grover Ave.

https://www.virtualbx.com/constructi...ment-projects/

Rendering for June West

https://mobile.twitter.com/jamesramb...26033737654285

myBrain · #**175** Posted **Nov 12, 2021, 6:35 PM**

Towers has an article about that https://austin.towers.net/affordable...central-austin

Gonna be a surprising midrise corridor there on Koenig.

I just wish more of these had ground floor retail. As a resident of the neighborhood, I'm glad to see the redevelopment, but many of these are replacing retail that we aren't getting back. This one's a car dealership, so whatever, but the proposals on Burnet and Anderson above are good retail spaces.

GoldenBoot · #**176** Posted **Nov 12, 2021, 7:51 PM**

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7113 Burnet

Well...there goes the building that once housed the ole Dallas Nite Club. Ah, the memories!

Urbannizer · #**177** Posted **Dec 9, 2021, 8:08 PM**

5209 Burnet

Urbannizer · #**178** Posted **Dec 22, 2021, 10:42 PM**

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5209 Burnet

Fencing now surrounds the site.

Urbannizer · #**179** Posted **Dec 23, 2021, 9:21 PM**

Ellis Highline

Urbannizer · #**180** Posted **Dec 24, 2021, 3:44 AM**

Local Developer Proposing 399-Unit Multifamily Development on Current Shopping Center Property

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A local real estate company received rezoning for a 399-unit multifamily development, at a meeting of the Planning Commission last week.

The 4.1-acre north Austin property was converted from general commercial services (CS) to multifamily (MF-6) with a conditional overlay that limits building height to 60 feet.

On the site, there is presently a 147,522 square-foot shopping center, Spectrum Retail Center, that will need to be razed. The property address is 8440 Burnet Road.

The working title of the project takes its cue from its location, 8440 Burnet Multifamily.

Jamil Alam, a manager with Endeavor Real Estate Group is proposing to develop the project under the entity OP II ATX 844 0 Burnet Road LTD.