AUSTIN | Project Updates Thread Part II

[chinchaaa]

Love seeing the housing going in this neighborhood. This is a great area to be flipped into residential corridors.

[We vs us]

Originally Posted by StoOgE

Whats going up on West Avenue in that weird triangle median near Rainey?

If you mean East Ave, it’s probably the new Austin Energy power station.

[Urbannizer]

A Downtown Micro-Apartment Project Stirs to Life on East Ninth Street

https://austin.towers.net/a-downtown...-ninth-street/

Roughly six years after the first appearance of the plan, a “micro-housing” apartment project by 70 Rainey developers Sackman Enterprises appears to be moving forward at 703 East Ninth Street, a 0.76-acre land assembly at the southwest corner of East Ninth Street and the I-35 Frontage Road stretching west to the edge of Waller Creek.

With its permit approved by the City of Austin last month and the a license agreement for the site currently in review, the project’s reappearance with active updates to its development timeline this year marked the end of a long period of inactivity — even prior to the pandemic, the wait for this plan was longer than usual due to the site’s location directly adjacent to Waller Creek, with the building apparently only able to be permitted by the city after the completion of flood control improvements including the famously troubled Waller Creek Tunnel.

[kingkirbythe....]

Alamo Drafthouse owners bought an old school and promised affordable housing. Years later, there is none.

https://www.kut.org/austin/2022-05-2...in-isd-leagues

For a moment, the possibilities for a former school building in one of Austin’s most coveted neighborhoods seemed endless.

A contemporary arts center with space for restaurants. What about a community theater? The 4-acre spot in Hyde Park, several groups suggested, could be used to build homes public school teachers could afford.

Even in 2017, the Austin Independent School District knew it couldn’t pass on an offer to help house teachers in a city where homes regularly sold for more than $400,000. (Five years later, they sell for much more.) After receiving nearly a dozen bids to buy the old Baker School in Hyde Park, AISD sold the property to the owners of the Alamo Drafthouse who said they would restore the old building and build a block of affordable homes.

But years after the sale, there is no affordable housing on the Baker School plot — and no plans to build any. So, how did AISD sell a piece of public land on a promise that never materialized? One way to explain it involves the City of Austin, a movie theater company hamstrung by the pandemic and a school district left rethinking how it should manage valuable property.

[StoOgE]

To defend the League's a bit here - they literally have had to sell off almost all of their assets in the last 18 months. Im not sure dunking on them for failing to make good on a promise is the way.

[Maximusx1]

Originally Posted by StoOgE

To defend the League's a bit here - they literally have had to sell off almost all of their assets in the last 18 months. Im not sure dunking on them for failing to make good on a promise is the way.

Excellent point.

[AustinYIMBY]

Just heard that all of the state agencies that are currently occupying the Hobby Building will be moving to the two new buildings finishing up construction at the capitol complex. All tenants are expected to be moved by the end of the calendar year, and then the building is slated to be sold for development. The revenue from the sale will be used to pay off some of the bonds used to fund the capitol complex construction projects.
Not sure if this is “news” but if not, a reminder that the Hobby Building’s days are numbered.

[dilliam]

Can't happen soon enough!

[paul78701]

Originally Posted by dilliam

Can't happen soon enough!

I can't remember the last time I've seen any foot traffic in and out of this building. It seems to essentially be empty already. Everyone that worked there is still likely working from home.

[kingkirbythe....]

Austin’s Bringing Back Buford Tower, With Repairs Kicking Off This Month

https://austin.towers.net/austins-br...ff-this-month/

Buford Tower, a six-story masonry tower standing at West Cesar Chavez and Colorado Streets near the shores of Lady Bird Lake, was originally built in 1930 as a drill facility for the Austin Fire Department, repeatedly set aflame and doused as a training exercise for putting out fires in multi-story structures — which was highly effective, since few buildings in the area rose above this height at the time. (The fire department reportedly also used it for stunt shows, like an old-timey version of Universal Studios.)

[Urbannizer]

Texas Bankers Association

[Urbannizer]

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

502 W 15th

https://austin.towers.net/this-downt...is-art-anyway/

https://austin.towers.net/wp-content...g_1-scaled.jpg

This one is moving forward.

[kingkirbythe....]

West Anderson’s No Urban Paradise, but We’ve Gotta Start Somewhere

https://austin.towers.net/west-ander...art-somewhere/

What’s interesting about the 27 Eleven project by California-based development outfit Paydar Properties isn’t so much the building, but rather its location — now rising at 2711 West Anderson Lane, this 320-unit apartment community will soon become the only multifamily residential building directly facing the stretch of West Anderson Lane between Mopac and Burnet Road, as far as we can tell. Its surroundings are a predominantly commercial district characterized by strip mall-style retail and oceans of surface parking lots, a corridor that could someday host transformational vertical mixed-use growth along the lines of similar increased density on Burnet Road or South Lamar Boulevard — for now, we’ve just got this one project, but it’s a start.

[Novacek]

Originally Posted by kingkirbythe....

West Anderson’s No Urban Paradise, but We’ve Gotta Start Somewhere

https://austin.towers.net/west-ander...art-somewhere/

What’s interesting about the 27 Eleven project by California-based development outfit Paydar Properties isn’t so much the building, but rather its location — now rising at 2711 West Anderson Lane, this 320-unit apartment community will soon become the only multifamily residential building directly facing the stretch of West Anderson Lane between Mopac and Burnet Road, as far as we can tell. Its surroundings are a predominantly commercial district characterized by strip mall-style retail and oceans of surface parking lots, a corridor that could someday host transformational vertical mixed-use growth along the lines of similar increased density on Burnet Road or South Lamar Boulevard — for now, we’ve just got this one project, but it’s a start.

I'm definitely bullish on this whole area. (Would have been even better with a lone star rail stop, but that ship has sailed)

Especially once we have the orange/blue lines at NLTC, a frequent bus along Anderson connects those to Northcross/Village and then into Austin Oaks/Far West?/Spicewood Springs/Mesa. Plus 803 service at Burnet/Anderson connecting the NBG/Domain/Q2.

[Urbannizer]

Shoal Cycle

https://weaverbuildings.com/building/shoal-cycle/

New design

[Echostatic]

Ooh, that's nice.

[We vs us]

Where will this be?

[jbjjbjbb]

Originally Posted by We vs us

Where will this be?

812 W 11th St


From the permit:

Permit/Case: 2021-150122 SP
Description: The applicant is proposing a mixed-used development with ground floor retail space and 62 multifamily residential units on floors above with associated improvements.
Project Name: Shoal Cycle
Status: Awaiting Update
Application Date: Sep 27, 2021

PROPERTY DETAILS
812 W 11TH ST AUSTIN TX 78701

[GoldenBoot]

I guess I may have missed it...what's happening to the McDonalds at the corner of South Lamar and Barton Springs? It looked deserted today and the parking lot was blocked off.

[We vs us]

Has anyone heard anything about the TX HHS campus at Lamar and 51st? I know there’s at least a phase 2 left to go (and maybe a 3 and 4). Drove past today and there were six construction shipping containers laid out in that big parking lot. May not mean anything but it reminded me that there’s a lot more left to do.