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Originally Posted by urbancore
I respectfully disagree. As this area becomes developed, I predict it will not be called/considered 'downtown'...more 'uptown' or 'mid-town', or whatever. It is very disconnected from the walk-ability of downtown. I think eventually this neighborhood will grow to have it's own sense of place (much like West Campus does) in the next 15 years, that's if this is the beginning of a trend.....and I truly hope it is.
I've brokered dozens of condos downtown and NEVER has anyone wanted to live in Westgate, Cambridge, Penthouse.....no mater the price or condition, and I've showed them all over the years......no takers...they were outliers. Shit, even the Nokonah was a tough sell for my buyers. Even when the price was WAY lower, they still would rather be in the mix...so to speak.
The Linden has it's work cut out for it if they plan to price like 70 Rainey/West/etc. People will not pay top dollar to live that far away.
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AND I'll respectfully amend your assessment. As I noted in another post, this area of downtown was the first and still popular residential area. I hear that somehow the clientele you've cultivated are looking for something different. Thats great! Yet this area has had it's own identity for quite some time. The debate of what to call the north/west end of downtown has raged on here for some time. Mostly from observers who don't live here. So many of the folks that frontiered downtown living in Austin are alive and well and enjoying a vibrant livable life in the North end of downtown joined constantly by new residents. And as you probably know, the demand for all properties are equally high in demand in all buildings on the North End and growing.
As for walkability. Oddly Rainey is more disconnected from, lets say , Whole Foods on the West end , than the North or west end is.
Google maps says that the walk from the Milago on Rainey to Whole Foods is a 34 min walk. Where as the walk from Cambridge to Whole Foods is 26 min!
Cambridge to 6th and Congress: 20 mins.
Milago to 6th and Congress: 22 mins!!!!!!
The point for me really is, perhaps the perspective of "downtown" is wide and perhaps more flexible than always observed... or sold.