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2012 Downtown Living Tour – Showcasing Downtown Austin

amber gugino — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:55:39 +0000

Next Sunday, April 22, 2012, from 11am-5pm, is the 2012 Downtown Living Tour. The Tour is a showcase of homes located in Downtown Austin, and is put on by the Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association (it’s DANA’s only fundraiser, and helps keep the organization chugging throughout the rest of the year). A portion of proceeds this [...]

2012 Downtown Living Tour – Showcasing Downtown Austin

Virtual Flyover Of The 3rd & Brazos Apartment High Rise

Jude Galligan — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:44:20 +0000

Not much info has been released about the design of Riverside Resources’ 20 16-story apartment building under construction at 3rd & Brazos (in the newly monikered Railyard District). The video below is a virtual flyover of the building, and provides more insight into the design. (update: the video settings have been changed to private) Virtual [...]

Virtual Flyover Of The 3rd & Brazos Apartment High Rise

Capitol Terrace: An Affordable Housing Development Proposed In Downtown Austin

Jude Galligan — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:02:52 +0000

Walter Moreau is a developer with a unique vision. Walter’s vision is to bring housing into downtown Austin for people who earn $15.00 per hour, or less. Say what?! Proposed is a 135 efficiency-style apartment building (for rent) at the southwest corner of 11th & Trinity. The site is currently a surface level parking lot. [...]

Capitol Terrace: An Affordable Housing Development Proposed In Downtown Austin

New Rainey Street Apartment Tower Proposed: The Austin Skyhouse

Jude Galligan — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:45:04 +0000

According to an administrative site plan application filed with the city, the Austin Skyhouse is a proposed downtown Austin mixed-use apartment tower at 47 Rainey Street. If built, the tower could deliver 15,000ft of retail and 320 apartments to downtown Austin’s red hot rental market. The ~1.4 acre site, shown below, is directly north of the Legacy apartments (187 units), [...]

New Rainey Street Apartment Tower Proposed: The Austin Skyhouse

Live (Work, or Play) in Downtown Austin? Join DANA (Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association)

amber gugino — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:52:41 +0000

Jude and I are both on the board of the Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association (DANA) – a grassroots community organization dedicated to improving the lives of those who live, work, and / or play in the Downtown Austin Community. It’s an organization that we believe in, and an organization that is affecting positive change in [...]

Live (Work, or Play) in Downtown Austin? Join DANA (Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association)

New Downtown Office Tower Announced Next To Gables

Jude Galligan — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:01:26 +0000

plans for a new downtown Austin 15 story office tower, next to Gables Park Plaza at Lamar and Cesar Chavez

New Downtown Office Tower Announced Next To Gables

Views From Austin’s Only 55th Floor: The Austonian

Jude Galligan — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:20:17 +0000

After several weeks of the weather foiling our plans, myself and KevinFromTexas at SkyscraperPage, were escorted to the 55th floor of the Austonian where we could take photos of the building’s city views (they kindly asked us to not take photos of the interiors until they were complete). As has been common this season, a [...]

Views From Austin’s Only 55th Floor: The Austonian