The Five Fifty Five is a beautiful building with a grand hotel lobby. This gigantic 2bd/2ba had been on the market for 469 days!
OLP: $950,000
SP: $700,000
SF: 2,117
source: Jude Galligan, downtown Austin Realtor
SOLD! 505 w 7th #303
Top floor 2bd/1ba condo at Posada Del Rey. This was priced right from the get go.
OLP: $261,000.
SP: $257,000.
SF: 1,004
source: Jude Galligan, downtown Austin Realtor
85,000sf of Office and Retail at 5th & Lamar!!!
Schlosser Development Corp.
announced on Tuesday that it will build a new 85,000-square-foot building downtown to house the corporate headquarters of vacation rental company HomeAway Inc.
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MetroRail now set to launch March 30
Capital Metro announced the new launch date on Wednesday after the transportation authority’s board met to evaluate progress. The commuter rail was supposed to begin service this year but construction delays
with two of the line’s stops along with delays on the route’s signal system prompted Capital Metro to push back the launch. [link]
Iron & Wine @ ACL
Occasionally a singer/songwriter or band comes along that is so good that you realize you had forgotten what good music is. Austin’s own Iron & Wine brings rhythmic guitar grooves underlying a unique style of vocal harmony. Austinist has the write up [link]