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Downtown Austin Open Houses

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This weekend’s downtown Austin open house listings for Sunday, April 25th

  1. 360 Nueces St, 360 condos #1311 2bd/2ba $429,900 1-3pm [Urbanspace]
  2. 603 Davis St, The Shore condos #1409 2bd/2ba $425,000 11-2pm [Platinum]
  3. 54 Rainey St, Milago condos #709 2bd/2ba $324,900 2-5pm [Keller Williams]

When you’re done with the open houses, you can enjoy an afternoon on Lady Bird Lake by renting a canoe or kayak from at the Texas Rowing Center. Or, dine al fresco at Annie’s Cafe on Congress Ave for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.  Make sure to download my 2010 First Quarter – downtown Austin real estate report (registered members only) and discuss with a Realtor who lives and works in downtown Austin.

-Jude

Downtown Austin Open Houses

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Downtown Austin open house listings for Sunday, April 18th

It’s buying season!  If you’ve been considering buying a downtown Austin condo, then you should come down and check out a few open houses.  You can generally walk from building to building.  This weekend you can browse at your own pace at the 360 condos, Spring condos, Milago, Railyard, and the Austonian sales center.

  1. 360 Nueces St #2908 1bd/1ba $279,700 1-4 [Zee Realty]
  2. 360 Nueces St #1205 2bd/2ba $464,885 1-4  [Zee Realty]
  3. 54 Rainey St #709 2bd/2ba $324,900 1-4 [Keller Williams]
  4. 360 Nueces St #2710 1bd/1ba $289,885 1-4 [Zee Realty]
  5. 360 Nueces St #1113 1bd/1ba $324,750 1-4 [Zee Realty]
  6. 301 E 4th St #301 3bd/2ba $309,000 11-2 [Platinum Realty]
  7. 300 Bowie St, Spring sales center, model units, 1-5pm map website
  8. 200 Congress Ave, Austonian sales center located at 300 W 6th, 12-5pm map website

When you’re done with the open houses, you can enjoy an afternoon on Lady Bird Lake by renting a canoe or kayak from at the Texas Rowing Center. Or, dine al fresco at Annie‘s Cafe on Congress Ave for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.  Make sure to download my 2010 First Quarter – downtown Austin real estate report (.pdf) and discuss with a Realtor who lives and works in downtown Austin.

-Jude

New Discoveries

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83 Rainey Street – “Icenhauers”

Rainey Street continues to sprout interesting uses of dilapidated bungalow houses. Chris Howle helped us spot the new TABC permit application sign in the window of 83 Rainey Street, right next door to El Naranjo. The applicant reads “Icenhauers” and they are applying for mixed-bev late night service. Another bar is not ideal for a district yearning for more uses, though good concept execution can go a long way.

C’est la vie.

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Pecan Street Cafe

We love the new location of Pecan Street Cafe. The 504 Trinity Street location is close enough to “Pecan” Street to keep the name, and it is more inviting than the old location.

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Chain Drive

Maybe not new, but we stumbled across a bar kept on the extreme DL. Located on Willow Street, behind the pedi-cab headquarters, it doesn’t look like it’s still open.

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Austin Maps

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Official map of Downtown Austin Blog

I spend most of my time downtown and take for granted that not everyone knows where everything is. It’s helpful to have a bird’s-eye-view of Downtown Austin’s condos, apartments, and small businesses. I’ve mashed up the data I collected when counting the number of dwellings in Downtown Austin with the street address of every condo and apartment counted. You’ll find many of the less well known apartments included. A handful of local businesses that I regularly visit are included, too.

This map will be perpetually evolving. Let me know if I’ve missed something, or if you have something you’d like me to add.

-Jude

Villas On Town Lake

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Nestled in the corner of Red River and Davis Streets, Villas On Town Lake is a long-established condo community in downtown Austin.  Villas was around before Rainey Street was cool.  Situated as a courtyard community every residence has a front door to the outside.

Building Vitals

- Project Name = Villas On Town Lake (Austin, Texas)
- Type = Condominium, Residential
- Address = 80 Red River Street, Austin, TX 78701
- Pricing = $150s to $1.5MM
- HOA fees = $0.28 per foot/month (approx.)
- HOA enforced cap on leasing: Yes
- Number of units = 57
- Number of stories = 3
- Year complete = 1982

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