Los Angeles hospitality development firm BLVD745 plans to build a 128-room, four-story location of its boutique Roadhouse Hotel and Junction brand in Southeast Austin at 2500 Willow Hill Drive, a 2.73-acre site currently occupied by a carwash located near the corner of East Riverside Drive and South Pleasant Valley Road. This will be the second development in the area to... ...
Central Austin Development Roundup: Towers, Trails, and Everything Else
Hey, you folks wanna hear about some stuff going on downtown? It’d be a lot cooler if you did. We got the big news out of the way this week already, but there’s always something worth talking about, so here we go: Trail Bridge at Congress Avenue The Trail Foundation will celebrate the grand opening of its new bridge under Congress Avenue... ...
Clearing the Air at the Austonian
Q: Since last month, there’s been a bunch of work taking place at the Austonian. I see what looks like scaffolding and some other equipment up there. What’s going on? A: It might look like window washing, but it turns out what’s taking place at the Austonian is of a slightly more critical nature — it’s... ...
Huh, These Towers All Kinda Look Exactly the Same, Don’t They?
Listen, we’re not trying to cause any trouble here. But we also have eyes, so it’s hard not to notice the subtext of the Austin Business Journal’s first look today at the design of the office tower now known as The Republic, headed to 308 Guadalupe Street — namely, that the building looks extremely similar to Block 71, the downtown office tower planned only a few... ...
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Lake Walter E. Long? Golf, Apparently
Do you ever think about Lake Walter E. Long? That’s not a trick question, really — in my experience, many people just don’t think about the lake or the massive swaths of city parkland surrounding it, even though it’s only a short drive east from downtown. Unless you enjoy fishing, that is, in which case you’re probably already... ...