From the developer to the architects and the contractor, everyone associated with the restoration of the West End warehouse at 603 Munger Street has treated its revival like a legacy project worth boasting over. Factory Six03 , the latest incarnation for a revered building that has had as many identities as Sherlock Holmes, officially reopened its doors last week.... ...
The Ballad of 1155 Barton Springs, a Project Fighting 40 Years of Bad Luck
Last month, news emerged once again about multifamily residential development on the way at 1155 Barton Springs Road. If that address sounds vaguely familiar, it’s because this site is home to what might be the city’s most spectacularly long-lived example of development vaporware, a project that’s lived and died and been revived so many times over the... ...
Rainey Street’s 9-Story Mixed-Use Project Moves Forward
Remember Rainey Street’s most mysterious mixed-use project? Looks like we weren’t too far off predicting that we’d see progress on this development in the near future. New documents filed with the city give a closer look at what to expect from the nine-story office and retail development that will soon occupy the food truck park at 78 – 84 Rainey Street, courtesy of... ...
Cielo Property Group’s 4 East Project Splits the Planning Commission
Tyler Buckler, principal at Cielo Property Group, left the City of Austin’s Planning Commission this week without an answer to his request to build a 90-foot office tower next to the Plaza Saltillo Station in East Austin. Buckler’s company acquired six single family residential lots over the past year to cobble together a half block tract at the northeast... ...
The Independent Wins 2017 Design Award From American Architecture Prize
Love it or hate it, you’ve got to admit that the Independent, perhaps better known as Austin’s “Jenga Tower,” is boldly designed. This 58-story building currently under construction in what’s now known as downtown’s Market District will be the tallest tower in the city — at least for a few years until the 850-foot tower planned at 600 Guadalupe gets off... ...