A Centurion American downtown multifamily project was given a second look Monday at the city’s Landmark Commission, but the panel remained underwhelmed with designs for the proposed seven-story building in the Harwood Historic District . As reported in June , Centurion is the developer behind the restoration of The Statler Dallas and the adjoining Old Dallas Central Library in ...
410 Uptown Office Tower Blurs Line Between Downtown and West Campus
According to new city filings, Austin’s latest tower could rise in an unlikely location. Documents from a utilities coordination commission meeting last week give us a first look at 410 Uptown, an office tower with a ground floor retail space planned at the corner of West 18th and San Antonio Streets. That’s just one block south... ...
Street Smarts: Deep Thoughts on I-35’s ‘Capital Express’ Redesign
Last week, we heard a surprising announcement from the Texas Department of Transportation and State Senator Kirk Watson regarding plans to significantly redesign Austin’s downtown stretch of Interstate 35, part of an $8 billion long-range plan — apparently dubbed Capital Express — intending to add two toll lanes to both sides of the highway all the way from Round Rock to... ...
Dallas Smart District Project Plans Massive Development Downtown
Downtowners are used to ambitious real estate projects — witness Hillwood Urban’s Victory Park proposal for an Amazon Urban Village headquarters — but nothing in recent memory compares in scale or grandiosity to the plans laid out last month by developers Hoque Global and KDC . News of an eight- to nine-block redevelopment plan trickled out over the summer, leading to the... ...
Statesman Sale Shines Spotlight on South Central Waterfront’s Future
On Halloween earlier this week, we learned that Cox Media Group, owners of the Austin American-Statesman since 1976, have put the newspaper up for sale. It’s not a particularly spooky news item unless you’re a journalist concerned about the uncertain future of Austin’s paper of record, but it draws attention to another interesting possibility: the development of the... ...