Improving your home’s curb appeal is probably the fastest way to change a house or apartment’s look without spending too much, and certain improvements can actually increase your property value. Even if you’re not trying to sell, there’s always room to freshen things up a little. But before you wander aimlessly through the home improvement... ...
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Mixed-Use Project Planned at Former Xerox Site Near Uptown
OVERstreet on SEVENTYfive, a 1.4 million square foot mixed-use commercial/residential center planned by De La Vega Development, will soon rise on a roughly 10.5 acre site formerly owned by the Xerox Corporation. De La Vega recently purchased the property, which is located directly across North Haskell Avenue from CityPlace Tower. According to the Dallas-based company’s website, ...
Rise Apartments Converting to Wyndham Vacation Property
Early this year, news broke that Rise on 8th, a 22-story multifamily apartment tower at 805 Nueces Street, was sold less than a month after its completion. 54 Madison Partners purchased the property from original developers Aspen Heights Partners with the rumored intent of converting the building’s units to timeshare-style vacation rentals. Now, new city... ...
308 Guadalupe, Downtown’s Next Tallest Tower?
Ever since Travis County abandoned its unpopular proposal to construct a new civil courthouse downtown at the city-owned 300 block of Guadalupe Street and announced its intent to sell the parcel off to a private developer, the rumor mill’s been running wild. Even before that, almost a decade ago, this site was slated to be... ...
Mixed-Use Developments Seek a Friendlier Side of Density in Govalle
Govalle, as the geographic final frontier for development in East Austin, always deserved a light touch. This diverse and generally low-income neighborhood hasn’t seen significant projects until recent years, and my concern with the first of these developments is that its design and placement didn’t work hard enough to integrate itself with the area’s culture... ...