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Downtown Austin’s Villas on Town Lake condos home owners’ association (HOA) will agree to sell the entire property – comprised of 57 individually owned condos – to The Sutton Company,...

https://downtownaustinblog.org/2016/06/22/windfall-villas-town-lake-sold/

More signals of progress at Waller Park Place.  Demolition of the site began this morning along the west side of Red River, and into Willow Street.  

https://downtownaustinblog.org/2016/01/15/demolition-at-waller-park-place/

This past weekend, fencing was observed being erected around the site of Waller Park Place, the largest private development ever proposed in downtown Austin.

https://downtownaustinblog.org/2015/11/30/signals-of-progress-at-waller-park-place/

The Sabine Street Promenade project — between Fourth St. and Seventh St. — has always been a rough jewel I’ve been waiting to see cut. The project will transform a parked-car-congested desi...

https://downtownaustinblog.org/2015/07/14/the-sabine-street-promenade-dont-call-it-a-comeback/

Signs of Progress for Waller Park Place An application to re-subdivide the lots at 92-98 Red River, 504-505 Willow St., and 503 and 511 E Cesar Chavez was filed recently.  We’re eager to see ...

https://downtownaustinblog.org/2015/02/26/downtown-austin-news-bites/

Jude and I like to travel in December, and we recently took our annual winter trip.  This year’s trip began in Seattle, WA. Neither of us had ever been to Seattle before, and were pleasantly s...

https://downtownaustinblog.org/2015/01/06/visiting-seattle/

DANA Urban Core Happy Hour Sunday, November 16, 2014 – 2pm-4pm Hotel Ella RSVP Required. DANA members and guests are invited to enjoy the hospitality of the recently revamped Hotel Ella. On the...

https://downtownaustinblog.org/2014/11/11/downtown-austin-one-east-austin-events/

Some people, myself included, were beginning to think downtown Austin’s Fairmont Hotel was becoming development vaporware.  Back in March there was proof-of-life when they began fencing off t...

https://downtownaustinblog.org/2014/10/24/austin-fairmont-hotel-break-ground-november-3rd/

Had the weekend to catch up on some old news, and this issue of the Waller Creek Tunnel inlet being too tall smelled foolish from the first I heard about it. Kudos to the Statesman’s Sarah Copp...

https://downtownaustinblog.org/2014/07/07/bull-waller-creek-tunnel-inlet-tall/

If you haven’t yet read this week’s edition of The Austin Chronicle – and seen the amazing front page photo/rendering – please check it out at once here! Stupendous reporting by Senior Ne...

https://downtownaustinblog.org/2014/03/28/downtown-austin-goes-goal/

Have you experienced the phenomena that BIG things seem to happen when you’re on vacation?  This past week, while we attempted to cruise, there were multiple status report updates about three...

https://downtownaustinblog.org/2014/03/28/dab-round-fairmont-waller-trinity-oh/

Here are the latest revisions to the 3 acre Waller Center plan – an ambitious project that stretches along the east bank of Waller Creek, from E Cesar Chavez to Davis Street. The updated render...

https://downtownaustinblog.org/2013/09/16/plans-evolve-for-rainey-streets-waller-center/

You can clearly see from any of Austin’s view corridors the myriad cranes in downtown Austin, transforming the skyline.  But, the biggest transformation facing downtown Austin is not the redev...

https://downtownaustinblog.org/2013/07/24/this-is-biggest-transformation-facing-downtown-austin/

Bike Share: Not Until End Of Year Bike share is late, but better late than never. After KUT News and the Statesman both did spotlights on the fact that Bike Share had all but dropped off the map ...

https://downtownaustinblog.org/2013/06/24/downtown-news-rumor-roundup-central-library-bike-share-fairmont-updates/

An inspired master plan design for Waller Creek is inching closer to reality.  It’s on the agenda for City Council this Thursday.  It is a big step in a project I am a big fan of, and will be...

https://downtownaustinblog.org/2013/06/17/waller-creek-design-up-to-bat-for-council-approval/