East Austin Developments

[Urbannizer]

Senior Living Tower Remodel & Expansion (RBJ Center)

Not sure if this is related to the plan they decided to go with (option C).

Sited between an urban lake-side park and one of Austin’s oldest neighborhoods, the non-profit owner/operator of this 1970’s tower sought to double the number of available units to over 500. The existing international style architecture was respected while a solution was developed that focused on embracing great views, upgrading glass/skin systems, and utilization of the many historic trees on site. Approaches to massing, shading, and fenestration shifted across the many sides of the tower and 5/4-story low rise mixed-use wrap, in response to changing orientation and programmatic requirements, while holding to a consistent language.

[hereinaustin]

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Senior Living Tower Remodel & Expansion (RBJ Center)

Not sure if this is related to the plan they decided to go with (option C).

Here's the site plan for Option C (may have been posted already).:
http://rbjcenter.org/includes/pdf/Option%20C.pdf

[verybadgnome]

Originally Posted by hereinaustin

Here's the site plan for Option C (may have been posted already).:
http://rbjcenter.org/includes/pdf/Option%20C.pdf

1040 parking spaces for 840 units. I was hoping for less in a facility largely for seniors, but then again there is 50k sq ft for commercial. There is almost no commercial south of C. Chavez on this side of the lake. Interesting that the new developments will all be shorter than the existing tower, something counter to most current trends.

[Urbannizer]

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Senior Living Tower Remodel & Expansion (RBJ Center)

Not sure if this is related to the plan they decided to go with (option C).

Guess this wasn't meant for public view, the link has been disabled.

[Urbannizer]

Transwestern Development Co. to Build its First Micro-unit Community, Totaling 139 Units

AUSTIN, Texas, May 10, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Transwestern Development Co. today announces its plans to develop Indie Apartments, a specialty micro-unit community at 1648 E. Sixth St. in Austin, Texas. Transwestern Development Co. acquired nearly 0.5 acres and will construct a 139-unit community with a 2,500-square-foot restaurant space in East Sixth, a thriving entertainment district just east of downtown Austin.

Groundbreaking is scheduled for June 2016 with the first units expected to deliver in August 2017.

[corvairkeith]

Eastside Village

[SkyPie]

Work space for ‘creative class’ planned in East Austin
By Shonda Novak - American-Statesman Staff
Posted: 4:36 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, 2016
http://www.mystatesman.com/news/busi..._megamenu_link

More office space for artists, designers, gamers and other creative types is coming to East Austin.

Central Austin Management Group, which developed a complex of artists’ studios and galleries in East Austin called Canopy, plans to break ground in July on Springdale General, a campus of 15 commercial buildings on Springdale Road, just up the street from Canopy.

[Urbannizer]

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

A change in design for 1322 E. 12th St.

http://www.studiodform.com/2163895-1...-12th-street#1

Another design update..

http://www.studiodform.com/3226902-east-austin-lofts

[KevinFromTexas]

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Senior Living Tower Remodel & Expansion (RBJ Center)

Not sure if this is related to the plan they decided to go with (option C).

Did anyone happen to save the rendering of the tower renovation?

[Tech House]

Scrolling through the many renderings of "mixed use" projects that are proposed or under construction, I feel like it would be better to just eradicate all zoning in the area rather than to force everything into the same 4-5 story mold. No variety in height, this is a mistake and a wasted opportunity. I'd love if there were some kind of tradeoff where you can build higher if you preserve an old bungalow, warehouse, or trailer eatery zone. Mix it up, get crazy. East Austin's at risk of becoming a sterile facade of creative pretense. Only yuppies can afford to live in the new places, so the ethnic communities are being decimated by unimaginative gentrification, with developers reducing East Austin's culture to little more than hollow marketing slogans. "Creative living space" is a typical phrase, meaning nothing and signifying the developer's vague awareness that it might be good PR to use the word "creative" in brochures. [/rant]

[KevinFromTexas]

Kline Hotel at 1109 East 6th Street. The elevations show it to be 59 feet 10 inches to the main roof parapet.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...reet_PLANS.pdf

[drummer]

I like the relatively small footprint on this one. I like it when there's more diversity on each block (i.e., more buildings).

[Urbannizer]

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Senior Living Tower Remodel & Expansion (RBJ Center)

Not sure if this is related to the plan they decided to go with (option C).

Now know as "The Tyndall", full reveal coming this Fall.

http://momarkdevelopment.com/portfol...line-projects/

[KevinFromTexas]

Site plan for Studio East.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...East_PLANS.pdf

310 Comal site plan.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...reet_PLANS.pdf

[427MM]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Kline Hotel at 1109 East 6th Street. The elevations show it to be 59 feet 10 inches to the main roof parapet.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...reet_PLANS.pdf

Sadly, I hear this is dead. Our suburban oriented land development code requires too many parking spaces for it to work.

If all of you are not involved somehow in CodeNEXT--I wish you would do so.

[clubtokyo]

My first attempt at a project update. Don't judge. The Platform on east MLK looks cool! I like the wood facade.

[smith_atx]

The wood does look good, hope it holds up over time.

[drummer]

As long as they keep it maintained, it should last for a long time and continue to look great. If weathering gets it, then it'll look horrible after a while.

I like it as is right now. Looks great!

[427MM]

Alexan on East 6th from the roof of Este Condos.

[Urbannizer]

2-story hotel with a bar on the table for East Austin.

http://www.stewart-architect.com/eas...elze7cnu9vqpfc