Former Concordia University Site Redevelopment - Page 6

KevinFromTexas · #**101** Posted **Jun 8, 2012, 9:39 PM**

I wish I had taken my camera, but we were driving by on I-35 and there were workers on the site north of the office building.

austlar1 · #**102** Posted **Jun 8, 2012, 11:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by East7thStreet

I'm pretty sure this property was broken up and sold in pieces. The land closest to St.Davids was sold to developer of medical offices. The land to the north I believe was sold to a luxury apartment developer.

There is some excavation going on to the north of the office buidling. Does anybody know what that is about?

East7thStreet · #**103** Posted **Jun 8, 2012, 11:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by austlar1

There is some excavation going on to the north of the office buidling. Does anybody know what that is about?

32nd and I-35

http://onairdevelopment.com/austin-m...of-excellence/

North of the Texas Monthly building:

"Local Cypress projects

University Park Apartments; 302 units, average rent of $1,529 a month. Targeted start date is summer 2012, with a projected summer 2013 opening."

http://www.statesman.com/business/fi...printArticle=y

JoninATX · #**104** Posted **Jun 9, 2012, 12:07 AM**

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Originally Posted by austlar1

There is some excavation going on to the north of the office buidling. Does anybody know what that is about?

I also notice that west of the Texas Monthly building they where excavin as well.

austlar1 · #**105** Posted **Jun 9, 2012, 7:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by JoninATX

I also notice that west of the Texas Monthly building they where excavin as well.

Last I heard Texas Monthly vacated or was planning to vacate the existing office building. They said that the developer could not deliver on plans that motivated them to move there in the first place. http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/ne...-downtown.html

Are there any renderings for the presumed apartment complex to the north of the existing building?

I figure the bulk of the Concordia parcel will ultimately give way to St. David's piecemeal exapansion over the coming years. That is probably the best use of the property.

austlar1 · #**106** Posted **Jun 10, 2012, 2:01 AM**

There is a small picture of the University Park apartment building in the bottom left corner of this link. I don't know how to post the picture. It is a generic looking four or five story with attached parking structure.

http://www.statesman.com/business/fi...0-1576113.html

JoninATX · #**107** Posted **Jun 10, 2012, 3:39 AM**

A few I found off there page.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gffarch...n/photostream/

KevinFromTexas · #**108** Posted **Jun 14, 2012, 12:44 PM**

That's a pretty nice project. I like the facade detail.

KevinFromTexas · #**109** Posted **Aug 11, 2012, 9:57 PM**

If you scroll down, this PDF file has some renderings of some of the buildings including one that is 17 floors tall.

http://www.rhodepartners.com/webbrochure.pdf

Here is their website:

http://www.rhodepartners.com/

KevinFromTexas · #**110** Posted **Aug 11, 2012, 9:59 PM**

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/pr...to-change.html

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Plan for old Concordia site to change

Cypress Real Estate has 10 years to listen to market demands
Austin Business Journal by James Jeffrey, Staff Writer
Date: Friday, August 10, 2012, 5:00am CDT

James Jeffrey
Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal

The new developers of the old Concordia University site near downtown Austin have secured more time to finish their part of the embattled project.

Austin City Council on Aug. 2 approved a 10-year managed-growth agreement for about seven of the site’s 23 acres. That gives Cypress Real Estate Advisors until 2023 to finish its part of the project without having to go back to city planners for major approvals.

KevinFromTexas · #**111** Posted **Aug 11, 2012, 10:02 PM**

I changed the thread title from University Park since I'm not sure the development is under that name anymore. Remember it was also called East Avenue for a while, too. But that has changed. I'm thinking they'll probably re-name the whole project.

austlar1 · #**112** Posted **Aug 12, 2012, 8:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

I changed the thread title from University Park since I'm not sure the development is under that name anymore. Remember it was also called East Avenue for a while, too. But that has changed. I'm thinking they'll probably re-name the whole project.

I am guessing that the 10 year extension of site plan approval is just something to give stakeholders bargaining chips in determining future building plans at the site and keeping NIMBYs at bay. The original plan is very unlikely to be realized, but the site plan approval makes it so much easier to get alternative plans apporoved either for a large project or for piecemeal development of the site. I think that St. Davids will eventually expand into the site. I hope they do actually because a bigger and better St. Davids in central Austin is good for the city with lots of jobs and the prestige that comes with the presence of a major metropolitan hospital. Building up is probably not an option for St. Davids at the present site, but they can get a bit of height developing in the Concordia location and then tie it all together with tunnels or walkways.