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A new City of Austin ordinance aims to limit a timeless method of picking up dates at stop lights.
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The 567' Paseo tower has topped out. That leaves only the 710' Republic Tower and 1,022' Waterline tower amongst the current crop of downtown towers under construction left to top out. More from TOWERS:
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My latest: During the pandemic, the City of Austin bought several hotels with the intent of turning them into homes for those experiencing homelessness.
Simple, right? The first of those hotels opened this month. It was anything but easy: kut.org/austin/2024-08-28/af…
This property just north of the Domain could soon be zoned for a tower as tall as 350 feet, which is roughly the size of 600 Taco Bell burritos placed end to end.
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According to Zillow, more than half of rental listings in Austin offer some sort of concession -- like one month rent free, for example. Lots of new apts have been built which means concessions & dropping rent prices.
I wrote about falling rents in May: kut.org/austin/2023-05-09/af…
Some 60,000 multifamily units were completed in June, a record going back half a century. The apartment building boom has finally reached tenants. Renters are finding concessions all over the country.
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The transformation of this North Austin district continues with hundreds of new apartments on deck near the Domain and Q2 Stadium.
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There’s a bouquet of tower projects currently rising in the Rainey neighborhood, and one of the tallest just reached its maximum height this week.
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one way you could make austin more welcoming to large events is by permanently pedestrianizing several blocks of congress avenue
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once again asking for some volunteers willing to pick up the baton on saturday giant chess at wooldridge square in memory of the late great chris riley
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Former Austin City Council member and urbanist champion Chris Riley has died. He was 60.
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Used as an informal outdoor space by nearby residents for years, this landmark of the Govalle neighborhood is ready to make things official as a new city park.
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This could be the first tower project to break ground in downtown Austin in more than a year, a sign of development slowdown the city hasn't seen in roughly a decade of growth.
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No, road diets don't slow emergency responders.
That's the conclusion of this new study from Iowa, which found "no difference in emergency response" before and after road diet implementation.
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The city’s partnership with a private developer to bring more than 250 affordable homes to the St. John neighborhood is ready to roll, but what should the project include in its new park space?
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Austin’s most legendary pizza parlor opened on this day in 1976, and it’s still hanging on nearly 50 years later.
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Your annual reminder that to combat urban heat islands, planting trees is nice but eliminating parking mandates is better.
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Want to know what happens when a street is turned over to people? Check out the new plaza on W 33rd St.
Austin’s looking to update this development incentive program to bring more community benefits and fewer parking garages downtown.
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