Home2 Suites Hotel Tower Planned on Northern Edge of Downtown Austin “According to recent permit applications with the City of Austin, a 14-story hotel tower featuring a Home2 Suites by Hilton is planned on the northern edge of Downtown Austin near the southeast corner of Guadalupe Street and West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.” (James Rambin, Towers)
Velocis responds to lawsuits from Austin suburbs seeking to stop its industrial project “The Dallas-based developer is defending its 25,000-square-foot project, which two Austin suburbs are suing to stop.” (Sean Hemmersmeier, Austin Business Journal)
Housing for people of all incomes expands the supply of affordable housing in East Austin. “Half of the 328 units planned for a new apartment complex on Ross Road are for low- to moderate-income residents.” (Haley McLeod, Community Impact)
How people kept their cool on Austin’s hottest day of the year without power “On Wednesday – the hottest day of the year in the city so far – about 15,000 people in the East Austin and Riverside neighborhoods were without power between 5 and 9 p.m., according to Austin Energy. The utility said the outage was caused by high energy demand.” (Mose Buchele, KUT 90.5)
150-year-old house to be renovated in unnamed community “Development often erases the history of a place, but in a small historic community northwest of Austin, it allowed local historians to make a discovery and piece together a puzzle that was once missing all its pieces.” (Aaron Sullivan, Austin Chronicle)
Planning Commission approves multifamily housing project in Montopolis “Despite some concerns about the impact on the neighborhood in terms of scale and displacement potential, members of the Planning Commission voted in favor of a new multifamily housing project on Montopolis Drive between Caddie and Fairway Streets.” (Elizabeth Pagano, Austin Monitor)
