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A forty-home development called Solutions Oriented Living is coming to a close-in location. Chris Krager of KRDB, an Austin design/build firm focused on affordable smart designs, brings solar panels, efficient heating and cooling systems, and heavily insulated (SIP panels) affordable homes ($200/S.F.) to a close in location at 1121 Perry Road. Sixteen of the homes are reserved for those earning 40-60% of the median family income. The realty group the GoodLife Team will be holding a pre-grand opening celebration on July 23rd from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. that is open to the public.
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A new mid-income housing subdivision in [Far] East Austin was approved by the Travis County Commissioners Court yesterday, paving the way for developers to construct the 1,343-home project that's identical to one already in Pflugerville. The so-called Villages of New Sweden would be so far out in the boondocks (FM 973 and New Sweden Church Road? We've no idea) that surrounding neighbors are worried this first wave of suburban sprawl might "hurt their property values and necessarily change their rural lifestyle." [Statesman]
A spiffy new aviation and automotive museum was supposed to be built over at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, but the lengthy negotations fell apart after our city rebuked museum officials' requests for land next to the Airport Hilton, instead offering them far less viable spaces elsewhere in town. Despite an eleventh-hour plea for more time from Will Wynn himself, the nonprofit group decided to build the $25 million museum in Georgetown instead. [Statesman]
Austin's downtown is getting bloated! A new report from local real estate company Colliers Oxford Commercial indicates prime rental spaces going at $23.46/sqft, about a 15% increase from last year. Overall office occupancy rates are also up nearly two percent. [Austin Business Journal]
The Lower Colorado River Authority has begun construction of its new 35,000-sq ft "emergency operations center" at Red Bud Trail and Lake Austin Boulevard. The Red Bud Center, when complete, will comply with United States Green Building Council standards. [LCRA]
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Green Housing Development to Feature Solar Panels
Monarch Breaks Ground
In what appears to be a trend, another large residential tower has broken ground in downtown Austin (at West and Fifth). In a break from the trend, this tower will be full of high-end rentals instead of high-end condos.
The Shore Breaks Ground
Condos, anyone? High Street Residential, a division of the Trammell Crow Company, has broken ground at Red River and Davis (yes, above the secret tunnel) on a 22 story condo building (17 floors of condos over five floors of parking). The building will be linked to a 26 story Kimpton hotel/condo being built next door. WDG Architecture, which also did the Milago, is the architect, while Duncan and Miller Design is doing the interiors....
Lowe's Going Green
Lowe's home improvement store, which opened on Brodie Lane in January, is being honored by the U.S. Green Building Council and Austin Energy's Green Building Program, for "setting new standards in energy-conscious and environmentally conscious building design." We're not sure exactly what this means. What new standard are they setting? How does this new standard relate to the existing LEED standards that the U.S. Green Building Council has already set? Has the building complied with the LEED standards and been given some level of LEED certification or has it merely met this "new standard"? How come "energy-conscious" gets a hyphen and "environmentally conscious" doesn't?
Austin Development Shorts
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A Gathering of Green Giants
We were just browsing around treehugger.com, when found out about a green-friendly event happening around these parts tomorrow: the Sustainable Shopper's Ball is an Austin-based pro-green organization that promotes local "businesses, non-profit groups, and educators that contribute to the outstanding quality of life that Austin provides for its rapidly growing population." Tomorrow, at the Sunset Valley Farmers Market at Toney Burger Center, they're hosting their first-ever outdoor Green Living Festival, bringing together a bevy of...
Weekend Round-Up
FRIDAY [Sale] UT Press' Annual Outdoor Book Sale, (Friday 10AM-6PM & Saturday 10AM-3PM) @ I-35 & Manor [Film] Alamo Drafthouse Midnight Movies presents Wet Hot American Summer, 12AM @ Alamo Downtown $5 [Music] Rebirth Brass Band, 9PM @ Stubb's $14 SATURDAY [Art]AMOA Art Trek to the Texas Hill Country $75 [Film] Austin Student Digital Film Festival, 4PM @ UT Student Union [Music] Johnny Goudie CD Release Party, 7:30 @ Antone's $14 [Art] 5X7 Preview...
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