Council: Passes Corridor Plan, Kills CURE

Council paves the way for a new urban makeover of the strip east of I-35

"...assured, though, that the East Riverside Corridor Regulating Plan secured final approval (despite incorrect reporting on this end that..."

May 17, 2013 News Feature by Amy Smith

City Hall Hustle: CURE-ing the Density Bonus Gridlock

Planning Commission wants more time to sort out public benefits

"...getting density right: resolving the Central Urban Redevelopment, or CURE, conundrum. Downtown developments seeking additional density have options: zoning..."

Jan. 22, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Downtown CUREs

Epic Downtown plan continues, and the devil's always in the zoning details

"...Tem Betty Dunker­ley, pushed a funding mechanism and helped procure county and nonprofit buy-in for the Waller Creek tunnel,..."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

TDH: 8/31/11

No CURE for disagreement over Downtown zoning?

"...to October 6. The biggest concern lies in the CURE/Density Bonus dichotomy, which city staff shed a little light..."

Aug. 31, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Zone Defense

City clears the way for Gables Residential and Hotel ZaZa

"...of Fourth & Guadalupe Streets. In return for a zoning change that will let the project developers – Hotel..."

March 22, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Council: Another Quiet Dais?

Agenda features the CURE and a list of proposed audits

"...hunk of time discussing Ora Houston's proposal to end CURE zoning east of I-35 (with small exceptions), a category..."

Oct. 20, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

The Daily Hustle: 9/21/10

What's on the council agenda?

"...for mobile food vendors, funding for development studies, controversial zoning cases and more...."

Sept. 21, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Beside the Point

Neighborhood activist gives us an earful on proposed downtown high-rise

"...– with the Spring Condominium project finally slated for zoning today after weeks of delay, neighborhood types are concerned..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Doin' the Turnaround

Eric Mitchell's CURE for Downtown

"...baldness, if Councilmember Eric Mitchell is correct, would be CURE...."

Dec. 1, 1995 News Column

Pushing Skyward on West Seventh

Another supertall condominium tower seeks to push envelope of what Austin accepts as Downtown

"...and Bowie) now starting construction, which won its needed zoning change at council over vociferous neighborhood objections...."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Exiled From Main Street

Can Austin's stock of affordable housing keep pace with high-speed growth?

"...particular benefit in exchange for the approval of a zoning variance could be interpreted as illegal "contract zoning." Spelman,..."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

Beside the Point: Planning What's Affordable

The Downtown Austin Plan comes lumbering toward its official adoption

"...In short, the ongoing debate over the future of CURE (Central Urban Redevelopment) zoning, and whether to eliminate it..."

Nov. 11, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Going Vertical

The new VMU zoning could transform your neighborhood – and you have 90 days to help decide how

"...Toward that end, city leaders have created a new zoning category, vertical mixed use. If the term makes your..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Council Preview: A Bar on Burnet?!?

Neighbors aren't pleased with Little Woodrow's plan to move in

"...preliminary agenda (finalized Jan. 11) is taken up with zoning matters – quite a few carried over from last..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Three Steps Forward, One Step Back

Various projects slated for I-35, Airport Boulevard, and Congress Avenue

"...of design, urban planning, and land development. Seeking a Cure..."

May 7, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Then There's This: One Step Forward ...

Updates on Barton Springs, Gables Hotel, and amphitheatres

"...The rezoning of the proposed Gables Residential/Hotel ZaZa project at Fourth..."

March 15, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Eco Hotel vs. Historic Preservation

A new hotel poses challenge to Warehouse District

"...surface parking in the interim. Starwood Capital Group has requested up-zoning to central business district-central urban redevelopment district for a..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Headlines

"...annual personnel review (mostly in executive session), and trim CURE zoning east of I-35. See "Council: Another Quiet Dais?"..."

Oct. 20, 2017 News Feature

Budget Games

As the economy improves, Council looks toward next year's budget

"...imposing the PUD [planned unit development] requirements and the CURE [zoning] requirements, and all of that, we could have..."

Feb. 22, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

How About Letting Voters Think for Themselves?

"...Gregor: If the city had simply blanketed Mueller with CBD-CURE zoning and sold it to the highest bidder, they..."

Oct. 27, 2008 Postmarks

Termagant Homosexuals...

"...West of I-35; he created the Central Urban Redevelopment (CURE) Zoning Category, a catalyst for development in the downtown..."

May 23, 1997 Column

The Latest in Density Bonuses: New Teeth

"...return for the increased height and density granted through zoning variances. In May, Coun­cil issued a rush order to..."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

City Council: NI deal approved

Incentives package, Hotel ZaZa, and looking into ridesharing . . .

"...In other business, the zoning change at 4th & Guadalupe for the Gables Residential/Hotel..."

March 8, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Will Towering Condos Spring to City Approval?

Developers tout proposed high-rise as perfect fit for Downtown; neighbors aren't so sure

"...On Tuesday night, the city Zoning and Platting Commission gave a thumbs-up to the hotly..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...forum this week to "receive input regarding a proposed cure for the problems which continue to plague the ......"

June 27, 2008 News Feature

With All Deliberate Speed

Short-handed Council on homelessness, management, and carbon

"...Pro Tem. The short dais apparently only affected one zoning case – when a 5-4 approval, requiring six votes,..."

Aug. 14, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Beside the Point

City Council takes action on Spring condos, and another homelessness ordinance

"...homelessness? Not quite – garnering the most shine was zoning approval for the Spring condominiums, upper-middle class professionals squaring..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Towers of Power

Are high-rises the key to a middle-class Downtown?

"...recent weeks – driven largely by the contention over zoning for the Spring condominium project at Third and Bowie..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Density Bonus Program 'Interim' No More

Council takes wait-and-see approach

"...for developers – is no more. Central Urban Redevelopment (CURE) district rezoning – the prevailing developer workaround – is..."

July 5, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

Temporary Coup

Bruce Todd Retreats

"...Next on the agenda? Mitchell's CURE (Central Urban REdevelopment) for downtown neglect. The plan calls..."

Feb. 16, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

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