Exiled From Main Street

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

"...Now in 2013, new development is everywhere you look Downtown. But what, exactly is..."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

Then There's This: Fight or Flight

Council tries to find balance between developers, enviros, and the Lege

"...proposed "emergency" action to abolish parts of the city's development code is this: There is no emergency. Never was...."

March 29, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Spring Train-ing

Rob Spillar and transit advocates work toward a 2014 rail vote

"...are other urban areas to have that kind of development activity in their core," he notes. "In terms of..."

Feb. 22, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Going With the Flow

The next life of Waller Creek

"...will relieve the creek of its biggest threat (to development) or defense (from development) – its 100-year floodplain. The..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature by Ari Phillips

Point Austin: The Tree in the Way

Commission decision could lead to changes in tree ordinance

"...whether the tree should make way for a Downtown development. On Oct. 11, the panel voted 5-4 to deny..."

Oct. 21, 2011 News Column by Amy Smith

TODs and Their Zones

What's what (and what's planned) at Austin rail stops

"...A total of nine transit-oriented development zones have been created by city of Austin, six..."

Nov. 26, 2010 News Feature

Best-Laid Plans

How does the patchwork of separate plans for the future of Central Texas fit together? No one knows.

"...With so many potentially powerful plans in development simultaneously, it might seem practical, prudent, and fiscally responsible..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Downtown Austin Plan Needs You

The DAP re-envisions Downtown, district by district

"...community on that topic as it writes new Downtown development standards. The standards will require that new projects be..."

March 5, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Tracking Cap Metro's Eastward Proposal

The Green Line takes conceptual shape

"...the benefits addressed under question No. 2: Mobility, economic development, environmental and public health, and social equity/quality of life...."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Manor Road Housing Project Looking for a Home

Neighborhoods balk at a proposed homeless and low-income housing development on Manor Road

"...rezoning 5908 Manor Rd. to enable an affordable housing development, odds are the project will not survive an upcoming..."

June 20, 2008 News Feature by Lydia Crafts

Their Reputations Precede Them

Run-off rivals Galindo and Morrison set the record straight

"...not true," says Morrison, rattling off a list of redevelopment projects she supported in her own Old West Austin..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Growing Pains

Rapidly expanding Austin Green Art works to sustain its mission and identity

"...chief executive officer and sales manager, respectively, of Agave's development corporation, Austin Urban Digs; three-year Austin Green Art project..."

April 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Nikki Moore

Developing Stories

If You Believe in Villa Muse, Clap Your Hands

"...release from the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction and from its development and environmental oversight...."

March 14, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Mixed Use, Mixed Emotions

An anniversary review of Austin's vertical mixed-use program discovers a range of responses to density, change, and planning

"...to sell or rent, less required parking, etc.), a development team must stack several stories of housing atop shops,..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Beside the Point

Just like your college-ball hopefuls, several city manager picks won't go the distance

"...capital-improvement projects, including an $800 million mixed-use river walk development and preservation and upkeep of Savannah's historic homes and..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Wal-Mart Case Could Take Several Weeks to Decide

Complexity of Wal-Mart case, not to mention Thanksgiving, could delay judge's decision

"...­was the city of Austin staff's interpretation of legal development code. The opposing arguments, boiled down to the bones:..."

Nov. 23, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Is RG4N in Trouble?

Testimony seemed to go poorly for anti-Wal-Mart forces Wednesday.

"...that if there is existing inundation, that the proposed development cannot produce additional adverse impact downstream.” And, “city codes..."

Nov. 14, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Dead End at Olive and Juniper

ARA and the city leave would-be homeowners out in the cold

"...ARA is using two lines of credit on residential development. One line of credit, for demolition and construction of..."

Sept. 7, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

More Developing Stories

A calendar of upcoming urban planning events

"...design, judging from recent and upcoming events around town.Transit-Oriented Development Is a rail station coming to a neighborhood near..."

April 13, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Pioneering at Mueller

Urban trailblazers aren't just settling Downtown

"...receive information about possibly living at Mueller. Eventually, the development will include more than 4,000 homes, parks and trails,..."

March 23, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Council Watch

"Planned Unit Development" doesn't necessarily imply responsible planning.

"...choking on your alphabet soup, PUDs are "Planned Unit Developments." According to city code, PUD zoning fits "large or..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Developing Stories

Five current projects work for Austin-centric synergy

"...at the failure of White Lodging Corp. (and its development client, Marriott Corp.) to give a damn about what..."

Feb. 2, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Peacock Politics in Western Travis County

Handful of holdout ranchers expected to sell their family spreads in name of what some see as suburban sprawl

"...Development can no longer be denied out along Hamilton Pool..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Push-polling for Wal-Mart (Updated)

A none-too-subtle push poll attempts to sell Wal-Mart to Northcross neighbors.

"...rail thing happening, maybe we could have transit-oriented mixed-used development a la what is planned for nearby Crestview Station,..."

Jan. 20, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

Planning South Shore Central: The ROMA Report

2000 study of redeveloping the South Shore was a good first effort

"...the proposed Gotham/Mirabeau condo tower and to recommend updated development guidelines. The resulting report, "Austin Town Lake Corridor: South..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Town Lake Variance Shuffle

The hike-and-bike trail, questionable developer tactics, and a potential windfall for urban parks all flow together on East Riverside Drive

"...land, also highlight a loophole in the city's Land Development Code – one that Parks staff hope to correct...."

Nov. 24, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories

A developer offers to extend the Town Lake trail in exchange for a variance to build closer to Town Lake. Is it worth it?

"...to "promote the harmonious interaction and transition between urban development and the park land and shoreline of Town Lake..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

More TODs to Come

"...Austin's Transit-Oriented Development Ordinance, which officially became law on May 19, 2005,..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Round Rock Growth Explosion

SH 130 likely to shift epicenter of growth in Round Rock from land around Dell to one-time farmland on northeast end of town

"...street. And on the other end of the Teravista development, across FM 1431, is the Round Rock Higher Education..."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...that negotiations are under way for a major high-rise development in the 200 block of Congress. The planned project..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature

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