Smart Growth Is Dead, Long Live Smart Growth

As Sixth + Lamar teeters, the Domain aims to pick up Austin's new-school incentive package.

"...Planned by Endeavor Real Estate Group, the Domain is the first project to request..."

May 2, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Under One Roof

Can the City Make Good on Its Affordable Housing Promise?

"...who's given serious thought to fleeing this insane real estate market and moving out of town? Maybe your hand..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Chamber Takes a Swing Against Proposition 2

Opposition starts to mobilize against Stop Domain Subsidies' charter amendment

"...between the city and the original developer, Endeavor Real Estate Group, and places the blame on Endeavor principal Kirk..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Future Is Now

Local fiscal policy enters its Cold War era

"...now had six months with positive leading indicators everywhere. Sales tax collections are still fluttering, but in the positive..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Wal-Mart or No, Council Defers to Endeavor's Domain

Only Daryl Slusher votes against the city's $37 million tax rebate for a North Austin "urban village."

"...to approve a projected $37 million in property and sales tax rebates to Domain developers Endeavor Real Estate Group..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Take the A-Train

Mike Clark-Madison discusses 10 years covering light rail, and urges voters to support it.

"...want to know about trains, roads, ridership, traffic, smog, sales tax, sprawl, infill, station areas, headways, lane miles, corridors,..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Allies No More

illustration by Doug Potter

"...Taube, asks that the court find Moffett's local real estate company, Circle C Land Corp., guilty of fraud and..."

July 25, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Rent Party Blues

Are post-boom rents killing the Austin music scene?

"...Commercial real estate agents say commercial-property rents downtown have nearly doubled since..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Artistic Afterlife

Stevie Ray Vaughan

"...Branton, Jr., took charge of managing the guitar player's estate. Branton sold the rights to Hendrix's music to a..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Music Feature

Public Notice: Department of Unintended Consequences

Could the new land development code actually make Austin less affordable?

"...provider of software and data analytics for the real estate industry), there's clearly enough breathing room to get this..."

Jan. 24, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Other People’s Money?

Actually, it's yours. Do you know where it's going?

"...was giving discounts to customers that had high-valued real estate assets. … I had discovered over 1,100 CAP participants..."

Aug. 4, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Appraisal Reform at the County? Never Mind ...

Commissioners won't challenge appraisal district's undervalued commercial property

"...Both Brown and Brian Rodgers – an Aus­tin real estate investor who produced an independent study that brought the..."

July 31, 2009 News Feature by Amy Smith

Everybody Loves a Wynn-er

Will Wynn is his own flavor of ice cream -- pure vanilla, but mixed with nuts

"...flunked out of (Harvard) Business School," quit a good real-estate job so he wouldn't have to build over the..."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Men Who Would be Mayor

Scrambling for Money, Consensus, & Power

"...Duncan and Jay Hailey, former presidents of the Real Estate Council of Austin...."

April 25, 1997 News Feature by Alex de Marban

As Tax Protests Begin, Travis Central Appraisal District Catches Heat

The causes and effects of the ongoing TCAD controversy

"...purchase of multiple listing service (MLS) data about home sales, TCAD has decided it will not offer face-to-face informal..."

June 7, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

The Bare Necessities

Gilkyson family sues Walt Disney Company for royalties

"...the assertion that the Walt Disney Company owes the estate of Terry Gilkyson for any fees overlooked because the..."

July 18, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Glengarry Glen Ross

Most of Mamet's gritty look inside salesmen's souls gets lost in surface performances

"...it responsive to the lingering recession and the real estate bubble, maybe, or a fresh understanding of the relationships..."

March 9, 2012 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

Eye of the Media Storm

On the block, the Statesman fiddles while the industry burns

"...devote a half-page, once a week, to commercial real estate news briefs...."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Are We Masters of Our Domain?

Critics are concerned that rather than boosting local shops, a subsidy deal struck by City Council with developers of the Domain is dropping cash into an already successful project, filled with high-end stores

"...the Domain was intended by Austin-based developers Endeavor Real Estate Group to be a New Urbanist environment, combining high-end..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Cost of Government?

Local public spending outpaces local incomes – but not local needs

"...For the last few years, the Real Estate Council of Austin has released a progressively-more-hyped "Combined Cost..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

We Were the Urban Pioneers

Our search for the just-right million-dollar condo, in the wilds of Downtown

"...here we change the identity of every condo-marketing and sales representative we came in contact with on the high..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Buying Certainty for Stratus

"...A publicity-shy billionaire real estate magnate from California -- not Jim Bob Moffett --..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Pondering Downtown Condos

Frequently Asked Questions

"...not start construction until they had 40% or more presales.) Now about 790 condominiums are under construction; about 350..."

March 13, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...a plan to finance our schools by raising the sales tax, I hope all Texans will instead give their..."

April 18, 2003 Column

Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage

How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago

"...method in it: The downturn made prime Downtown real estate a lot more affordable for a nonprofit. So in..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Hightower Report

The Business Roundtable fights for CEOs' rights to rip off stockholders; Bushites fight for more bureaucracy and big government; and Tom DeLay fights for the rich.

"...during debate on a Republican proposal to eliminate the estate tax -- a move that would be a multibillion-dollar..."

June 28, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...Fueled by easy savings-and-loan money, the value of real estate shot up...."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Cumulative Staff Box

"...Web Promotion/Sales: Mindy Messinger..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

The Fight of His Life

Are Ronney Reynolds' Mayoral Hopes on the Ropes?

"...Dozens of Austin's political elite -- ranging from Real Estate Council of Austin (RECA) members and Chamber of Commerce..."

Dec. 6, 1996 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Permanent Markers

How a trailer becomes brick-and-mortar

"...Hey Cupcake! now employs about 50 people and had sales in seven figures in fiscal year 2014...."

April 10, 2015 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

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