Knight of Cups

Terrence Malick's Knight of Cups is a vessel half-empty

"...At the heart of Terrence Malick’s Delphic new film Knight of Cups (the title, as with the film’s various..."

March 18, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Nothing Stays the Same: The Story of the Saxon Pub

How a South Austin listening room survived, and what we can learn about preserving culture

"...be forced to relocate because of rising rents and real estate deals. By 2016, the plan had collapsed –..."

May 31, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hollywood Homicide

"...P, Martin Landau, Lolita Davidovich, Bruce Greenwood and Gladys Knight. Good looks can forgive almost anything. Art has proven..."

June 13, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The $975,000 Question

The Hole in the Wall needs to dig itself out of one.

"...Since November, Knight Real Estate has had a for-sale sign hanging on..."

May 17, 2002 Music Feature by Dan Oko

Developing Stories: Private Projects, Public Benefits

Could developers become Austin's new benefactors?

"...up for sale last Friday by development partners Robert Knight and Perry Lorenz (both also serve on the Downtown..."

April 6, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Dancing About Architecture

More clubs closing: Will the Hole in the Wall be one of them?

"...the Wall next? Fact is, it could be, since Knight Real Estate, the company that owns the building, has..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Rainey Street Shock Troopers

What will the redevelopment of Rainey Street mean?

"...Austinist talks about the implications of Perry Lorenz, Robert Knight, and Knight Real Estate Corp.'s decision to sell off..."

March 30, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Ayes of March

"...Meanwhile, the city's hired guns -- Thompson & Knight real estate lawyers -- are hammering out the knotty..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature

A Change of Scenery

What It Looks Like

"...of what would otherwise surely be densely packed downtown real estate is enough to scare off most mild-mannered developers..."

July 16, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Lay of the Land

Timing Is Everything

"...pre-Watson era threw fits and wrung hands over downtown, real people quietly filled up Austin's famously empty skyscrapers and..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Local Austin news and gossip

"...has fallen through, Austin über-landlords Perry Lorenz and Robert Knight have weighed in with a New Rainey Deal of..."

Feb. 9, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Developing Stories: Where Are They Now?

The latest on this year's big digs

"...Southwest Strategies Group to find a new space and real estate attorney Steve Drenner to negotiate a lease extension..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Down Came the Rainey

With downtown redevelopment encroaching and property values the highest they've ever been, Rainey Street residents are getting ready to cash in their chips and leave.

"...Mexican-American owners and residents. And the neighbors have long realized that if they don't all sell out together, to..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Coach's Corner

Maybe the old coach has been out in the desert too long, but if there's anything to these rumors about Bobby Knight and Texas Tech, it sounds too good to be true.

"...The only hitch was, we had to give their real estate department 90 minutes (between rounds of golf at..."

March 16, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Postmarks

A tawdry Kelsonian cababble.

"...consideration of alternatives, and build the line before folks realize the real purpose of the project and its consequences..."

June 9, 2000 Column

Mayor's Race Contribution & Expenditure Reports

"...Contributions from Real Estate and Development interests: Larry Peel, $5,000; John Simmons,..."

April 25, 1997 News Feature

The Good House

Sigourney Weaver drags this addiction drama out of comfortable numbness

"...variety to engagingly follow the well-worn formula – revelry, realization, resistance, reckoning, recovery – while avoiding the trap of..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

As Tax Protests Begin, Travis Central Appraisal District Catches Heat

The causes and effects of the ongoing TCAD controversy

"...(all with small populations) offered no informal process. Jill Leber­knight, a realtor for eXp Realty who hosts annual seminars..."

June 7, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Council Notes

Narrowing the drive through Town Lake Park has been studied to death ... so let's give it more study

"...The opposition was represented before the council by Jim Knight, president of the Real Estate Council of Austin, who..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Southern Exposure

The 'Renaissance' of Far South Austin Pushes Upscale Development South of Stassney

"...adults -- until it was scrapped altogether when the real estate bust hit in the late Eighties. This time..."

Sept. 8, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Vignette discusses its options for a planned move downtown.

"...companywide e-mail bringing them up to speed on a real estate proposal that could place Vignette's corporate headquarters across..."

Aug. 25, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Center of Gravity

City's influx of new money and new businesses shifts council's political sails

"...and more because the mayor gets invited to [the Real Estate Council of Austin meetings] and other places. With..."

May 26, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Books, Books, Books

The Summer of '95

"...a ruthless, aggrandizing clan, Joe, Jack, and even white knight Bobby are knee-deep in the political muck and corruption..."

June 2, 1995 Books Feature

Two Hotels for the Price of ... Two?

Convention center hotels seek city waivers

"...agreement with longtime Downtown landholders Perry Lorenz and Robert Knight. The property is near Palm Park and Waller Creek..."

July 8, 2011 News Feature by Amy Smith

Developing Stories: The Long Capitol View

The Downtown Commission and Heritage Society of Austin square off over Capitol-view corridors

"...is stored the dream of our Texas pioneers, who realized this site as the loveliest in all the state."..."

June 1, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Pondering Downtown Condos

Frequently Asked Questions

"...The "O" word irritates all of the developers interviewed, Realtors as well. All insist: "No, we are not 'overbuilt'!"..."

March 13, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Greenbacks for Green Space

City moves to make development pay more for parks

"...published by professor John Crompton of Texas A&M (see "Real Value: The Parks Premium"). "The real estate market consistently..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Chamber Takes a Swing Against Proposition 2

Opposition starts to mobilize against Stop Domain Subsidies' charter amendment

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

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The "Yuppie Chow" Market

Austin's Grocery Stores Duke It Out

"...fiscal year after Central Market opened. "It changed our reality. We were going to have to deal with a..."

July 28, 1995 News Feature by Amy Smith

A Downtown Plan

Who decides?

"...place for designating historic landmarks, but 'cultural landmarks' don't really have a process. So council faces a lot of..."

July 21, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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