Reinventing Airport Boulevard

Can 'form-based zoning' transform a suburban drag into walkable neighborhoods?

"...Punctuating the blandness are several iconic, endearingly affordable Austin businesses such as..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Next New Neighborhood

City and residents plan a sustainable Colony Park

"...on a master plan for 208 acres of vacant land a hundred yards from her front door?..."

April 4, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Developing Stories

Connect-the-dot conversations heard around town

"...regulation of its own industry – a new city building-code ordinance designed to address global warming. On Oct. 18,..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

On the Edges of Gentrification, Planning a Different East Riverside Drive

City’s declared goals for the corridor and those of private developers do not necessarily coincide

"...an inner-city expressway surrounded by intense, sprawling, but aging development, a low-rise market district readily accessible only by car...."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Money for Nothing

Millions of Williamson County taxpayer dollars pour into a contractor's pocket, and no one seems to know why.

"...construction contracts; about changes to the state's Local Government Code affecting such contracts; about public officials suffering from conveniently..."

Aug. 15, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Back ~ In Black?

SOS Is Arisen: Let the Confetti Rain Down

"...They belong to Mike McKetta, attorney for Circle C Land Corp., home of Gary Bradley, and the new commercial..."

Aug. 9, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Communication Breakdown

Does the closure of HausBar Farms spell trouble for the urban farming movement?

"...the propagation of urban farms contributes to gentrification and land-use planning issues...."

April 12, 2013 Food Feature by Anna Toon

The Mayor’s Race Offers Clear Choices on How Austin Should Grow

Election marks a critical juncture on the way to Austin's future

"...appellate court) that effectively killed efforts to rewrite Austin's land use rules in ways that would allow for more..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Naked City

Millionaire heir Hatsy Heep Shaffer says developer Gary Bradley has been improperly claiming he has her consent to use water on her land for his development in southern Travis County.

"...one of the owners of several large tracts of land that has been eyed by developers in recent years...."

Sept. 29, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

The Spirit of the City and the Letter of the Law Collide at Sekrit Theater

Beau Reichert struggles with the city over his backyard arts complex

"...but still close to town. It was kind of no-man's-land over here."..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

The Action's in Place 3

Shade, Tovo, Nofziger race most watched and closely contested

"...He's also called for a similar streamlining of building code and sound permits. Where To Spend What..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

More Big-Box Brawling

Battle brewing in Lakeway over putting big-box store on city-owned land

"...in Lakeway over putting a big-box store on city-owned land on State Highway 71, land the city desperately wants..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

War of Words

Hays County planning battle turns into a war of words.

"...past half decade took the raging bull of new development by the horns and went to work enacting some..."

July 7, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

What's the Deal?

The Details in the City's Proposed Settlement With Stratus Properties Are the Fine Print in the Term Sheet.

"...the following standards in building its residential and commercial developments across 4,000 acres in these Southwest Austin locations:..."

Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature

Urban on the Rocks

It's the Sprawl, Y'all

"...Smart Growth ladder, such as the proposal of new development standards, designed to increase density and intensity, for "transit..."

April 30, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Weird by Design

City's proposed design standards emphasize livability, walkability, and flexibility

"...It's the people that make it special," seconds Joe England, a Dallas native who's lived in Austin since 1976...."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...a group of partnerships and corporations coordinated through a Switzerland-based company called Andersen Consulting, which itself had split years..."

July 4, 2003 Column

Nonprofits and the City's Quest for Affordable Housing

Helping usher Austin out of a quagmire of inequality

"...One future development that's not so certain is Foundation's proposal for a..."

July 14, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

From Runways to Sidewalks

The Mueller neighborhood at midcourse

"...enthusiasm of its residents. The prospect of joining a development billed as experimental, progressive, and sustainable motivated them to..."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Y Not?

The battle over AMD's move to Lantana is a one-tract skirmish in a larger war over the uncertain future of Central Texas

"...each other, the Oak Hillians crowded around tables of color-coded maps showing yellow toll roads, green frontage roads, and..."

June 24, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Corner to Corner

There's more development slated for the already-crowded RM 2222 and Loop 360 interchange.

"...Champion family first acquired 240 acres of Bull Creek bottomland and the overlooking bluff. Getting into Austin was an..."

Sept. 10, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Downtown Bound

City to Lease Downtown Lots to Residential Developers

"...on one of the city lots slated for residential development. photograph by Jana Birchum You folks out in the..."

Nov. 28, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

What Price Baseball?

The Rangers Ain't Gonna Like This, Yogi

"...also successfully used the power of government to take land from other private citizens so it could be used..."

June 20, 1997 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...more difficult and more expensive to develop. LIC's commercial development would be five times larger than Seaholm, overwhelming it..."

June 21, 2002 Column

Turning Point

Relations on the Mend

"...both environmentalists and developers, to create baseline standards for land mitigation. The idea behind mitigation is that developers could..."

Feb. 19, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff

Save Our Springs Sues City Over Statesman Site Redevelopment

They claim city violated procedural rules and affordability requirements

"...Council over its approval of the Statesman Planned Unit Development in December 2022, which would allow over 3.5 million..."

June 7, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Public Notice: People’s Housing Justice

What Council can do that's not CodeNEXT

"...at the last joint work session of the two land use commissions working on the CodeNEXT land use rewrite...."

April 13, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

UT's Brackenridge Tract: For Love or Money?

West Austin readies for another battle over redevelopment

"...Austin, are once again under consideration for massive new development. Neighborhood groups, university departments, graduate students, and local golfers..."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Barton Springs fiasco? Not at all, they bought the land after the city decided not to turn the land..."

April 9, 2004 Column

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Environmental Board, is facing criminal trespassing charges for entering land owned by FM Properties, now known asStratus Properties. Jones..."

Sept. 4, 1998 News Feature

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