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Twelve Oaks features 218 residential units
Build-to-rent development completed in Liberty Hill
McCarthy Companies has announced the completion of Twelve Oaks, a build-to-rent development located in Liberty Hill. Located on 20.7 acres of land, the property consists of 218 residences, and was dev...
austin.urbanize.city
September 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Twelve Oaks features 218 residential units
223,000sf project is fully pre-leased to BillionToOne
Developers score $105M loan for new life sciences project at EastVillage
Cottonwood Group has announced the closing of a $105-million construction loan for a large life sciences project in the EastVillage community.The project, which will be delivered by Reger Holdings and...
austin.urbanize.city
September 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
223,000sf project is fully pre-leased to BillionToOne
Development stories we’re following this week
Musk vs. Westlake, Paul tax suit, cap parks in jeopardy
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? No Thanks, Elon Musk. For the past few months, Mr. Musk, 53, has bulldozed his way across Washington, flouting long-established traditions and hacking away at what he deemed ...
austin.urbanize.city
May 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Development stories we’re following this week
Other fundamentals are not as bright, the latest CommercialEdge data shows
Austin’s Office Market Ranked Second for Development
Office development in Austin retained strong momentum at the beginning of this year, which highlighted the metro’s resilience. The market ranked second nationwide in terms of new office space underway...
austin.urbanize.city
April 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Other fundamentals are not as bright, the latest CommercialEdge data shows
The $71.1 million building will have 90 affordable apartments
City Council approves affordable development at 5853 N. Broadway
The Chicago City Council has approved an affordable residential development at 5853 N. Broadway. Set to replace a Streets and Sanitation depot, the new building will rise along Broadway just south of ...
chicago.urbanize.city
April 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The $71.1 million building will have 90 affordable apartments
Development stories we’re following this week
Mega Texas Meta, Hill Country Waldorf, Sixth Street love
Austin development news of the week
austin.urbanize.city
March 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Development stories we’re following this week
Development stories we’re following this week
Paul plea, rent-hike suit, Star Seeds hunt
Nate Paul pleads guilty to federal financial crime "Austin real estate investor Nate Paul on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a charge of making false statements to a financial institution as part of a dea...
austin.urbanize.city
January 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Development stories we’re following this week
Project Connect tax decision will ‘likely be appealed,’ says attorney
Judge throws out transit lawsuit
A Travis County judge has dismissed a lawsuit to stop the city of Austin from collecting property taxes to for its Project Connect transportation program. Judge Eric Shepperd on Dec. 20 signed a moti...
austin.urbanize.city
December 31, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Project Connect tax decision will ‘likely be appealed,’ says attorney
Huge Downtown East project to transform city center
New renderings: Swinerton unveils Pflugerville plans
Swinerton Builders, along with developer Griffin Swinerton, recently broke ground on Pflugerville Downtown East, a new development at the corner of FM 685 and East Pecan Street in the suburb about 15 ...
austin.urbanize.city
December 30, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Huge Downtown East project to transform city center
The Maris at Presidio has 276 units
Streetlights Lakeline project leasing in Northwest Austin
Design-driven Dallas developer StreetLights Residential has been making inroads into Austin and is now leasing The Maris at Presidio in the rapidly growing Lakeline neighborhood. The 276-unit Maris at...
austin.urbanize.city
December 30, 2024 at 4:30 PM
The Maris at Presidio has 276 units
Longhorn Dam project passes 2024 milestones
‘Wishbone’ bridge sees progress on Lady Bird Lake
The city’s Longhorn Dam Multimodal Improvements Project, which will result in a pedestrian and bicycle bridge that will connect northern and southern shores of Lady Bird Lake in East Austin, marked se...
austin.urbanize.city
December 30, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Longhorn Dam project passes 2024 milestones
National Veterinary Associates takes top floor in new mixed-use development
The Bouldin adds commercial tenant on South Lamar
The National Veterinary Associates has signed a 39,000-square-foot office lease near downtown Austin. The organization will rent the top floor of the office and retail building at the Bouldin mixed-us...
austin.urbanize.city
December 30, 2024 at 4:27 PM
National Veterinary Associates takes top floor in new mixed-use development
HLCI buys 22 acres to develop facility
Dallas firm plans industrial park in Austin suburb
Dallas-based Holt Lunsford Commercial Investments plans a 281,000-square-foot industrial development in Cedar Park, an Austin suburb about 16 miles northwest of downtown Austin. HLCI bought a 22-acre ...
austin.urbanize.city
December 30, 2024 at 4:26 PM
HLCI buys 22 acres to develop facility
Commission approves space for Riverside development
Planning signs off on River Park music venue
The Austin Planning Commission has given its blessing to a proposed 64,000-square-foot music venue proposed for the River Park redevelopment in Southeast Austin. The commission recommended approval of...
austin.urbanize.city
December 30, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Commission approves space for Riverside development
JLL arranges construction loan for complex
321-unit multifamily headed for Northwest Hills
JLL has arranged a construction loan of an undisclosed amount for Far West Apartments, a 321-unit multifamily project in northwest Austin. The site is located within the Northwest Hills submarket. The...
austin.urbanize.city
December 30, 2024 at 4:24 PM
JLL arranges construction loan for complex
City approves $19.3M Rock'N River expansion
Round Rock water park project moves forward
A water park component of the Old Settlers Park buildout in an Austin suburb will move forward with maximum price amendment. The Round Rock City Council approved a $19.3 million expansion for Rock'N R...
austin.urbanize.city
December 30, 2024 at 4:23 PM
City approves $19.3M Rock'N River expansion
Live music ceded as city’s top obsession, apparently
Austin: 2024 Pickleball Capital of the USA
Would Austin’s 2024 be complete without a year-end pickleball report? Probably, but perplexingly punctuated coaching site TeachMe.To has nevertheless provided. Given the city's seeming obsession with ...
austin.urbanize.city
December 30, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Live music ceded as city’s top obsession, apparently
Money to fund Thomas Ranch infrastructure, residential development
Suburban luxury project swings $106M in bond financing
A partnership between Utah-based firms Areté Collective and Wasatch Group has received $106 million in bond financing for Thomas Ranch, a master-planned development in the Central Texas community of S...
austin.urbanize.city
December 27, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Money to fund Thomas Ranch infrastructure, residential development
Planned community near X, SpaceX, Boring Company rebranded as the Row
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Tesla-area development gets name change
A mixed-use community planned near the Tesla Austin gigafactory has a new name. The 314-acre Presidium development, initially called the Velocity, will now be known as the Row (not to be confused with...
austin.urbanize.city
December 27, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Planned community near X, SpaceX, Boring Company rebranded as the Row
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Crews to begin first phase of urban pathway in January
Construction starts soon on Bergstrom Spur Trail
Work is set to begin on a highly awaited urban trail that stretches along an abandoned railway through southern Austin, with construction on the Bergstrom Spur Trail slated to start in January. The 6....
austin.urbanize.city
December 27, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Crews to begin first phase of urban pathway in January
Furniture designer/wholesaler leases space in Eastbound office building
Four Hands expands into Central East Austin
Austin-based home furnishings designer and wholesaler Four Hands has leased 20,000 square feet in Eastbound, the 233,550-square-foot office building at 3232 East Cesar Chavez Street in Govalle. The ...
austin.urbanize.city
December 27, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Furniture designer/wholesaler leases space in Eastbound office building
Life sciences and office complex rental totals 37,000 square feet
Health tech company renews big North Austin lease
Lab operator Rules-Based Medicine, a division of North Carolina healthcare technology firm IQVIA, renewed its lease on 37,356 of office and life sciences space at Stonecreek Park in North Austin. Nate...
austin.urbanize.city
December 26, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Life sciences and office complex rental totals 37,000 square feet
Top development stories of the week
Big Bouldin lease, density bonus fallout, shelter save
Veterinary Associates takes top floor of new project on S. Lamar Blvd. "National Veterinary Associates, one of the nation’s largest veterinary hospital networks, has signed a lease for the top floor o...
austin.urbanize.city
December 24, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Top development stories of the week
Development news of the week
Light rail deal, Lennar power, Pflugerville boom
Austin's Base Power inks deal to provide generators for industry giant Lennar "A marriage of energy and construction was made this month as Austin’s Base Power announced a partnership with Lennar Home...
austin.urbanize.city
December 23, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Development news of the week