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There was an article today's Statesman that made me smile. I am not opposed to development in the Hill Country, but I don't like high density. What made me smile was reading about developer Russell Hinds having changed his development quite a
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A developer, Ardent Residential, has shelved plans to build around an Austin landmark, the Broken Spoke. Around since 1964, the Broken Spoke is an almost legendary country music venue and dance hall on South Lamar Street. Ardent had planned on building
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There was an article in the newspaper this morning about Williamson County Commissioners backing a purchase of 1011 acres south of Liberty Hill for a park. The purchase price is reported to be $10.6. The county was considering another smaller property
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There was an excellent extra section in today's Austin American Statesman Statesman. It is their once a year publication of all kinds of stats, things to do, places to see, music, museums, hospitals, festivals, transportation, toll roads, light rail,
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Residents living close to Northcross are happy about a change in plans by Wal-Mart. Two years ago, the huge discount retailer announced plans to build an almost 200,000 square foot store at Northcross Mall. Area residents almost immediately formed a group
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The front page of the Statesman today had an article about two new high rise buildings coming to downtown. They will be 16 and 49 stories tall and will provide downtown Austin with more hotel rooms condos, office and shops. The rendering in the Statesman
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Everyone in Austin is watching the downtown skyline transform as taller and taller buildings go up. Well, here comes another. Developer Tom Stacy has announced plans for a 66 story hotel and condo tower at 5th and Brazos. Next to this will be a 32 or
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I just got the latest Austin real estate market statistics from Keller Williams showing the number of units sold by MLS area. This compares 2007 to 2006 and shows a slow-down in most MLS areas. To make more sense of this, click to see an Austin MLS map
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Two new communities are coming on line in the Lakeway and Bee Cave area. North Lakeway features town homes and single family homes. The prices range from the low 300's to the mid 400's. The town homes are 2,500 to 2,600 square feet. The single
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One of the developers of the Domain is moving forward with a new phase. That includes adding a Whole Foods store, bringing in another high-end department store like the Neiman Marcus and Macy’s that is already in the part of the Domain developed
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The headline in the Statesman's business section this morning read: "Area job market is tightest in 6 years." The seasonally adjusted job growth rate in August was 4.1% The Austin area's unemployment rate was 3.5%How many 5 county markets
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Condos here, condos there, Austin condos everywhere. How many units are planned? There are around 1400 being built mow with another 3000+ over the next few years. Just as we saw back in the mid 80s and late 90s, there are cranes all over downtown Austin.
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Highway 71 is busy - very busy. Now another subdivision planned for the stretch of 71 between Bee Cave and the county line could add another 1000+ homes to that part of Western Travis County. I drove to Marble Falls and back last week and saw that construction
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A Canadian developer has plans for a very large development in the southeast Austin area. Over the next 20 or so years, Carma Texas, Inc. plans to add around 7,500 single-family homes, over a million square feet of retail space and around 3,500 condos
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Some time ago I was asked to participate in a focus group for a developer who was considering a project in the Bee Cave area. Those of us in the group, who met with the developers, were asked to keep quiet about this project until it was announced. Today,
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