The Transformation of South Lamar - Page 29

urbancore · #**561** Posted **Feb 21, 2020, 7:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

The site plan for 218 South Lamar was posted to the AULCC page today. This is replacing the Schlotzky's. The elevations show it at 115 feet to the elevator penthouse with 7 floors.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/.../200305/PLANS/

boring.

mebentley · #**562** Posted **Apr 3, 2020, 4:58 PM**

I have noticed a lot of survey markings on the sidewalks along S. Lamar from Treadwell all the way down to Bluebonnet. Actually a few at Manchaca as well. Does this signal some eminent work on the sidewalks, bikeways, etc?

Urbannizer · #**563** Posted **Apr 20, 2020, 4:46 AM**

2413 Thornton Rd

Office mid-rise

clubtokyo · #**564** Posted **Apr 20, 2020, 4:01 PM**

The yellow is fun

StoOgE · #**565** Posted **Apr 20, 2020, 10:00 PM**

My boxing gym doesn't have long for this world with all this development on Thornton.

Urbannizer · #**566** Posted **Apr 23, 2020, 8:38 PM**

1515 S Lamar by Darius Fontenette, on Flickr

Urbannizer · #**567** Posted **May 1, 2020, 3:27 AM**

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Originally Posted by Sigaven

I thought I saw somewhere (either here or on Towers) that the Schlotzky's site was going to be office? I remember seeing some basic elevations for what was proposed for that site.

Edit: here we go:

https://austin.towers.net/schlotzsky...ez-whatz-next/

I was at Schlotzsky’s yesterday. Turns out it was the last day of service - there was a crew dismantling the interior and outdoor signage today.

Urbannizer · #**568** Posted **May 2, 2020, 6:10 AM**

Fromer Schlotzsky's

218 S Lamar by Darius Fontenette, on Flickr

Jiffy Lube & Genie Car Wash & Auto Shop still operating at 1311 S. Lamar

1311 S Lamar by Darius Fontenette, on Flickr

ThyPiGuy · #**569** Posted **May 7, 2020, 8:12 PM**

Just received these site plan notices for what I assume has to be the bond work for corridor improvements on South Lamar. Very excited to finally see these updates, but really wish they extended all the way up towards Lamar Union. Based on the map we still won't side proper sidwalks opposite Uchi?

ThyPiGuy · #**570** Posted **Jun 13, 2020, 4:42 PM**

Crane for the Taco C site are up now

Urbannizer · #**571** Posted **Sep 18, 2020, 2:47 AM**

Enedeavor Real Estate planning a 201 unit project with ~25,000 sq feet of retail at S. Lamar & Bluebonnet. 2021 Start

See pg 15: https://www.endeavor-re.com/assets/f...Compressed.pdf

Site via Streetview

LiveattheOasis · #**572** Posted **Sep 18, 2020, 2:15 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Enedeavor Real Estate planning a 201 unit project with ~25,000 sq feet of retail at S. Lamar & Bluebonnet. 2021 Start

See pg 15: https://www.endeavor-re.com/assets/f...Compressed.pdf

Site via Streetview

25,000 sq. ft of retail sounds pretty great. 201 MF units on 1.86 acres, that feels like 4-5 stories?

KevinFromTexas · #**573** Posted **Sep 18, 2020, 10:45 PM**

Zilker Studios - 1508 South Lamar.

~84 feet - 7 floors.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...SS_PLAN_01.pdf

Sigaven · #**574** Posted **Sep 21, 2020, 3:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Zilker Studios - 1508 South Lamar.

~84 feet - 7 floors.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...SS_PLAN_01.pdf

This is the affordable housing project we heard about awhile back. Looks like it will be similar to Bluebonnet Studios. Hopefully a cool design like that one too

LiveattheOasis · #**575** Posted **Sep 23, 2020, 4:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by Sigaven

This is the affordable housing project we heard about awhile back. Looks like it will be similar to Bluebonnet Studios. Hopefully a cool design like that one too

https://austin.towers.net/meet-zilke...-south-austin/

Urbannizer · #**576** Posted **Nov 17, 2020, 4:21 AM**

City Postpones Approval of Long Delayed Officer Tower

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The second reading by the City Council to rezone a long-suffering developers’ plan for an officer tower on a former Schlotzky’s restaurant site was postponed at Thursday’s meeting to Dec. 3.

City Council approved the request on first reading on Sept. 17. The delay was at the request of city planning staff.

The developers seek approval to rezone the property from general commercial services-vertical mixed use building to a planned unit development (PUD). City documents show the new structure would be built at an angle, and a four-level parking garage.

There has been persistent opposition from neighboring stakeholders over the proposed height of 96 feet, which far exceeds the 60-foot height limit of the Waterfront Overlay Ordinance that regulates development on the south bank of the Colorado River.

Some support has come from local artist organizations because they will be given 1,000 square feet of space on the bottom floor for an art gallery at no cost. This was a concession negotiated by Council Member Ann Kitchen.

VBX reported on the project in August of 2019, at the time the city was reviewing plans for a seven-story office structure, with ground-level commercial space on a spot on where the Austin-born sandwich chain has an existing local flagship building.

The property in question is 1.260 acres and is located at 218 South Lamar Boulevard in the city’s Zilker neighborhood, just south of the Colorado River, next to ZACH Theatre.

The South Lamar project has been in the works for some time and their concept has gone through several iterations. The present property owners, Michael and William Pfluger, initially asked the city in the spring of 2018 to rezone the parcel to PUD to allow for more vertical construction.

As currently envisioned, the PUD will allow creation of a mixed use space connecting South Lamar Boulevard to the Zach Theatre and PARD parkland. The development would provide a ground floor plaza adjacent to the park and streetscape improvements along Lamar Boulevard.

The PUD would provide pedestrian-oriented uses on the ground floor, upper story office uses, underground vehicular parking, charging stations for electric vehicles, landscaping with 100% native and adapted plants, rainwater harvesting and more.

urbancore · #**577** Posted **Nov 30, 2020, 5:50 PM**

Interesting bit about Brodie Oaks Shopping Center from the Zilker News Letter

"a proposal to redevelop the 31-acre Brodie Oaks shopping center at South Lamar and
Loop 360 has recently surfaced. The details
haven’t been released yet "

But my favorite is how they give themselves a bit of credit for the population boom in Zilker.

"Even though the ZNA opposes the use of
mini PUDs to redevelop the waterfront,
other new projects are sprouting on South
Lamar and Barton Springs Road. We have
supported (or at least not opposed) large
multifamily and mixed-use projects built under current, non-PUD zoning all along South
Lamar. That’s why the number of registered voters in Precinct 340 (Butler
Shores and the north part of S. Lamar)
has climbed from 1,300 in 2005 to 4,700
today. ZNA engages with developers,
sometimes for years, on these projects"

Yeah right....the ZNA is "WHY" there are so many more voters...nothing to do with developers. That's rich, nimbys playing both sides.

http://zilkerneighborhood.org/docs/z...ews2020Dec.pdf

StoOgE · #**578** Posted **Nov 30, 2020, 10:05 PM**

I hate ZNA so fucking much.

"Sometimes we don't oppose things are virulently as normal, and for that we give ourselves credit"

Mopacs · #**579** Posted **Dec 3, 2020, 4:33 PM**

This would be some serious transformation...

https://www.statesman.com/story/busi...ter/115092216/

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$1 billion project proposed for Brodie Oaks retail center

Shonda Novak

South Austin’s Brodie Oaks Shopping Center could be transformed into a mixed-use project with up to 3 million square feet of new development, at a cost that could top $1 billion over the next decade.

The shopping center sits on 38 acres at the busy intersection of South Lamar Boulevard and Loop 360 (Capital of Texas Highway), just east of the Barton Creek Greenbelt.

Though plans are in the early stages, the mixed-use project eventually could include 1,600 residences, 1.1 million square feet of office space, 450 hotel rooms and 140,000 square feet of retail and restaurant, executives with Texas-based developer Barshop & Oles told the American-Statesman. Barshop & Oles, a commercial real estate development and management company, owns and manages the Brodie Oaks shopping center...

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...Plans call for publicly accessible parks and open space, pedestrian connections to the nearby greenbelt, water quality improvements and reducing the concrete footprint —known as impervious cover, in industry jargon — of the 365,000-square-foot Brodie Oaks center, in part by building taller buildings.

Two or three buildings could be five to 10 stories tall, and some could be as tall as 20 to 25 stories, with others coming in between those heights, according to the developers. Height would be tallest near the Loop 360 interchange, and stepped down closest to the greenbelt, the developers say.

Which of those towers might be residential and which might be office or mixed-use has not yet been determined, Barshop & Oles said...

chinchaaa · #**580** Posted **Dec 3, 2020, 5:02 PM**

This is truly amazing. I live super close to this plaza, and it's such a massive waste of prime real estate. Bring on the wrecking balls!