ROMA Design Group, the firm hired to facilitate the Downtown Austin Plan and make recommendations for future growth and expansion, made preliminary recommendations for a downtown/central Austin light rail that would connect and cross with the already approved Commuter Rail. The proposed line would run from ABIA to the master planned community at Mueller. In between, the rail would make stops at the Long Center, along Congress Avenue, UT and Manor Road. ROMA recommended at extension of the Commuter Rail stop at the Convention Center to carry on to Brazos Street where transfers could be made between the two lines. View the full ROMA presentation here: dap_rail_brief_072408
Archive for July 28th, 2008
Austin may have light rail on November ballot
Published July 28, 2008 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: light rail, transit
Downtown to get West Elm furniture
Published July 28, 2008 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: downtown retail, new stores, West Elm
West 5th Street Transforming
Published July 28, 2008 Development News , downtown Leave a CommentTags: west 5th office development
West 5th Street, one of the primary gateways into downtown, is undergoing a tremendous development boom that includes an 8 story office building that is 90% pre-leased (Capstar Plaza right off Mopac), 300 apartments + retail (Gables’ Pressler development and neighboring 5th Street Commons) and the last vacant block of the Market District (SW corner of 5th & Lamar) is to become an office building with a West Elm furniture store on the ground floor. Read the Statesman article here.



