The City of Austin welcomes development in the Central Business District and has created a favorable climate for renovation of our capitol city. Mayor Will Wynn is a strong supporter of green building projects and a stronger blend of mixed retail use, office space and residential in the downtown area.

 

This website has links to extensive maps and reports from the City of Austin and other sources. This information is quite useful for those seeking to invest in the Central Business District of Austin, Texas. 

 

1. You can follow this link to a map detailing the Businesses and properties fronting Congress Avenue from Town Lake North to the Capitol Steps:  CongressJuly2008MapCityofAustin.pdf

 

2. There is a strong hotel presence in downtown Austin. Revenue per available room rose 3.5% to $133 per room through October 2008 according to an article from the Austin Business Journal. You can click on this link for a map of Hotels in Core Austin:  DowntownHotelsCofAJan2009.pdf

 

3. Austin's skyline is changing quickly! This link will take you to a map and description of most of the prominent projects in Austin. In fact, 45 projects are briefly profiled: this is a great short study of what is going on currently: EmergingDownTownProjects.pdf

 

4. This area is a "sleeper" pocket in Core Austin. Modest single family residences of moderate value sitting on amazing zoning: This area is ripe for redevelopment: CityofAustinRaineyStreetReport.pdf

 

5. This report was published at the end of January and outlines the City of Austin's stance on Density bonuses: 92 pages of charts, maps and pictures representing phase one of the "Downtown Austin Plan" dapdensitybonuscombinedJan302009.pdf This report represents the current development climate in Austin.

 

6. One of Austin's more colorful zones, this area is laden with Historic buildings and a strong history as one of Austin's entertainment centers. Austin has more restaurants per capita than any other city in the United States! You can follow this link to a map of the business from Congress east to I-35: This map will give you a sense of the large number of entertaiment venues in this small area: East6thRedRiverEntertainmentArea.pdf

 

7. This is another zone, just west of the entertainment district described in the previous section. There is good opportunity for focused development seeking to blend Residential with Retail in this zone. The map shows 75 business from Cesar Chavez to West 7th and Congress to West Avenue. WarehouseDistrictWest6th.pdf

 

8. Here is a report briefly profiling and mapping 19 subareas within the Austin Downtown Core area. This is a wonderful one page summary. DowntownDistrictsCityofAustin.pdf