700 River Apartment Tower Celebrates Topping Out in the Rainey Street District "The 43-story 700 River apartment tower now under construction at the corner of Rainey and River Streets in downtown’s perpetually exploding Rainey Street District announced its official topping out today, with the structure reaching its maximum height of 500 feet." (James Rambin, Towers)
There are two big trolls in neighboring Austin parks – and they might be in love "Pease Park will soon get an 18-foot-tall wooden troll sculpture. But ahead of its opening, Austinites can find a similar (if slightly more disheveled) troll at a miniature park just a few blocks away." (Chelsea Zhu, Austin Monitor)
Elon Musk's SpaceX, Boring Co. sites reach deal with Bastrop, Corix over wastewater "The city of Bastrop, SpaceX and utility provider Corix have signed an agreement related to treating the aerospace company's wastewater, about a year after controversial initial plans were proposed by two of Elon Musk’s companies." (Kara Carlson, Austin American-Statesman)
Big data center project in Caldwell County gets green light for financial incentives "Prime Data Centers LLC on March 12 secured approval for financial incentives from the Caldwell County Commissioners Court for the $1.3 billion first phase of the planned turnkey data center campus. The project will be located on 206 acres at the southeast corner of Farm-to-Market Road 2720 and Bob White Road." (Justin Sayers, Austin Business Journal
AG Paxton continues scrutiny of Colony Ridge development, sues over deceptive trade practices "Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday accusing Colony Ridge — a fast-growing and heavily Hispanic housing development in Southeast Texas — of deceptive trade practices in a 'scheme' to aggressively attract Spanish-speaking buyers." (Hogan Gore, Austin American-Statesman)
Mini golf venue co-owned by Tiger Woods looks to bring new locations to Central Texas "Florida-based PopStroke recently presented plans to expand to Cedar Park during a city council meeting. The proposed location would be built along East Whitestone Boulevard and C-Bar Trail, bringing with it 80 to 100 new jobs." (John Diaz, KVUE-CBS)
