New scenarios for HealthSouth site could revive redevelopment push from Council “A pair of new scenarios for redeveloping the former HealthSouth properties downtown could revive the city’s efforts to use the sites to provide hundreds of units of affordable housing.” (Chad Swiatecki, Austin Monitor)
Huston-Tillotson plans California campus "Huston-Tillotson University, a private historically Black college in Austin, is expanding to California in an effort to make HBCU education accessible to students on the West Coast and to further bolster the workforce in Texas.” (Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman)
Nate Paul filing: ‘10-day jail sentence is imminent’ "Recent federal court filings show Austin real estate developer Nate Paul battling on two legal fronts. On one, he’s fighting a potentially ‘imminent' 10-day jail sentence for criminal contempt issued by a Travis County district judge in a civil case. On the other, Paul is seeking to get a dozen criminal counts of bank and wire fraud dismissed.” (David Barer, KXAN-NBC)
Big industrial development breaks ground in Kyle amid continued demand "Lincoln Property Co. and partner Goldman Sachs have started building the development, which will bring almost 1 million square feet of industrial space to FM 110 in Kyle in Hays County, south of Austin.” (Shonda Novak, Austin American-Statesman)
New hotel room fee moves closer to approval; convention center plans refined "The four-year period in which Austin will have no main convention center downtown is expected to put a major strain on the city's tourism and hospitality sector.” (Sean Hemmersmeier, Austin Business Journal)
Pflugerville inks three contracts for Colorado River waterline project "Construction for the Colorado River pump station and waterline will begin in the coming months following City Council approval of three separate developer contracts.” (Grace Warhurst, Community Impact)
Austin moves to require landlords to disclose rental fees up front "Council members voted Thursday on a resolution requiring landlords who rent out at least five homes to divulge monthly and one-time fees, such as those related to pets, parking and trash collection.” (Audrey McGlinchy, KUT News)
