Swinerton Builders, along with developer Griffin Swinerton, recently broke ground on Pflugerville Downtown East, a new development at the corner of FM 685 and East Pecan Street in the suburb about 15 miles northeast of Austin.
The development includes a four-story City Hall designed by LPA Design Studios; a three-story multigenerational Recreation Center designed in a collaboration between BRS Architects and FGM Architects; supporting site infrastructure by civil engineer GarzaEMC; and an outdoor civic plaza designed by McCann Adams Studios.
Swinerton recently released new renderings and details about the massive project, which is set to transform the center of the booming small city.
The new 104,000-square-foot city hall will centralize Pflugerville’s municipal departments, including planning and development services, information technology, parks and recreation, and other public administrative services. The ground floor features city council chambers and other public-facing services, including a One Stop Shop, with governmental staff offices on the second and fourth floors. The third floor will be reserved for future expansion.
Connectivity is a design focus throughout the space. The lobby opens to a cafe to the north with frontage on the new Main Street extension and open space to the south. A fifth-level rooftop terrace provides views of the surrounding area. An outdoor plaza will connect the city hall and the new recreation center.
Swinerton has partnered with Byrne Construction Service to build the three-story, 140,000-square-foot recreation center adjacent to the civic plaza. The complex will have an indoor/outdoor turf area, a natatorium, a multifunction gym, and a second-floor indoor track and fitness area. The third floor includes a multipurpose event space, classrooms, and an outdoor patio. A community/senior lounge and childcare center are also on the first floor. The center is a unique mixed-use building, with approximately 10,500 square feet of ground floor retail to be built, financed, owned, and operated by Griffin Swinerton.
