More East Austin land could be off limits to dense vertical development under a proposal that has popped up unexpectedly at City Hall.

About five years ago, a young bartender in downtown Austin told Josh Delk that she was renting a house on the other side of nearby Interstate 35, in the lower part of a rambling East Austin neighborhood that stretches from the Colorado River north to 12th Street.

There are only so many ways to say Austin’s development is heading eastward. Just drive down any street on the east side across from downtown and count the construction sites, and you’ll run out of fingers before you drive a dozen blocks. At the center of it all, East Sixth serves as the de facto gateway to the district — never mind that fancy arch they built over on East 11th.

Bigger isn’t always better in Austin, Texas, especially when it comes to condos. As the market continues to heat up, buyers are realizing that having a low-maintenance downtown property with less square footage relieves the hassles of traffic and some of the financial responsibilities of a single-family home.

Just before the new year, Austin Mayor Steve Adler wrote a lengthy post on the city council message board, titled: “Possible solution to downtown puzzle.”

Think Austin is jam-packed now? Well, you’d better brace yourself. By 2020, the city is expected to be home to nearly 950,000 people.

The best of Downtown and East Austin come together at The Tyndall – a unique collection of 182 modern residences designed to reflect Austin’s dynamic energy.

A new condominium project that has just broken ground in East Austin aims to provide less-than-sky high priced housing close to downtown.

The hottest real estate market to invest in 2017? It's Austin, of course. That's according to the annual Emerging Trends in Real Estate report from PwC US and the Urban Land Institute, which includes interviews and surveys from more than 1,800 leading real estate experts to determine the top markets to watch.

A multifamily development that has largely escaped attention has broken ground on a rare plot of land just east of downtown Austin.

Amid Central Texas’ continued hot housing market, yet another condominium project has broken ground just east of downtown Austin.

A six-story condominium building slated for the western edge of Central East Austin’s Guadalupe neighborhood has broken ground. The 171,000-square-foot Tyndall at Robertson Hill complex will occupy the entire block bordered by IH-35, Embassy Drive, and East Eighth and Ninth streets—save the storied Lopez House that overlooks the highway from East Ninth Street, which will remain in place.

The Tyndall condos at Robertson Hill, a planned East Austin condo development at 8th Street & I-35, will offer a downtown alternative with views of the Austin skyline.