Tag Archives: Office of Real Estate Services
Music Commission seeks city properties list, but who's got it?
Austin’s Music Commission is making another push to have the city’s Office of Real Estate Services compile a list of city-owned properties that are currently unused and could be made available for creative groups and music venues that get priced…
City Hall • By Chad Swiatecki • Nov 8, 2017
East Austin zoning mess fix moves forward, for now
A fix for a mistake made two years ago is headed to City Council, and nine east side properties once owned by the city hang in the balance, as does a deal struck for affordable housing as a condition of…
Housing • By Elizabeth Pagano • May 12, 2016
Development Services move planned
When the Zucker Report came out in 2015, it offered a scathing analysis of the city’s planning and development review functions and compared Austin’s development and permitting processes unfavorably to many other cities, including San Antonio. One of the report’s…
City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Feb 25, 2016
Tale of Winnebago Lane takes new twist
At least one chapter has closed in the saga of 4711 Winnebago Lane, as City Council voted yesterday against the sale of the land to a private buyer for $1.45 million. Council voted 6-5 against the sale of the land…
City Council • By Elizabeth Pagano • Feb 5, 2016
Sale of city land divides city interests
Plans for a dog park in Southeast Austin may be dead. Why? In short: The city cannot afford its own land, which is now worth more than six times what it was valued at less than two years ago. But…
City Council • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 20, 2015
County boots city's request for parking discount
Travis County Commissioners on Tuesday shot down a request from the city of Austin for a slightly more generous pricing agreement on scores of downtown parking spaces. The rare failure to reach interlocal accord underscored that the increasing popularity of…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 17, 2015
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City to purchase preservation land
Austin will move forward with the purchase of slightly more than 10 acres of land in the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve, despite concerns from some City Council members about whether the purchase price could be lower. Council voted 9-2 to move…
Environment • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 7, 2015
Council likely to purchase endangered species tract
Despite questions about the price from City Council Member Don Zimmerman, Council appears poised to move forward Thursday with the purchase of a significant tract of land in the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve. The tract is within Zimmerman’s District 6. City…
Environment • By Jo Clifton • Aug 5, 2015
Council cuts 2.3 city positions
City Council approved cuts to long-vacant city positions Thursday, but the result didn’t come close to the budget savings first envisioned. The effort to eliminate positions that had been vacant for more than a year was led by Council Member…
City Council • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jun 19, 2015
Council set to make flood buyout decision today
Today’s City Council agenda includes a decision on whether to appropriate $17,986,000 to purchase 63 flood-prone properties in the Williamson Creek watershed. Those properties are in the 25-year floodplain and are considered at high risk of flooding. The previous Council…
Austin • By Jo Clifton • Jun 4, 2015
Council hits brakes on flood buyout
Last week, City Council voted unanimously to delay a proposed flood buyout in Northwest Austin in order to give members time to learn more about the program. Council is currently considering funding up to $328,000 for the purchase and closing…
City Council • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 27, 2015
City staff calls for Convention Center expansion
A memo from City of Austin Real Estate Services Officer Lauraine Rizer to Austin City Council members and Mayor Lee Leffingwell notes that there is “solid evidence for the need to expand the Convention Center.” And to do it, Rizer…
