Gables Park Plaza

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Gables Residential Trust has announced plans for a project called Gables Park Plaza on 4-acres of land in western downtown Austin. The site is across the street from the Seaholm Power Plant, which is set to undergo redevelopment and will house a station for the future commuter rail lines. The plan includes building a 15-story, 100 unit condominium tower with parking deck and ground floor retail and a 10-story, 314 unit apartment building with parking deck, office space, and ground floor retail. The project will have to win a zoning change to build the condo tower, the site has a 120' height restriction, while the planned height of the building is just under 200'.

Gables also plans to add new roads to improve the traffic flow around the site. Work on Gables Park Plaza could be completed by mid-2008.

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This is a map showing the Gables Residential project and other nearby projects proposed on the western edge of downtown.

1. Gables Park Plaza - 15-story condo tower, 100 units

2. Gables Park Plaza - 10-story apartment tower, 314 units

3. Spring - 40-story condo tower, 220 units

4. ZOM Austin - 27-story apartment tower, 297 units

5. Seaholm Power Plant - redevelopment to entertainment/culural facilities and retail plus new 11-story residential tower

* Red lines represent roads proposed by Gables through the Park Plaza site

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Looks like Austin has plenty of downtown residential towers planned.

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The Austin City Council approved Gables Park Plaza on Thursday allowing the project to be built at it's full planned height of 195'.

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