BOOSTING DENSITY
Floor-to-area ratio: 12:1 Max. building height and development bonus: 420 ft. or 38-40 stories*
Floor-to-area ratio: 8:1 Max. building height and development bonus: 308 ft. or 28-30 stories*
The city updated requirements from the original North Burnet/Gateway Master Plan in 2022 for the Gateway Zone. These updates increased the allowed building density and height, or oor-to- area ratio.
SOURCE: CITY OF AUSTIN COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
*NUMBER OF STORIES BASED ON ESTIMATE AND DEPENDENT UPON OTHER FACTORS IN THE BUILDING
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2018
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2022
April Council updates the plan for The Domain with new maximum building height and density. June The IBM property is updated to grow as a commercial mixed-use subdistrict.
Council adopts a 30-foot setback for buildings at ground level to make them more pedestrian-friendly. The IBM campus subdistrict is changed to transit-oriented development at the Loop 1 and Burnet Road intersection.
City Council updates the vertical mixed-use building codes. Council approves increased building height and building density in the plan area.
Council requests a review of plan alignment with housing and transit goals. The city manager’s o ce expects to deliver recommendations to council, which could make further updates to the plan.
The city identi es Esperanza Crossing
through The Domain as a transit-oriented road for commercial development.
the transit-oriented development programs. These include Capital Metro; the Austin Transit Partnership; Austin FC; Q2 Stadium; the Austin Economic Development Partnership; and the J.J. Pickle Research Campus at The Univer- sity of Texas at Austin, which neigh- bors the North Burnet/Gateway area. They also include current property and business owners as well as those who frequent the area or live nearby. In anticipation for the develop- ment happening in the North Burnet/ Gateway area, the McKalla and Broad- moor stations are under construction, said Lonny Stern, interim director of community engagement at the Aus- tin Transit Partnership. The McKalla Station will serve the Q2 Stadium, and the Broadmoor Station will be across the street from the north side of The Domain. Capital Metro broke ground on the Broadmoor MetroRail Station on Jan. 18. It is about a half-mile north of the existing Kramer Station, which will be decommissioned once Broadmoor is up and running in early 2024. “There will be new parking facili- ties that are serving the station up by Broadmoor station in particular, which
Brandywine and Capital Metro have a partnership to develop the Broad- moor Station, which passes through Uptown ATX. Phase 1, called One Uptown ATX, is under construction with 341 units of o ce space on 5 acres. The o ce space is expected to be complete in fall 2023 followed by the residential spaces in fall 2024. “The North Burnet/Gateway area is growing explosively, partly catalyzed by the redevelopment of The Domain, and we at Capital Metro and the Aus- tin Transit Partnership recognize that growth and are trying to improve ser- vices in that area to meet the moment,” Stern said. To add to the region’s growth, other apartment communities in the plan area, such as the 390-unit Luca apart- ments at 9100 Metric Blvd., Austin, and the 283-unit Presidium apartments at 9127 Research Blvd., Austin, are expected to complete construction by early 2023. The housing developments also have to o er a certain amount of a ordable housing as required in the North Burnet/Gateway plan. Although not part of the North Bur- net/Gateway plan, The Domain, which has its own planned development agreement, remains an in uencer.
is a real improvement because our cur- rent station in that area doesn’t have any parking, and commuters have to go a little further north to Howard to nd a spot,” Stern said. The McKalla Station will open in late 2023 and will have two passenger platforms as well as a special events platform. It will provide connectivity for the North Burnet area and increase transit access to high-activity destina- tions, according to Capital Metro. Building out the plan Several new developments are under construction in the North Burnet/ Gateway area, including Brandywine Realty Trust’s Uptown ATX campus, a 66-acre master-planned mixed-use development on Burnet Road at Palm Way. This site, formerly called the IBM Broadmoor campus, will have additional o ce space as well as retail and residential space, 50% a ordable housing, parks and amenities. When complete, Uptown ATX will be the largest transit-oriented mas- ter-planned community in Austin, and Broadmoor will be the second largest Capital Metro Station by ridership on the Red Line, Brandywine spokesper- son Laura Miller said.
Parts of The Domain that were designed in Phase 2, such as those sur- rounding Dick’s Sporting Goods, are being redesigned to bring them up to par with current developments in the North Austin area, according to Pool’s sta . To further improve the plan, City Council asked the city manager’s o ce for recommendations, such as expanding transit-oriented develop- ment, increasing the height of build- ings, adding more transit options and adjusting land-use standards. Pool’s o ce is expecting these rec- ommendations to come out in late fall. Following this, council mem- bers would decide which recommen- dations to amend into the plan. Pool said she is excited about the Braker and Burnet intersection becoming a transit hub. “Hopefully it will have some impact on a ordability for people, if they don’t have to buy a car or be in their car as much as they’re able to use public transportation; that is always less expensive,” Pool said.
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