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BY ERIC WEILBACHER
BY ERIC WEILBACHER
117 cottages on tap for latest Solms Landing development nished out inside so you can use them as storage,” Peoples said. “Since all are eligible for short term rentals, you can put your owner’s stu in there when you’re renting it out.” Peoples said in addition to the owner storage,
Railroad underpass work begins April 15 After an initial delay in February, a detour will be in place rerouting tra c in and out of downtown New Braunfels to perform work on the railroad underpass beginning April 15. The takeaway According to city o cials, Landa Street will be closed from West Zink Street to the Wurstfest driveway for about three weeks. The closure will allow for contractors to replace aging rock walls and sidewalks.
I 35 at FM 725 turnaround work resumes The Texas Department of Transportation recently resumed work on the I-35 turnaround at FM 725 in New Braunfels after months of delay. The gist Tanya Brown, a spokesperson for TxDOT, said the timeline for completing the project was pushed back due to material acquisition delays. The northbound to southbound turnaround is open for use, and nal asphalt will be poured this summer. The southbound to northbound turnaround is still under construction and closed completely for at least the next two months, Brown said. The backstory This follows a delay last year due to a change of the retaining wall design and a change in the contractor.
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Austin-based builder Wes Peoples Homes is nishing up the rst few of more than 100 cottage homes in Solms Landing, a 98-acre mixed-use development adjacent to the Creekside shopping center near Resolute Baptist Hospital in New Braunfels. Over the next two years, the project will total 117 cottages when complete, Founder Wes
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should a buyer want to utilize the short term rental zoning, for an additional charge the stand-alone rooms could be nished out into a private o ce space for residents working remotely. Diving in deeper The cottages are located centrally within Solms Landing and next to The Court House, an enter- tainment venue that is slated to have pickleball and padel courts, a full bar, restaurant, live music stage and more, as previously reported by Community Impact . Peoples said “numerous businesses” are poten- tially coming to Solms Landing. A brick-and-mortar farmers market is anticipated to open, along with a Cajun market and cafe and several other businesses.
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The cottages will not have attached garages.
The development—dubbed Garten Haus Cottages at Solms Landing—will consist of cottage homes ranging from 875-1,389 square feet in size and feature two bedrooms and one-, two- and two-and- a-half bathrooms. The cottages range in price from $278,000-$342,000. The cottages will not have attached garages, but will have detached 50-square-foot multiple purpose rooms, Peoples said. “We refer to it as ‘zoom’ rooms. They come standard; they’re on slabs. They come standard not
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The original completion date was expected to be September 2023. Work has resumed and is expected to be completed by August 2024, according to TxDOT. The project began in 2021 and will cost around $5.4 million when complete, according to TxDOT. Brown said the funding for the turnarounds comes from state and federal sources.
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