Development
BY ELLE BENT, BEN THOMPSON & SIENNA WIGHT
Sports club opens ex space, seeks funding The Dripping Springs Sports Club is raising $20 million to fund a facility near the Headwaters and Sunset Canyon neighborhoods. Groundbreaking is expected in late 2026 ahead of a 2028 opening. The company is seeking investors in the greater Austin area who want “their legacy established in something that is going to stand for several genera- tions,” according to founder and CEO Drew Rose. The overview The DSSC plans to construct a 150,000-square- foot sports facility including: • 6 outdoor pickleball courts • 4 outdoor beach volleyball courts • 1 outdoor basketball court Additionally, an indoor gymnasium with the capacity for: • 4 basketball courts
HOPE Outdoor Gallery reopens in new home HOPE Outdoor Gallery o cially reopened in its new home near the airport, bringing the outdoor art park and creative campus
The proposed Dripping Springs Sports Club could open in 2028.
back to Austin. The background
The gallery launched in 2010 o Baylor Street near 24 Diner and became known as the only art park of its kind in the United States. The original location o cially closed in 2019 to make way for its future home. Opening was delayed to this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and permitting. What’s happening The free gallery features outdoor park space, mural walls, a 6,000-square-foot gallery event space, a co ee bar, gift shop and art supply store.
• 12 volleyball courts • 16 pickleball courts
The facility will also include a cafe and recre- ational areas. Residents can expect additional commercial development in the area, according to Rose. To help bridge the gap until the new facility is operational, the DSSC team recently opened a ex space on Fitzhugh road. The ex space has been open for about three months, and Rose said over 250 families have participated in programming.
Balance Dance Studios wins city incentive for performing arts expansion project A South Austin performance studio was one of two local businesses to be awarded under the city’s revised economic development incentive program this fall, supporting the facility’s planned multimillion-dollar expansion. The overview City Council approved two local incentive deals Nov. 20 including $547,623 to Balance Dance Studios. The funding will support a $10.52 million, 33,000-square-foot expansion of Balance’s studios with a new theater, green rooms, and multipur- pose event and performance spaces. The new performing arts center will serve as a “cultural hub” increasing the area’s capacity for year-round events, city sta reported. It’ll support more than two dozen jobs and net Austin more than $2.2 million in economic bene ts. 290 360 Balance Dance Studios
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