Northwest Austin Impacts — March 2007

Northwest Austin Impacts — March 2007

Wednesday, 07 March 2007

1. Neighborhood Florist

Full-service florist Posies To Go opened Feb. 5 at 12400 Amherst Dr., Ste 107. The locally-owned shop offers classic and contemporary arrangements. Delivery and online ordering, at www.posiestogo.com. For more information call 535-1387.

2. Library Expansion

Construction of the Spicewood Springs Branch Library expansion project at 8637 Spicewood Springs Road is now complete. The grand reopening ceremony will be March 31 beginning at 10 a.m. For more information call 258-9070.

3. Cleaner’s Grand Opening

The locally-owned-and-operated Austin Cleaners at 7318 McNeil Road celebrated its grand opening on March 19. Environmentally-friendly, Austin Cleaners is PERC free. Hours of Operation are Mon-Fri 7 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sat 10 a.m.-3 p.m. For more information call 219-6959.

4. The Park at Aspen Lake

Construction began March 10 on a 5 -7 year project named Park at Aspen Lake. Aspen Properties will add 1.6 million sq. ft. to the already existing 174,000 sq. ft. of property at US 183 and RM 620. The project calls for four office buildings and five parking garages, a park and a lake. For more information, visit www.aspen-prop.com

5. New Handbag Store

The Charming Lady is a new accessories store located at 8650 Spicewood Springs Road, near the Big Lots store at US 183 and Spicewood Springs Road.. For more information call 258-0711.

6. Austin Commons

Construction has begun on a 100,000 sq. ft. mixed-use office and retail center at the corner of Burnet Road and Kramer Lane, near the newly opened Domain shopping center. Austin Commons is due to open in 2008 and is being developed by St.Croix Capital Corporation. For more information call (858) 784-3660.

Sign Up for Sheriff’s Crime Alerts

The Travis County Sheriff’s Office has teamed up with online publication Citizen Observer to share crime prevention tips, citizen alerts and press releases with the community via email. To sign up visit www.citizenobserver.com/signup.

7. New Office Complex

Set to open this spring, Research Park Plaza at 12515 Research Blvd. will include 250,000 sq. ft. of office space. The location will be next door to Research Park which is home to such businesses as Lennar, Emerson, Cyber Trade, Motive, Tyco and Solectron. For leasing information, call 474-9900.

8. Arboretum Changes

• Banana Republic and Tommy Bahama have moved their Arboretum stores into the Domain.
• The Gap has moved next door and taken over the lease from Banana Republic.
• Chico’s is expanding its space and moving into the old Gap location.
• Borders Books on Great Hills Trail moved its store to the Arboretum.

9. Broadcasting School

The Connecticut School of Broadcasting is now registering students for the April 26 opening of their sixteenth campus. CSB offers classes in broadcasting, broadcast journalism, audio production, speech training, video production and sports broadcasting. They are located at 9600 Great Hills Trail, Ste. 200E. Call 340-1420 or visit www.gocsb.com.

10. Frontier Development

MST Constructors, Inc. broke ground on a 115,000 sq. ft. storage/retail facility on Parmer Lane between Lamar Boulevard and Scofield Farms. For leasing information, call James Bratton at 1(800)982-3949 or visit www.mstconstructors.com.

11. Medical Industry Offices

The North Austin Medical Park has begun leasing office space at 12174 North MoPac, near the intersection of MoPac and Duval Road. The medical park currently houses Lone Star Pediatrics. For leasing information, call Mike Kruse at 617-6363

12. Prominent Pointe II

Aspen properties began construction in early March on Prominent Pointe II in the hills of Northwest Austin. The 105,000 sq. ft., Class A office building is slated for completion by the first quarter of 2008. It features a three-story office building that includes a 2,500 sq. ft. fitness center along with a restaurant/deli for tenants. For leasing information, contact Andy Carlson at 279-6179 or Lucian Morehead 744-9156.