South Congress Avenue

South Congress Avenue

Written by Staff Friday, 13 June 2008

1. SoCo Lofts is being constructed at 3801 South Congress Ave. The development will include 20,000 sq. ft. of restaurant, office and retail space. The lofts are priced from $249,900 to $424,900. For more information, call 632-2222.

2. Bel Air Lofts – see front page story or visit www.thebelair.com.

3. Village on Congress – see front page story or visit www.villageoncongress.com.

4. SkyBridge – see front page story or visit www.skybridgeaustin.com.

5. Battle Bend Park is located on the corner of Suburban Drive and Sheraton Avenue and has barbecue pits, basketball courts, picnic tables and a playground. For more information, visit www.austinparks.org.

6. Pleasant Hill Branch Library, 211 E. William Cannon Drive, is the southernmost library branch in Austin. The library is open Mon. - Thurs. 10 a.m.–9 p.m., Fri. 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. and closed Sun. For more information, call 974-3940.

7. Pleasant Hill Elementary School, located at 6405 Circle S Road, opened its current building in 1986 and had 587 students this year in Pre-K through 5th grade. The original Pleasant Hill School was a one-room cedar building dating back to1858. For more information, call 414-4453.

8. St. Elmo Elementary School, located at 600 W. St. Elmo Road, opened in 1960. This year, they had approximately 400 students in grades Pre-K through 5th grade. For more information, call 414-4477.

9. University Federal Credit Union is constructing its tenth Austin branch near the corner of Ben White Boulevard and South Congress Avenue. For more information, call 467-8080.

10. Vallarta Mexican Restaurant will open its newly constructed restaurant across the street from its current location, sometime in July. For more information, call 462-2515.

11. Stassney Heights Apartments is being built at 700 Little Texas Lane and is expected to be completed in the next three months.

12. The South Central Transit Center at South Congress Avenue and Ben White Boulevard is scheduled to open in August. The Capital Metro station will have 13 bus bays for Rapid Bus Service. For more information, call 474-1200 or visit www.capmetro.org.

13. Easter Seals Central Texas is a nonprofit organization that assists children and adults with a variety of physical and developmental disabilities. The Workforce Development Center for Easter Seals Central Texas is located at 315 E. St. Elmo Drive and had almost 700 people participate in its programs last year. The Workforce Development Center offers paid job training, employment support and transition assistance, follow along services to promote long-term employment, independent living services and a computer lab for training. For more information, call 440-7819 or visit their website.

Editor’s Note: This is not a comprehensive listing of businesses in the area.

14. Music Lab, located on East St. Elmo Drive, offers rehearsal space, production rooms, rental warehouse, a music store and a recording studio. For more information, call 707-0560 or visit their website.

15. Unisource has 21 employees at the Austin distribution facility near the corner of East St. Elmo Drive and South Congress Avenue. Unisource distributes commercial paper, packaging systems and facility supplies.

16. DelStar Technologies, Inc. manufactures plastic and metal components used in the automotive, healthcare, industrial and electronics industries. DelStar has locations in the United States, China and Europe. The Texas facility is located at 220 E. St. Elmo Road. For more information, call 447-7000 or visit their website.

17. Southern States Giftwrap, 510 E. St. Elmo Road, is a wholesaler of paper products such as invitations, announcement cards, gift wrapping paper and bags, greeting cards and postcards. For more information, call 442-0046.