Eight companies or partnerships have submitted proposals to transform the downtown block where the county had hoped to build a new courthouse, one of Austin’s most high-profile infill opportunities because the site could conceivably hold the tallest building in town.
The site — just south of Republic Square Park and catty-corner from the W Austin Hotel — is currently a surface parking lot at 300 Guadalupe St. The 77,215-square-foot site is one of the few remaining vacant parcels in the Central Business Districts that’s available for significant development.
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