Infill development presents some unique challenges compared with greenfield projects, such as confined spaces for staging, surrounding buildings to consider for design and more.

But that hasn’t stopped dozens of companies from launching infill projects in dense urban areas. The latest update to Austin Business Journal’s Crane Watch map encompasses 1,300-plus residential units and more than 900,000 square feet of ongoing construction across the area, including many in the urban core.

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The main event at Thursday’s Austin-San Antonio Growth Summit was a general panel discussion about housing along the booming I-35 corridor.

The panel, made up of five experts with different experiences related to housing economics and policy, discussed a range of topics including the likelihood of Austin or San Antonio building workforce housing near each urban center, the role of multifamily and tiny houses in filling such needs, and the impact of the labor shortage on residential builders and developers.

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It’s been nearly 10 years since the Austin City Council approved it, but finally Whisper Valley — a 2,062-acre master-planned community — is more than a whisper.

The first homes are under construction and eventually the property near State Highway 130 and FM 973, a few miles south of downtown Manor, will comprise 7,500 single-family homes, along with apartments, stores, restaurants and other commercial spaces.

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Views in every direction across the Austin metro area seem to tell a story of unprecedented construction activity — and there are hundreds of projects underway.

In the Aug. 11 weekly edition, I survey some new developments that may have escaped detection because of their location or modest stories.

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