The first residents moved into Jovie Lakeway on Sunday, officially opening a 210-unit active adult community that sits at the heart of one of the Austin area’s most ambitious small-town building projects. The 55-and-up complex at 50 Bella Toscana Ave. offers one- and two-bedroom apartment homes, and its arrival marks a visible milestone in a downtown buildout that has been years in the making.
Lakeway’s age profile gives the 55-plus project a distinctly local context: adults 65 and older make up 23% of the city’s population, compared with 10.4% in Austin. That means older adults already represent a substantially larger share of Lakeway residents than of Austin residents, although Jovie’s 55-plus audience is broader than the Census Bureau’s 65-and-older measure. The comparison comes from the Census Bureau’s population profiles.
The 5.7-acre project has an amenity list aimed squarely at an older demographic: a fitness and yoga studio, a resort-style pool, a pickleball court, an outdoor lounge and gaming court, a business center, an on-site market, and weekly events at the community clubhouse. Interested renters can find more details at the community’s website, jovielakeway.com.
Why the Age Restriction Stuck Around
There’s a regulatory wrinkle behind the 55-plus label. Lakeway City Council approved Amendment 8 to the Tuscan Village Planned Unit Development in March 2025, removing the mandatory age restriction on the property so developers could tap a wider range of multifamily financing tools, the same Community Impact report noted. The property continues to offer active-adult programming…