An 8-acre stretch of vacant land along South Congress Avenue—empty for three years since mobile homes were removed—could soon become an apartment complex with ground-floor retail under a rezoning proposal moving through Austin’s planning process.
The developer, Congress Corner, LLC, is asking the city to rezone 6111, 6113, and 6119 S. Congress Ave from MH-NP (mobile-home district) to GR-DB90-NP, a community commercial designation with a density bonus, according to the city’s zoning review sheet. The project, called Congress Views, would include ground-floor retail with apartments above—a format the city’s own Imagine Austin plan actively encourages along S. Congress, which is designated an activity corridor and is also proposed for a future light rail route. The site is in District 2.
The Planning Commission postponed action twice and is expected to take the item up again soon; a City Council date hasn’t been set.
What neighbors are saying
The site’s history is generating the most tension in the community…