Tuesday, August 30, 2011

American-Statesman: ACC plans for Highland Mall envision 'new urbanist' development

By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Published: 10:39 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011

In planning the future of Highland Mall, Austin Community College and its partners envision a "new urbanist" setting with classrooms, administrative offices and a mix of residential, retail and other commercial development.

The portrait of a thriving public-private complex with perhaps 1,250 residential units and patches of open space emerges from four concept plans produced as the college acquired all of the land and some of the buildings at the North Central Austin site in a series of transactions totaling $41 million.

The American-Statesman obtained copies of the plans from ACC under the Texas Public Information Act.

College officials emphasized in interviews that....  Click here to read the full article.

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