The Clarksvillage development from Riverside Resources would be located on the southern edge of the Clarksville neighborhood. Clarksvillage would stack a mix of offices, homes and a boutique hotel atop street-level retail space running between 1110 and 1204 W. Sixth St. The plans also include three stories of underground parking below the commercial and residential space.
Current tenants along the block—some of which could stay on through the proposed redevelopment—include Wally Workman Gallery, Clark's, Swedish Hill, Rapha, Z'Tejas and Woo Woo Burger.
Development team members shared an initial overview of their plans for the new mixed-use district during a July 11 subcommittee meeting of the Austin Historic Landmark Commission. Given the potential project's location within the Castle Hill and West Line historic districts and its inclusion of historic buildings, final plans will have to clear review by the commission as Riverside Resources moves forward.
As currently laid out, Clarksvillage would feature several landscaped, five-story buildings along the 1100 block of West Sixth all based around an internal courtyard network. That main portion of the project would include around a dozen commercial spaces.
The two historic buildings, 1116 and 1124 W. Sixth St., could be knocked down and reconstructed as part of the redevelopment process. Barrett Lepore with Riverside Resources said the structure at 1116 would also be hollowed out as part of the internal courtyard plan.
Based on the preliminary review this month, Commissioner Kevin Koch said he was “largely not horrified" by the overall project. However, he said the proposal for the "gutting" of that particular building could prove to be a sticking point for him and other landmark commissioners when final plans come to them for approval down the line.
“The doors are gone, the windows are gone. It reeks to me of entering a ruin," Koch said. "Right now it’s the anchor, and you’re turning it into a negative.”
