Purple Square One Land Use Change at Guadalupe Street
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NPA-2024-0018.01 - 7003, 7005, and 7007 Guadalupe Street Rezone Project - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 040513-30, the Brentwood/Highland Combined Neighborhood Plan, an element of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, to change the land use designation on the future land use map (FLUM) on property locally known as 7003, 7005, and 7007 Guadalupe Street (Waller Creek Watershed) from Higher Density Single Family and Multifamily Residential to Mixed Use Land Use. Staff Recommendation: To deny Mixed Use Land Use and to recommend an alternative land use of Multifamily Residential. Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant Mixed Use Land Use. Owner/Applicant: Purple Square One Limited Liability Company. Agent: Bowman (Jerry Perales, P.E.). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, Austin Planning, 512-974-2695.
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Confirm final land use ruling before underwriting Guadalupe Street rezoning
Applies if: You are evaluating these parcels or adjacent sites for acquisition or competing projects.
Why now: The September 10 third-reading item (7003, 7005 and 7007 Guadalupe Street) shows no recorded outcome, and staff recommended Multifamily rather than the Mixed Use that Purple Square One requested.
What to do: Get written confirmation of whether the third reading passed and which designation applies: Mixed Use as requested, or the staff alternative of Multifamily. Do not price any commercial or mixed-use program on these parcels until you have the adopted ordinance text.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why Council overrode staff on Guadalupe Street rezoning
Why now: Staff recommended denying Mixed Use, the Planning Commission recommended granting it, and Council approved first reading 9-1 (July 23) and second reading 11-0 (August 27), but the third reading, rescheduled to September 10 after the August 27 item sought both readings, shows no recorded result in the record.
What to do: Ask Austin Planning (Maureen Meredith, 512-974-2695) why Council moved toward Mixed Use when staff recommended denial and Multifamily instead. Also ask whether the third reading was completed, since no outcome is recorded for it.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
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NPA-2024-0018.01 - 7003, 7005, and 7007 Guadalupe Street Rezone Project - Approve third reading of an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 040513-30, the Brentwood/Highland Combined Neighborhood Plan, an element of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, to change the land use designation on the future land use map (FLUM) on property locally known as 7003, 7005, and 7007 Guadalupe Street (Waller Creek Watershed) from Higher Density Single Family and Multifamily Residential to Mixed Use land use. Staff Recommendation: To deny Mixed Use land use and to recommend an alternative land use of Multifamily Residential. First Reading approved July 23, 2026. Vote: 9-1. Council Member Fuentes was absent. Second Reading approved August 27, 2026. Vote: 11-0. Owner/Applicant: Purple Square One Limited Liability Company. Agent: Bowman (Jerry Perales, P.E.). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, Austin Planning, 512-974-2695.
NPA-2024-0018.01 - 7003, 7005, and 7007 Guadalupe Street Rezone Project - Approve second and third readings of an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 040513-30, the Brentwood/Highland Combined Neighborhood Plan, an element of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, to change the land use designation on the future land use map (FLUM) on property locally known as 7003, 7005, and 7007 Guadalupe Street (Waller Creek Watershed) from Higher Density Single Family and Multifamily Residential to Mixed Use land use. Staff Recommendation: To deny Mixed Use land use and to recommend an alternative land use of Multifamily Residential. First Reading approved July 23, 2026. Vote: 9-1. Council Member Fuentes was absent. Owner/Applicant: Purple Square One Limited Liability Company. Agent: Bowman (Jerry Perales, P.E.). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, Austin Planning, 512-974-2695.
NPA-2024-0018.01 - 7003, 7005, and 7007 Guadalupe Street Rezone Project - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 040513-30, the Brentwood/Highland Combined Neighborhood Plan, an element of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, to change the land use designation on the future land use map (FLUM) on property locally known as 7003, 7005, and 7007 Guadalupe Street (Waller Creek Watershed) from Higher Density Single Family and Multifamily Residential to Mixed Use Land Use. Staff Recommendation: To deny Mixed Use Land Use and to recommend an alternative land use of Multifamily Residential. Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant Mixed Use Land Use. Owner/Applicant: Purple Square One Limited Liability Company. Agent: Bowman (Jerry Perales, P.E.). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, Austin Planning, 512-974-2695.