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Local High-Tech Market is Nice Fit for United Dominion's Strategy

AUSTIN-United Dominion Realty Trust is following the high-tech market for multifamily developments. Two projects are under way in the Austin region and another is on the drawing boards for Round Rock.

By Connie Gore | Updated on November 02, 2000

AUSTIN-The Austin region’s high-tech market fits nicely into development plans of United Dominion Realty Trust, headquartered in Richmond, VA.

The REIT has projects under way in Austin and San Antonio and one in the planning stages for a 10-acre parcel in Round Rock, just 20 miles north of the state capital. Earlier this year, United Dominion had started selling off older suburban communities nationwide and curtailing developments in those types of markets in favor of high-tech centers, such as the Austin region. The economically strong high-tech markets are bursting with what the REIT depicts as “echo boomers” and immigrants, two of the fastest-growing groups of renters.

United Dominion plans to build a high-density, four-story complex in Round Rock. The development plan and design won’t be ready until January, Dan Baber, United Dominion’s Western Division project manager, tells GlobeSt.com. Construction isn’t expected to begin until fall 2001 and will take an estimated 18 months to complete. “That’s the soonest we could get it going … and get it through the city process,” he says. The project, which carries an estimated $28-million construction price tag, will boast a high-end finish-out, with possibly wood and ceramic flooring.

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