Downtown Austin Alliance Reveals Impact Award Winners

AUSTIN-The Downtown Austin Alliance has chosen five recipients for the organization’s 2001 Impact awards, recognizing local architects, designers, community and city leaders for projects that have had a dramatic and positive effect on Downtown Austin and surrounding neighborhoods.

This year’s awards will be presented Jan. 12 at a luncheon at the Marriott at the Capitol.The third annual Impact awards will be given this year in five categories, one more than in previous years, in order to recognize both new construction and renovation projects in the Project Impact award category.

Post Avenue Properties wins the new construction category for its Post West Avenue Lofts, 239 apartment units at 800 W. Third St. The property previously had been a city-owned lot used for storage of light poles. The developer is Kent Collins of Post Properties. RTKL Architects did the design.