AUSTIN--Development in east Austin is heating up. Transwestern Development Co. and its partners are set to develop a two-building mixed-use project at 1621 and 1645 E. 6th St. The firm has broken ground on the project – with one building to be called The Arnold – on a 4.2-acre site at the intersection of East 6th Street and Comal Avenue.

“We are very pleased to get started on this exciting development,” says Transwestern Development Co. associate vice president Josh Delk, who is leading the development team. “This location is in the center of one of Austin's most culturally rich and defining neighborhoods, and we are thrilled to be bringing a project of this caliber to the area.”

The first building is a 94,500-square-foot creative office building, which is scheduled for completion in January 2016. The second building, The Arnold, is slated for delivery in July 2016 and will consist of 346 apartment units with 9,600 square feet of specialty retail at three intersections of the property.