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Micro Units Fill Housing Need for Millennials

AUSTIN, TX—In addition to Indie Apartments, there is a two-building, 445,952-square-foot project directly across the street that includes a creative office building and 350 multifamily units with 10,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space.

By Lisa Brown | lisabrown | Updated on May 16, 2016

Indie Apartments A communal area will have an outdoor courtyard including fire pits and outdoor televisions.

AUSTIN, TX—Transwestern Development Co. acquired nearly 0.5 acres and will construct a 139-unit multi-housing property with a 2,500-square-foot restaurant space in East Sixth, a thriving entertainment district just east of downtown. Indie Apartments, a specialty micro-unit community at 1648 E. Sixth St. will consist primarily of 350-square-foot studio units and 520-square-foot, two-bedroom units.

The 55,814-square-foot build will result in fully furnished apartments, designed to maximize space through built-in storage units and flexible furniture systems such as Murphy beds, hideaway kitchen modules and convertible tables. Transwestern Development Co. projects groundbreaking to take place in June 2016 with the first units expected to deliver in August 2017.

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