by Adolfo Pesquera
San Marcos (Hays Co.) – Cheatham Street Flats, a $15.5 million student housing development will be breaking ground soon and replacing a blighted city block with a multistory attractive building.
The developer, Cheatham Street Flats LLC of Austin, gave invited general contractors until Feb. 9 to submit bids to build a 188,530-square-foot residence.
There will be 120 pre-fabricated residential modules and two levels of below grade parking; this includes raised basement level. The 120 units will have 245 bedrooms and a total of 81,818 square feet of living space.
The underground parking accommodates approximately 80 vehicles. The project site address is 401 S. Guadalupe Street and it is to the southeast of the intersection of Guadalupe Street and Cheatham Street. Along Guadalupe, there will be 14 diagonal parking slots, including parking that is ADA compliant.
Pedestrian friendly sidewalks and landscaping provide a scenic apron along Guadalupe and Cheatham.The building has an alley along its eastern boundary.
One of the amenities is a narrow rectangular courtyard in the center of the complex.
Construction will commence sometime in lateFebruary and the estimated completion is in the first quarter of 2018.
Gary Bellomy, the principal and founder of Land Design Studio (LDS) in Austin is the owner representative, as well as landscape architect for the project. Forge Craft Architecture + Design is the lead architect. Doucet & Associates is the civil engineer.
Cheatham Street Flats is a block south of the San Marcos Station for Greyhound and across the street from Cheatham Street Warehouse, a popular live entertainment venue that attracts students from Texas State University.
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