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A former Home Depot in the St. Johns neighborhood, in North Austin, was used as a COVID-19 testing site last year. The Austin City Council has agreed to let a real estate developer and a local public housing authority build affordable housing on the city-owned site.
There’s a swath of land in North Austin along Interstate 35 that has had many uses. It has been an orphanage, an elementary school, a Home Depot and COVID-19 testing site.
Next? Maybe housing and office space.
On Thursday, members of the Austin City Council agreed to enter into a contract with a real estate developer and a local public housing authority to redevelop the city-owned site in the St. Johns neighborhood. Council members voted unanimously