Award-winning Austin architecture firm Dick Clark + Associates will develop a mixed-use property on a booming East Side corridor that will serve in part as its new headquarters. The firm recently announced its plans for the two-story, 9,600 square foot building project, which will be located at 2120 East Seventh Street. , the Contemporary and modern European furniture showroom Scott + Cooner will occupy the ground-floor retail space.
The project will involve adaptive reuse of the site’s existing building, currently home to Mustang Pawn Shop. The firm’s design retains the shell of the two-story, concrete structure but incorporates significant upgrades, including floor-to-ceiling glass windows on both floors, a common roof deck, and a balcony.
In addition, the 4,900-square-foot second-floor office space will have an open floor plan with breakout space, similar to the style it creates for boutique commercial clients and intended to create a collaborative and interactive environment.
Located on a block with longstanding Tex-Mex restaurant Los Comales, low-key newcomer Treasure City Thrift store, a convenience store, and a gas station, the redevelopment should fit the scale of the current environment—something it will have in common with the mix of recently opened restaurants and complexes and older businesses. At the same time, it will doubtless influence the stylistic direction redevelopment along the corridor takes going forward.
The late Clark and his firm, established in Austin more than two decades ago, have been a major force in shaping the look of the modern city with its lauded residential and commercial projects. “When the Dick Clark + Associates office moved to the Warehouse District in 1995, Dick was a pioneer of the neighborhood and his work helped define the area as we know it,” said Mark Vornberg, CEO and partner at the firm. “As the city continues its exponential growth, the role of ‘architect as developer’ is increasingly important to us as a firm, and developing this project is a great opportunity for us to have a similar impact on the East Seventh Street corridor.”
Construction on the project will begin this month and is expected to be completed in early 2020.