AUSTIN HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS
and just off Highway 71 west of Austin,
Bee Cave has exploded in popularity
for its beautiful scenery and its
accessibility to all Austin has to offer. In
fact, it’s estimated that more than
115,000 new residents will move into
this triangle of land between Highway
71 and US 290 in the next 25 years,
causing the Bee Cave area to undergo
a whopping population increase of
more than 600 percent by 2030.
This fast-growing rural community offers
a wide variety of neighborhoods for
homebuyers, including The Homestead,
and portions of other subdivisions such
as The Uplands and Lake Pointe, just to
name a few. Bee Cave is an interesting
mix of old and new homes – you’ll find
everything from trailer homes to custom-built luxury homes in the master-planned development of Spanish Oaks
that’s just on the periphery of Bee
Cave, where home prices start in the
$700s.
Photo Courtesy of Zbranek and Holt Custom Homes
Students here attend school in either the
Eanes Independent School District, or
the Lake Travis Independent School
District – both of which boast an equally
excellent reputation for outstanding
academic and sports accomplishments.
The opening of the Hill Country
Galleria in 2007 has only added to the
area’s appeal. This massive, 1.3-
million-square-foot lifestyle center is a
multi-use complex with 650,000 square
feet of retail, 145,000 square feet of
Class A office space, 300,000 square
feet of multifamily housing, 80,000
square feet of retail pad space,
100,000 square feet of residential
condominiums, and 50 acres of
greenspace.
LAKEWAY
City of Lakeway
512-314-7502
www.cityoflakeway.com
Back in 1963, a second home
community was planned and built on
the shores of Lake Travis in the Hill
Country. A golf course and a marina
were added, as well as a landing strip.
People from Houston and Dallas flocked
to the area to buy lots and build their
dream lake home. Lots were sold and
trendy lake homes were built. Access
was via the two-lane Bee Caves Rd or
RR 2222 to RR620—both two- lane
highways themselves. But that was just
the beginning.
148 AUSTIN RELOCATION GUIDE – SUMMER | FALL 2013
