One Lady Bird Lake

The building

• Move-insEarly 2028, expected
• Residences101 condos, 197 rentals
• Floors18
• DistrictSouth Central Waterfront, between the First Street and Congress bridges

• A new 18 story waterfront building by Related Companies on the Hyatt Regency parking lot site, 3.3 acres on the south shore
• 298 residences in two tiers with separate lobbies: 101 condominiums and 197 rentals, one to three bedrooms
• Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, interiors by Workshop/APD, landscape by TBG Partners
• Two restaurants and amenity floors on the lower levels, trail frontage along the lake
• Site plan approved July 2025; originally proposed as an office tower in 2022 and redesigned as residential in 2023
• Liz is an independent buyer representative for the project; call her before your first visit to the sales gallery

This is the first new condominium on the south shore since The Loren, and the first with real scale. Liz follows it the way she follows the downtown pipeline, and is an independent buyer representative you can call before you visit the sales gallery.

Who it suits

Buyers who want new construction on the south shore with the skyline straight across the water, and who are comfortable buying from plans with a 2028 move in.

How it compares to the other Zilker buildings is in which Zilker condo building is right for you, and the north shore alternative in Zilker or downtown. What to read before an offer in any of them is in what to know before buying.

Living here

One Lady Bird Lake sits on the lakefront between the First Street and Congress Avenue bridges, which is the stretch of the south shore with the straightest view of the downtown skyline over the water and the shortest walk to it. The trail runs along the front, the Long Center and Auditorium Shores are a few minutes west, and the South Congress strip begins a block south.

It is the anchor project of the city's South Central Waterfront plan, a redevelopment of the land between the lake and Riverside Drive that will reshape this side of the lake over the next decade. For a buyer that means two things at once: the newest residences on the south shore, and years of construction around them. Which one weighs more is the first conversation.

Within a few blocks

• Lady Bird Lake and the Butler Trail, at the door
• The First Street and Congress Avenue bridges to downtown
• Auditorium Shores and the Long Center
• South Congress Avenue, one block south
• Zilker Park and Barton Springs, a short trail walk west
• The Hyatt Regency next door

Questions buyers ask about One Lady Bird Lake

When will One Lady Bird Lake be finished?

Move-ins are expected in early 2028 according to the developer. Pre-construction timelines move, so a buyer should plan around a range and read the purchase contract's delivery terms carefully.

Is One Lady Bird Lake condos or apartments?

Both, in separate tiers with separate lobbies. Of 298 residences, 101 are condominiums for sale and 197 are rentals. For a condominium buyer the questions are which floors and exposures the condos occupy, how the shared amenities are governed, and how the two tiers share costs.

Can Liz represent me at One Lady Bird Lake?

Yes. Liz is an independent buyer representative for the project. The sales gallery represents the developer. Bringing your own representation usually costs you nothing in a new development and gives you someone reading the contract, the condominium documents and the reservation terms for you rather than for the seller. Register Liz before your first visit.

How does buying pre-construction differ from buying at Barton Place?

You are buying from plans with deposits at risk and no resale record, in exchange for new construction and first choice of position. The documents to read are the developer's contract and the proposed declaration rather than a reserve study. Liz covers the same ground for the downtown pipeline in Austin's new condominium developments.