City of Austin - Growth Watch

Please direct specific development process requests and applications for permits, plans, and inspections to the Development Assistance Center in the Watershed Protection and Development Review Department.

Growth Watch has been produced by the City since the late 1950s in various formats. Now a publication of the Neighboorhood Planning and Zoning Department, the purpose of Growth Watch is to monitor and track development from an urban planning perspective. It is now available in electronic form, including spreadsheets and maps, with an emphasis on providing raw data on development activity. Most data sets are posted quarterly as soon as they can be processed.

We are currently tracking and providing analysis about:

Subdivisions - general location and project information where available.

Site Plans - first evidence of changing land use and shifting market momentum.

Permits - construction and remodeling activity in the community.

Growth Watch Data by Years

The following files are in compressed (zip) format. Right-click on the link with your internet browser and you should be asked to save the link to your computer. Some users may receive an error due to their internet security settings. The zip files contain GIS shapefiles that require GIS software, or the free ESRI ArcExplorer GIS viewer. You will also need Adobe Acrobat software to view the maps, and Microsoft Excel to view spreadsheets. Please contact Surbhi Bakshi at (512) 974-6459 or by email if you have any questions or problems with these files.

Period Report Subdivisions Site Plans Permits

1997
no no no GIS

1998 no no GIS GIS

1999
no no GIS GIS

2000
no no spreadsheets (year), GIS, maps spreadsheets, GIS

2001, by quarter
no no spreadsheets, GIS, maps spreadsheets, GIS

2002, by quarter
no no spreadsheets, GIS, maps spreadsheets, GIS

2003, by quarter
no no spreadsheets, GIS, maps spreadsheets, GIS

2004
no spreadsheets spreadsheets, GIS, maps spreadsheets, GIS

2005
yes spreadsheets, maps spreadsheets, GIS, maps spreadsheets, GIS

2006
yes spreadsheets, maps spreadsheets, GIS, maps spreadsheets, GIS

2007
yes spreadsheets, maps spreadsheets, GIS, maps spreadsheets, GIS

2008, through 2nd Quarter
yes spreadsheets, GIS, maps spreadsheets, GIS, maps spreadsheets, GIS, maps

Summary Data

The spreadsheets below are taken straight from the City's development tracking databases. Unlike the Growth Watch data above, they have not been corrected for accuracy, and are meant to provide and overall estimate of permit activity in the City for long range forecasting purposes.

Permits by General Usage Categories, Years 1993-2006
Permits by Detailed Description, Years 1993-2006 (includes demolition, remodels, building type, etc.)

Emerging Projects - Austin

The Emerging Projects - Austin map shows some of the prominient projects in planning or construction phases in and around Austin. The Adobe Acrobat Reader plugin is needed to view this document in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. This can be downloaded for free at http://www.adobe.com.

Emerging Projects - Austin, Fourth Quarter, 2007

For more information regarding Emerging Projects, please refer to

Emerging Projects (details) - Austin, Fourth Quarter, 2007

Useful Links

City of Austin Multifamily Report
NAI Austin - Commercial Real Estate Market Information
Texas Real Estate News - Real Estate Market News for Texas MSA's

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