1309 E 7th St — Historic Office / Mixed-Use, East Austin

Character Asset, Corridor Position

1309 E 7th Street is a rare standalone acquisition in the heart of East Austin: a character-rich 1909 building combining vintage architecture with modern functionality — private office suites, hardwood floors, high ceilings, full bath with shower, kitchenette, central HVAC, and security system — on a 6,412 SF lot with prominent East 7th Street frontage and a gated rear surface lot with 7+ spaces.

The fit is broad by design: owner-user, investor, boutique office tenant, creative firm, professional services group, wellness concept, or neighborhood-serving commercial use. TOD-NP zoning (CS-CO-MU-NP base) carries genuine long-term optionality on a corridor where the surrounding trade area spends at some of the strongest levels in East Austin, with roughly 24,000 vehicles per day on East 7th at Navasota.

The submarket context is the buyer’s leverage: East Austin office vacancy is the highest in the city at 29.1 percent, which is precisely why a character standalone with parking — a format the submarket almost never delivers — competes in a lane of its own rather than against the glass towers driving that number.