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Yep, the closest decent hotels are either in the Domain (7-9 minute drive) or the Arboretum (again 7-9 minute drive). The offices (old and new, as the current o
by SOLAR_FIELDS 6y ago
Yep, the closest decent hotels are either in the Domain (7-9 minute drive) or the Arboretum (again 7-9 minute drive). The offices (old and new, as the current one is only about 2km away) are basically in a suburban area with nothing really but housing and small strip centers nearby.
- adrianmonk 6y agoAnd to one side of the new Apple campus, there's a particular kind of nothing, development-wise: Robinson Ranch. It's a gigantic family-owned plot of land, about 7000 acres (11 square miles, 28 km^2). The Robinson family could have sold it all off to developers, but so far they have been very limited about that. Mostly they've just allowed stuff with obvious public benefit like a high school. So the new Apple campus is on a major road, and one side it's suburbs, but on the other side, it's trees, grass, and (this being Texas) a bit of cactus. More details: https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2018/12/15/a-primer-on-robinson-ranch-7-000-acres-of-central.html https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2018/12/15/a-primer-...