Silicon Hills
Silicon Hills is a nickname for the cluster of high-tech companies in the Austin metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Texas. The name is analogous to Silicon Valley, but refers to the hilly terrain on the west side of Austin. High tech industries in the area include enterprise software, semiconductors, corporate R&D, biotechnology, gaming, and a variety of startup companies.
Downtown Austin
The Seaholm District is a formerly industrial section of southwest downtown Austin that the city wants to transform into a vibrant urban neighborhood. The city of Austin has designated the area from Lady Bird Lake to 5th Street and from Lamar Boulevard to San Antonio Street as the Seaholm District. At the core of the district is the decommissioned Seaholm Power Plant, which will be redeveloped into a landmark residential and retail destination. After several years of delays and false starts due in part to a recession-based setback, the mixed-use development accommodates nine distinct retail businesses as of January 2019: including ToothBar (dentistry), Trader Joe’s, The Baked Bear Ice Cream Shoppe, Dallas-based Malibu Poke, local Merit Coffee Co., vegetarian restaurant True Food Kitchen, American restaurant Boiler Nine, Fleet Feet (shoe store), and Nekter Juice Bar. Austin-based Southwest Strategies Group, the project's lead developer, announced plans to begin work on the 450,000 square feet of development to be built on the 7.8 acre site. The project is situated adjacent to the Seaholm Condominiums tower, and is intended to create a “live, work, play” urban neighborhood encompassed around a turf square for music venues, bringing many tourists and “Austinites” to the Seaholm District.