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People’s Community Clinic opens new Center for Women’s Health

By Deanna Bounds

On Tuesday, September 30th, Milton Hime, Deanna Bounds and Aubrey Millis attended the grand opening of the Center for Women’s Health at People’s Community Clinic. It was evening full of celebration as the center opened its doors to serve women and families in Central Texas. We are so honored to have worked alongside PCC on…

Breaking ground at Kyle Technology Park

By Deanna Bounds

May 29, 2025 The Studio8 Architects team was thrilled to join HCEDP and our partners for the groundbreaking of Buildings 1, 2, and 3 at Kyle Technology Park. This exciting development will feature spec office/warehouse spaces ranging from 20,000 to 35,000 sq. ft., located at 404 Plum Creek Meadows Dr., Kyle, TX—a prime location for…

Central Texas Food Bank breaks ground on Waco Facility

By Deanna Bounds

On Tuesday morning, March 4th, the Studio8 project team—Brian Conklin, Jillian Afflerbach, Milton Hime, and Anna Delisle—braved the windy weather for a trek to Waco to celebrate the groundbreaking of our latest project! The new 64,000 sq. ft. facility will provide essential services, including benefits assistance, nutrition education, workforce training, and expanded food distribution. With…

Central Texas Food Bank expands to Waco!

By Deanna Bounds

We’re honored to announce that our long-time client, Central Texas Food Bank, is expanding operations to Waco, marking its second-largest investment to address food insecurity in McLennan County and beyond. Collaboration is at the core of our mission so it’s fitting that this Waco facility, a new milestone in the organization’s history, will bring together…

Freehill Development featured in CommercialSearch

By Deanna Bounds

Freehill Development has broken ground on a new 176,546-square-foot industrial project in Georgetown, Texas, part of a larger effort to expand Central Texas’ industrial space, with completion expected in July 2023. February 10, 2023 Simona Tudose, Associate EditorCommercial Property Executive & Multi-Housing News Freehill Development Company has broken ground on their creative, speculative industrial project…

Dougherty Arts Center featured in Sightlines

By Deanna Bounds

The City of Austin has revealed the final designs for the new Dougherty Arts Center, a modern cultural hub set to replace the existing facility, offering enhanced spaces for the arts community and the public. April 26, 2022 Jeanne Claire van RyzinSightlines Architects charged with designing the new Dougherty Arts Center unveiled the final plans…

Make Ready featured in MySA

By WayAdmin

San Antonio’s Make Ready Market, a new food hall transforming the former Cavender Cadillac dealership, is nearing completion and has announced its first tenants, including Mila Coffee and a brewery concept. April 14, 2023 Polly Anna Rocha, Food ReporterMySA San Antonio’s newest food hall Make Ready Market is nearing completion, with major progress being made in the…

YMCA North Austin celebrates 10-year impact

By Deanna Bounds

Opened in 2012, the City of Austin’s YMCA North Austin facility has proudly served the community for over a decade. This 34,000-square-foot center exemplifies the power of public-private partnerships, offering a safe, welcoming space for education, health, and community connection, thoughtfully designed with families in mind. Learn more about the project here.

On the Horizon

By WayAdmin

We are thrilled to share that we will be working with two incredible organizations: Creative Action and Mobile Loaves & Fishes! Mobile Loaves & Fishes Community First! Village Community First! Village is a 51-acre master planned community that provides affordable, permanent housing and a supportive community for the disabled, chronically homeless in Central Texas. Since…

ACC Rio Grande houses Army Future Command’s Software Factory

By WayAdmin

The Software Factory will build on the college’s Computer Science/Information Technology programs and will offer specialized training for new technologies such as data science and artificial intelligence, creating an opportunity for students and soldiers to work side by side to solve real-life problems through advanced software development processes. Last week, the Army Future’s Command celebrated…

One Month, Three Grand Openings

By WayAdmin

Studio8 celebrated not just one, but three grand openings this past month! First on the list was the grand opening of the American Association of Nurse Practitioner’s (AANP) new three-story, 33,900 s.f. national headquarters in Southwest Austin. AANPs program required a majority of closed offices so it was important to create multiple touchpoints for collaboration…

YMCA Camp Moody Breaks Ground!

By WayAdmin

Offering an all-inclusive experience that allows children to escape the digital world and immerse themselves in nature High winds whistling through trees at the future site of YMCA’s Camp Moody near Buda was practically music to the ears of Dell Children’s Hospital employee Krista Gregory.  Amid excitement surrounding Saturday’s official groundbreaking for the 85-acre day…

YMCA Camp Cypress now Camp Moody!

By WayAdmin

After several years of fundraising efforts, the YMCA Camp Moody project is finally underway. The Moody Foundation, an organization dedicated to ‘building a bigger and better future for Texas’, recently granted the YMCA of Austin $6.25M. This generous grant will support the YMCA’s efforts in developing the 85-acre land, formally known as Camp Cypress, into…

ACC Rio Grande starts here, gets there!

By WayAdmin

Last Thursday we celebrated the groundbreaking of the historical, Rio Grande Campus. Austin Community College’s board members, faculty and students congregated at the Rio Grande Building in celebration of the Campus’s new beginnings. Congressmen Lloyd Doggett and Mayor Pro Tem, Kathie Tovo attended, highlighting ACC’s contributions to the educational community and the opportunities this renovation…

Central Texas Food Bank awarded 3-Star AEGB Rating!

By WayAdmin

Cost saving strategies for the new 3-star AEGB facility allows the Food Bank to put the money where it matters. Central Texas Food Bank’s new facility was rated on building regulations, the integrated design, energy efficiency and performance, water use reduction, indoor environmental quality, materials and resources used, education and equity and innovation. Top Sustainability…

Texas Mutual’s new HQ focuses on a healthy work environment for its employees

By WayAdmin

Last Thursday, construction officially began for Texas Mutual’s new headquarters in the sustainable, transit-oriented, Mueller community. Mueller was a perfect fit for Texas Mutual’s new headquarters, offering a variety of amenities including 40-plus diverse eateries, several retailers, active parks and multiple home options for those eager to lessen their commute – many of which are in…

People’s Community Clinic doubles patient capacity at new facility

By WayAdmin

After years of fundraising, collaboration and planning, Peoples Community Clinic have finally settled into their new East Austin facility. Through years of partnership with Milton and the Studio8 team, the dream to expand People’s Community Clinic to a larger, more accessible space has been fulfilled. The 59,000 sq.ft. facility located at 1101 Camino La Costa…

Mueller Diamond Building – Opening Early 2017

By WayAdmin

The Diamond Building has officially begun construction! Studio8 has partnered with LakeIFlato Architects in designing a three-story, mixed use building with two floors of office space and restaurant and retail space on the ground floor. The building offers a beautiful view of Downtown Austin and overlooks 140 acres of open space dedicated to public parks,…

Westbank Community Library Dedication Ceremony

By WayAdmin

Westbank Community Library held a dedication ceremony to recognize three special women for their involvement in the library and showed off the recent renovation we helped with. The library dedicated three rooms to Beth Fox, Flo Macklin and Jeanne Ferrin for all of their contributions and involvement in the Westbank Community Library. The renovation was…

Block 87, The Last Undeveloped Block in Downtown Austin

By WayAdmin

Studio8 and The Archives of the Episcopal Church have been working together to create a vision for a downtown archives building. Over the course of an eight year relationship, we master-planned several scenarios; each evolving with the needs of both the Archives and the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS). That relationship has recently culminated…

April Food Day – CAFB Groundbreaking

By WayAdmin

Our non-profit project, Capital Area Food Bank broke ground on their new 135,000 facility. This kicks off their public fundraising efforts. Support the Food Bank, get more information here.

PCC receives $10M from St. David’s Foundation

By WayAdmin

People’s Community Clinic will move into a new 54,000-square-foot headquarters in northeast Austin, with help from a $10 million grant from the St. David’s Foundation. The $16 million project will give the group that serves at-risk communities a second location since it will also keep its downtown facility open. The new headquarters was formerly home of the…

HID Global achieves LEED Platinum CI

By WayAdmin

HID Global is the only industrial manufacturing facility in Texas to achieve LEED Platinum CI, the highest certification a building can receive be the U.S. Green Building Council.