1950-1958: Seaholm Power Plant is constructed.

1984: City of Austin’s Historic Resources survey targeted Seaholm for its highest priority rating of building to be preserved.

1989: Seaholm Power Plant retired from use.

1996: The remaining 3 generators were shut down. Austin City Council decides to preserve Seaholm for a major public use, after decommissioning and remediation is complete.

2000: City of Austin, in conjunction with outside experts, generates a redevelopment master plan that offers recommendations about the urban design and economic redevelopment of the area surrounding the power plant facility. During this year, the city also begins to seek a financial partner for the redevelopment.

August, 2004: Six development teams respond to the City of Austin’s Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to redevelop Seaholm.

April, 2005: The team led by Southwest Strategies Group is selected by the City of Austin to redevelop the Seaholm Power Plant.

January, 2006: Seaholm is deemed Ready for Reuse, by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. During a news conference, federal and state environmental officials said the 9-year, $13 million remediation to clean up hazardous materials was finished.
Seaholm is the first facility nationwide to receive a “ready for reuse” designation under the federal Toxic Substance Control Act.

April, 2006: Austin Energy receives a Texas Environmental Excellence Award from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Triumphant in the Innovative Technology category, the Austin Energy was rewarded for devising an innovative way to contain contaminants. Much of the building’s concrete floor was saturated with PCB (polychlorinated biphenyl), an industrial chemical once used in electrical equipment now known to be a persistent environmental contaminant.

April, 2008: Council approves Master Development Agreement

Mid-2011 : Goal for Seaholm’s rebirth and grand opening.

Fall 2011 : Seaholm Plaza Hotel to open.