IDM sprucing up Backyard to tune of $250 million

​​BEE CAVE – More than a year after International Development Management, or IDM, received approval for a $250 million re-do of The Backyard​​​ performance venue, new project renderings have been revealed.

Located off SH 71 and Bee Cave Pkwy, the project will have one million sf of saleable or leasable space. Plans include:

• 3,000-plus-capacity venue for national ticketed acts;
• additional smaller venue for local acts;
• luxury residential condo project, Ethan’s View, that is being marketed by International Realty Co.;
• 125-room boutique hotel, The Nelson, designed by Dick Clark + Associates;
• private suite of rooms for performers, called The Patron, with parking for tour buses; 
• 10,000-sf Bloom restaurant, also designed by Dick Clark + Associates; and
• apiary to bring bees back to the city.