Any idea why it's set so far back from the road? Sure would hate to see Lamar widened in the future--no better way to kill place.

This is happening right now, on the stretch between Braker and Yager. It's going to help so much. But I don't know what they're going to do about the creek. https://www.austintexas.gov/departme...ements-project

I'm having trouble seeing what will go in on this stretch of Lamar. Is it great streets footprint?

I drive down this stretch every day and do notice the work going on. My hope is that Parmer/Lamar/Yager/35 will be a somewhat attractive and green major intersection someday.

RFP is out for the Ryan Dr property (just off N Lamar, so I figured I'd go with this thread)

https://www.austintexas.gov/financeo...cfm?sid=134842

I haven't dug through the attached documents yet so I'm not sure if there's anything new.

Is this that Austin Energy transformer storage site?

Yes, the (former) Austin Energy site across the train tracks from the Crestview train stop/Midtown Commons.

Not sure what they store there, but yes it's an Austin Energy site. Part of the proposal includes reimbursing AE for the land. I hope whoever wins the bid ends up purchasing the neighboring lots as well as part of a grander vision.

Given that this is going to be at the nexus of the Red Line/Orange Lines, it needs to be as big a project as possible. The example projects the city staff put together were perfectly nice, but were not really any different from any of the other projects currently going up on N Lamar. I saw some pretty big names on that site visit list so I'm hopeful they'll see just how prime an opportunity this is.

Aura N. Lamar

https://i.imgur.com/YCGfK9ph.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/3tVpFAFh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/PFLEgXDh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/HPKyrplh.jpg

Whoa! Almost flatiron-esque.

https://i.imgur.com/YCGfK9ph.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/3tVpFAFh.jpg

That’s a badass building from this angle.

Ha, I pass this one from the Lamar side all of the time, but just last night saw it from 2222. It really does look striking as you drive past, and completely changes the feel of what had been a car-oriented wasteland.

not to geek but i'm always going to point out "perfect density" "gentle density" or "human scaled density"(still workshopping) when I see it. this is it. bravo

This looks great!

Is this the "whale" building? Damn, I haven't been in that area in a while. Used to go to Titaya's pretty frequently.

Yeah, that's pretty slick. That rock wall would look great with some flood lights to add to the dramatic look.

Kinda reminds me of London.

Agree! Def a European vibe.

I just thought these two photos needed to be posted again on this page of the thread.

:haha::haha::haha:

FAA crane permits were posted for this -

Crane 1 - 192 feet
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external...64089609&row=1

Crane 2 - 156 feet
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external...64089615&row=2

Crane 3 - 120 feet
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external...64089618&row=3