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427MM

Dec 21, 2013 11:00 PM

AUSTIN | Project Updates Thread Part II

The ATX

Dec 21, 2013 11:31 PM

Nice first post to kick off the next 10,000. But why would I want to hug Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole?

Mopacs

Dec 22, 2013 1:00 AM

Great post! Really like the accompanying current site photos.

427MM

Dec 22, 2013 3:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hill Country (Post 6382286)

Nice first post to kick off the next 10,000. But why would I want to hug Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole?

Because she's amazing. Now my question is why in 2014 are people sneaking into my condo bldg and leaving this?

http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/...psqgamffbl.jpg

JoninATX

Dec 22, 2013 3:59 AM

Colorado tower is going to be amazing from Chase tower. Thanks for the update and awesome pictures 427MM .

sammyk

Dec 22, 2013 6:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 427MM (Post 6382409)

Because she's amazing. Now my question is why in 2014 are people sneaking into my condo bldg and leaving this?

http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/...psqgamffbl.jpg

It's amazing that they even get enough advertisers to justify publication.

lzppjb

Dec 22, 2013 8:13 AM

I hate all of the street abbreviations (SoCo, etc), but at least I know what they are. WTF is UNO?

Thanks for the photos!

zedaref

Dec 22, 2013 9:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lzppjb (Post 6382511)

WTF is UNO?

University Neighborhood Overlay is the only thing I can come up with.

KevinFromTexas

Dec 22, 2013 2:07 PM

I sent the old thread to the thread archive, you can find it here:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=104192

The ATX

Dec 22, 2013 6:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sammyk (Post 6382492)

It's amazing that they even get enough advertisers to justify publication.

It's funny that Sears has a front cover ad. No wonder nobody shops there any more.

corvairkeith

Dec 22, 2013 7:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 427MM (Post 6382249)

Arnold Oil site

http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/...ps29fa6b3a.jpg

What's going on here?

DoubleC

Dec 23, 2013 7:03 AM

Good golly, so many cranes and projects going up; we didn't see this much ten years ago!

I also have to say that Austin sort of reminds me of Vienna, seeing the bike share program at the end of your photos (can't put it into words).

KevinFromTexas

Dec 23, 2013 7:11 AM

12/15

jtown,man

Dec 23, 2013 9:49 AM

Thanks for all the work!

The picture of the project off (east?) 6th, looks like a chicago hood'.

The ATX

Dec 23, 2013 12:39 PM

This lot behind the IHOP is some prime real estate. This has got to be the last significant piece of land in the Rainey area that doesn't have something planned for it.

http://i.imgur.com/ETVydTK.jpg

the Genral

Dec 24, 2013 4:04 AM

Looks like 35 was practically deserted on that pic of the I35 bridge over the river. What time was that picture taken? I think I 'll plan my next trip downtown whatever time that was...and day of week.

The ATX

Dec 24, 2013 4:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the Genral (Post 6384208)

There were probably multi-car pileups in both directions just out of view that were blocking traffic.:)

the Genral

Dec 24, 2013 4:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hill Country (Post 6384215)

There were probably multi-car pileups in both directions just out of view that were blocking traffic.:)

Hehehe, that's what I was thinking, or some pretty good photo editing:haha:

jtown,man

Dec 24, 2013 7:39 AM

Hey I did a quick guestimate on the amount of feet being built in Austin as far as UC buildings over 100ft. I could be off by like..600ft or so but it looks like something around 3,700 ft all together.

We could either have the single tallest building in the world, or have 37 100ft buildings throughout the city, how cool would that be?!

JoninATX

Dec 24, 2013 8:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jtown,man (Post 6384356)

Cool, yeah I gathered up on what I could think of as well and got 3,248ft. Though I wanted to include the Broadstone on the Lake project, but wasn't sure if that exceed 100ft. or not so I didn't include it. Btw I also included The Skyhouse, and Gables Park Tower as well.

The ATX

Dec 24, 2013 1:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jtown,man (Post 6384356)

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoninATX (Post 6384366)

Warning, skyscraper nerd(s) alert. :)

KevinFromTexas

Dec 24, 2013 3:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the Genral (Post 6384208)

It was about 2 pm when I took that one last Sunday.

Speaking of creative photo editing...

http://i.imgur.com/F3vRzsP.jpg

jtown,man

Dec 24, 2013 4:51 PM

jtown,man

Dec 24, 2013 4:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas (Post 6384462)

It was about 2 pm when I took that one last Sunday.

Speaking of creative photo editing...

http://i.imgur.com/F3vRzsP.jpg

Looks like North Korea!

sammyk

Dec 24, 2013 5:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jtown,man (Post 6384536)

Looks like North Korea!

It needs one Mercedes limo to make the look complete.

ahealy

Dec 24, 2013 7:51 PM

Soil samples being done at green site today

Could this be for the 2nd st. bridge?
http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/...ps95da9c5e.jpg

JoninATX

Dec 24, 2013 9:05 PM

You know it Hill Country...:cheers:

the Genral

Dec 24, 2013 11:32 PM

That's awesome editing Kevin. I miss being able to do that...I have a Sunday off in a few weeks...looks like the best time and day to explore.

tie_guy

Dec 26, 2013 5:15 AM

Any updates of the Lamar Union and when it's suppose to open? It hasn't gotten too much buzz lately, but I'm really excited for it!

MichaelB

Dec 26, 2013 8:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tie_guy (Post 6385431)

Any updates of the Lamar Union and when it's suppose to open? It hasn't gotten too much buzz lately, but I'm really excited for it!

I just want my Alamo back! :cheers:

Jdawgboy

Dec 28, 2013 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas (Post 6384462)

It was about 2 pm when I took that one last Sunday.

Speaking of creative photo editing...

http://i.imgur.com/F3vRzsP.jpg

A look into the future if I-35 is swapped with SH-130 tolls:titanic:

Though reality is its never going to happen and thank goodness too. I just thought it was pretty funny looking at that picture. Good job Kevin.

The ATX

Jan 2, 2014 8:31 PM

A CVC height determination request was filed today for 416 W. 11th Street. The site is currently a surface parking lot:

https://www.austintexas.gov/devrevie...erRSN=11070041

JoninATX

Jan 2, 2014 9:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hill Country (Post 6391371)

A CVC height determination request was filed today for 416 W. 11th Street. The site is currently a surface parking lot:

https://www.austintexas.gov/devrevie...erRSN=11070041

I believe that's the site for the new PTA building.

The ATX

Jan 2, 2014 9:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoninATX (Post 6391429)

I believe that's the site for the new PTA building.

Well, that's not very exciting. But it makes sense because the site is not well suited for a residential building because it is directly across the street from the Travis Co. courthouse and criminal justice center. And that less than desirable view will not be going away any time soon.

AusTxDevelopment

Jan 2, 2014 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoninATX (Post 6391429)

I believe that's the site for the new PTA building.

The new PTA building's address will be 408 West 11th, however the parking lot at 416 West 11th is directly adjacent so yes this is probably for the new, larger PTA building. Marketing flyer from Oxford's website is below:

http://oxco.reapplications.com/filec...h%20Street.pdf

Urbannizer

Jan 3, 2014 7:06 AM

7 East: 5-Story apartment building with 186-units, retail and a rooftop garden.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7325/1...4782a1f3_b.jpg

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2832/1...8ab6b1ee_b.jpg

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3693/1...18edeeaf_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7406/1...fb76af7d_b.jpg

audiomuse

Jan 4, 2014 10:19 AM

300-unit apartment project planned at Riverside Dr./Wickersham Ln.

http://www.statesman.com/news/busine...ide-dri/ncbwb/

Syndic

Jan 4, 2014 4:20 PM

Now that The Thinkery is finished, I wonder how long before the 2nd Street Austin Children's Museum is sold, demolished, and redeveloped. That's a prime location.

The ATX

Jan 4, 2014 5:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Syndic (Post 6393392)

Now that The Thinkery is finished, I wonder how long before the 2nd Street Austin Children's Museum is sold, demolished, and redeveloped. That's a prime location.

World Class Capital, the ones behind 99 Trinity Tower, had filed for permits to develop the site. But they later withdrew the requests prior to submitting the site plan for 99 Trinity. I suspect they decided to focus on 99 Trinity instead.

KevinFromTexas

Jan 4, 2014 10:12 PM

1/3

http://i.imgur.com/n2aJ8L6.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/VDZWkDS.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/0SUm4pq.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/bVyJ6py.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/MEnH48B.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/PrS0OO0.jpg

audiomuse

Jan 5, 2014 4:13 AM

wwmiv

Jan 5, 2014 7:11 AM

I thought that parking garage was going to have an outside finish to it. Please tell me it isn't yet finished.

zedaref

Jan 5, 2014 8:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wwmiv (Post 6394066)

I thought that parking garage was going to have an outside finish to it. Please tell me it isn't yet finished.

This is the rendering for it:
http://i.imgur.com/xWXHQuR.jpg

austlar1

Jan 6, 2014 4:22 AM

Wow! It looks just like a parking garage.

Syndic

Jan 13, 2014 3:20 AM

I drove around and checked out all of the projects today. I didn't take any pictures, but here are some observations:

Everything's really coming together in southwestern downtown.

The library is making significant progress. They've got the walls of the hole largely boarded up. I don't think it will be long before we see them laying the foundation.

I couldn't see much of Seaholm, but I could tell that a lot has changed since we last saw pictures of it. It's moving along at a really fast pace, too. The more time I spent in southwestern downtown, the more clear it became to me how much it is going to transform Austin. We're talking about something we've never had in Austin; real unity with the rest of downtown. A seamless integration. No more disjointedness.

The Bowie is legitimately a highrise at this point. It's huge. A lot more glass has been added. Its size catches you off guard sometimes and you just go:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PrvQzCwG63...y-damn-gif.gif

IBC Bank looks just about topped out. It's a very good size. It's strange to think that not long ago nothing was there. It fits in perfectly in the area. It's good infill. Speaking of infill...

The Lamar mixed-use parking garage development is almost done and actually doesn't look half-bad. The old retro-looking rendering with the grey walls and orange dots that we have is way off. They did very well with the color scheme. It's earthy and looks like wood. The building doesn't look great, but it blends in, so you hardly notice/care that it's a parking garage. I wish that could be said for many other parking garages in Austin, which stick out like sore thumbs.

The Starbucks in the northeast corner of the W hotel is finally open! I know it's just a Starbucks but it goes a long way toward drawing everything together and creating a more lively street Life. Before, people had no reason to go to that side of the street. Now they do. That whole area was swarming with all types of people today. It was nice to see.

Broadstone at the Lake (AKA the former RunTex site) has some walls up now. The more I go by there, the more I feel like it will be some of the most prized rental space in Austin. It's right across from Auditorium Shores, right by the lake, literally down the street from city hall, downtown without being too much in the middle of everything. It's a very significant development, along with The Catherine, which will have the best views of the skyline in all of Austin (I'm calling it).

All-in-all, it's incredibly exciting to see all of this development going on right now. This is what we wished and hoped for and it's happening (cue the Ron Paul gif). When this round of development is done, we will have a radically transformed city. If you went away for 10 years and came back, you might find it almost unrecognizable.

LoneStarMike

Jan 13, 2014 4:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Syndic (Post 6404209)

The Lamar mixed-use parking garage development is almost done and actually doesn't look half-bad. The old retro-looking rendering with the grey walls and orange dots that we have is way off. They did very well with the color scheme. It's earthy and looks like wood.

I remember a long time ago seeing two different renderings for that project. One was the gray with the orange dots, and the other one was this one.

http://www.enincorporated.com/wp-con...ark_06.281.jpg

Above rendering came fom this page

The one above does look more like wood than the gray version. Does this look like what you saw?

Syndic

Jan 13, 2014 5:31 AM

Sort of. You can kinda see it in audiomuses picture:

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/k...ps3158d270.jpg

I really hope they stay away from the orange dots thing. I don't know what those are about.

lzppjb

Jan 13, 2014 2:26 PM

SIAP

Infill project at E 12th & Waller. http://12waller.com/

lzppjb

Jan 16, 2014 9:10 PM

Dick Clark Arch has this listed under "On The Board," but all they have is this one picture. Anyone have any other info?

It's called South First Multifamily.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...k.png~original

http://www.dcarch.com/#on-the-boards_8

kingkirbythe....

Jan 16, 2014 10:07 PM

Not very attractive.

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