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AUSTIN | 5th & Colorado | 242 FEET | 18 FLOORS
This site is currently a parking lot. It had previously been occupied by a handful of buildings that were demolished a couple of years ago to make way for a 17-story hotel. That project did not happen however, and has been vacant since.
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This is the location. The two story red and tan colored building is gone now.
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Excellent in-fill project.
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The Downtown Austin Blog says the site plan shows it at 20 floors now and exceeding 344 feet. That height seems too tall for a 20-story office building. I'm thinking the actual height is 244 feet and the elevation is showing the ground elevation as "100 feet" instead of 0 which some elevations do sometimes. Still a 244+ foot tall building on that lot will be some nice infill.
http://downtownaustinblog.org/2014/0...-5th-colorado/ |
This article highlights the sense of urgency by downtown office developers as the office market is showing signs of strengthening. The Colorado Tower, the most significant downtown office tower since the Frost Bank Tower, is now 95% pre-leased. Other notable new downtown office spaces have also been filling quickly before they're even finished.
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This is a mediocre project at best, but we should at least have the best renderings available included in this thread:
http://i.imgur.com/iGzWwX7.jpg By SkyPie http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...9&postcount=65 https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3915/...5928eae9_b.jpg http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/...mpColorado.png This is a screen capture from a Vimeo video that is no longer available |
Nothing special, but it should complement Colorado tower very well.
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The boom in apartment construction may slow down some, but doesn't exactly need a breather. Austin is still one of the fastest growing metros and economies, and we still haven't adjusted to the pent up demand from the downturn.
We haven't had much new delivered units in condo developments, and I expect actually a pick up over the next few years in those projects. Hotel developments are probably overextended. A few of the current projects will get built, but after that we're almost certainly in for five to eight years of no large scale construction in that area. Office development is definitely going to pick back up, and I agree that major projects are likely to be put in the works given the growing economy and pent up demand. Smaller commercial/retail developments are the other type of development, and I expect continued growth as a part of mixed-used projects and the occasional stand alone retail project. The wild card is the new medical district. I hope we get some major medical office developments around the new medical area as the university picks up speed. |
The site plan was approved and released recently, and it shows the building elevations. The height shown is 242 feet with 18 floors. That's to the top of the mechanical penthouse. It's 27 feet shorter than the original height we saw. Apparently they reduced it from 19 floors to 18 floors and adjusted the garage levels.
The elevations are files 39, 40 and 41. https://www.austintexas.gov/devrevie...erRSN=11077540 |
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Site prep has begun on the lot. The link includes a video showing the clearing.
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Construction site on the right. The one on the left is for the Hotel Zaza and Apartments.
https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/...41&oe=551B6A7E Building ATX via Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BuildingATX...type=1&theater |
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This photo shows the crane being assembled.
https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/...60805954_o.jpg Over Austin - https://www.facebook.com/overaustin/...type=1&theater |
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It's in the middle right above the 1920s white building with the lit crown.
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...47136111_o.jpg Over Austin - https://www.facebook.com/overaustin/...type=1&theater |
In the lower right corner.
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...67656314_o.jpg Over Austin - https://www.facebook.com/overaustin/...type=1&theater |
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