AUSTIN | Novare/Andrews Urban Towers | 3 towers | 40 FLOORS | 28 FLOORS | 16 FLOORS - Page 2

LoneStarMike · #21 Posted **Feb 15, 2009, 10:41 PM**

The Austin Business Journal ran an article in August 2008 about several condo projects that had been put on hold. It (the article) was reprinted in the Austin Real Estate News at austinrealty.com

The Condominium Conundrum
08/15/2008

This was what it said about the Ovation:

Quote:

Ovation, the 37-story condo tower by Novare Group and Andrews Urban, the partners behind the recently finished 360 condo project, was expected to break ground this summer; it will now do so in the fall, says Andrews Urban President Taylor Andrews. The project has also been redesigned. The downtown post office that exists on the site was going to move into the ground floor of Ovation; it will now move to 9th and Red River streets. The number of units has shrunk from 433 to 400 units and office and retail space has increased from 35,000 to 40,000 square feet.

Obviously, the project did not break ground in Fall of 2008 as the article back then reported and someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't even think work has begun on the new post office at Ninth and Red River.

The economy is worse now than it was back in August 2008, so it's likely this project is still on hold.

KevinFromTexas · #22 Posted **Feb 16, 2009, 12:05 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by HOUSTONIAN57

Which, most likely means that this is dead lol.

No, it's not dead. It's now listed as planned to start sometime in 2009. This is according to the City of Austin's "Central Emerging Projects" list.

See here on page 7.
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/downtown/..._data_1108.pdf

HOUSTONIAN57 · #23 Posted **Feb 16, 2009, 2:01 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

No, it's not dead. It's now listed as planned to start sometime in 2009. This is according to the City of Austin's "Central Emerging Projects" list.

See here on page 7.
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/downtown/..._data_1108.pdf

Is it this?

Quote:

R63 Novare Mixed-Use, Phase II (Block 52)
Atlanta-based Novare Group Inc. and its local partner, Andrews
Urban LLC, plan to redevelop the block west of Guadalupe Street
between Fifth and Sixth streets. The project is an approximately
40-story tower that will include 550 condos, 150 hotel rooms and
ground-floor retail.

Start Construction: undetermined

It says "undertermined" and nothing in the paragraph stated that construction will begin sometime in 09.

LoneStarMike · #24 Posted **Feb 16, 2009, 4:23 AM**

There's two towers in the project. One is called the Ovation and that's the one that's shown as scheduled to break ground sometime in 2009.

R45 Ovation

Atlanta-based Novare Group Holdings LLC and Austin's Andrews
Urban LLC, developers of the 360 Condominiums, hope to break
ground next year on a 35-story condo tower on a portion of Block 51,
bordered by Sixth, Nueces, Fifth and San Antonio streets. The project
will include 436 condos and approximately 20,000 sq. ft. of
ground-level retail and restaurant space.
Start Construction: 2009

The other tower, which doesn't have a name yet, is the one with the undetermined start date.

Thymant · #25 Posted **Feb 25, 2009, 5:48 AM**

Well it seems as if they would be planning something for this site.

tgbAustinite · #26 Posted **Feb 27, 2009, 9:28 PM**

let's hope this breaks ground soon...

as posted by brandon on the austin update thread (for those who haven't seen it yet):

http://www.globest.com/news/1353_135.../177079-1.html

Jdawgboy · #27 Posted **May 29, 2009, 7:14 PM**

Any updates on when they plan to break ground on Ovation?

AustinSkyscrapers · #28 Posted **May 31, 2009, 9:42 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

Any updates on when they plan to break ground on Ovation?

Unfortunately I do not know when "Ovation" starts to break ground. I was searching the web but cant' find any.

I'm guessing 2Q of 2010 or the last quarter of 09'. These kinds of buildings are what I call Super-Hold Buildings.
They are buildings that stay on hold for more than a year. Another building that is in this category is Hotel Van Zandt.

AustinSkyscrapers · #29 Posted **May 31, 2009, 9:57 PM**

Information on Downtown Austin Emerging Projects on November 30, 2008:

R45: Ovation

Atlanta-based Novare Group Holdings LLC and Austin's Andrews
Urban LLC, developers of the 360 Condominiums, hope to break
ground next year on a 35-story condo tower on a portion of Block 51,
bordered by Sixth, Nueces, Fifth and San Antonio streets. The project
will include 436 condos and approximately 20,000 sq. ft. of
ground-level retail and restaurant space.

Start Construction: 2009

R63: Novare Mixed-Use, Phase II (Block 52)

Atlanta-based Novare Group Inc. and its local partner, Andrews
Urban LLC, plan to redevelop the block west of Guadalupe Street
between Fifth and Sixth streets. The project is an approximately
40-story tower that will include 550 condos, 150 hotel rooms and
ground-floor retail.

Start Construction: undetermined

I think Block 52 will start construction in 2010.

~Thanks for reading

~AustinSkyscrapers

AustinSkyscrapers · #30 Posted **Jun 5, 2009, 11:42 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Does anybody know about this proposed skyscraper in Austin?

This is only the most information I could find.

Name: 401-499 West 6th Street (Name can change soon)
Location: 401-499 West 6th Street
Zone: Warehouse District
Borough: Downtown
Height: 550 feet
Floors: 40 floors
Use: Hotel/Residences
Units: ~600
Cost: ---
Complex: West 6th Street Novare Towers
Breaking Ground: 2009
Completion: 2010
Architect(s): Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates, Inc.
Designer: ---
Companies: Andrews Urban LLC, Novare Group
Status: planned (proposed)
Phone: --- --- ----
Site: -------------------

401-499 West 6th Street

The Location:

Emporis® Facts:

- The tower will contain about 500 condomiums along with 100 hotel rooms and 25,000 square feet of street level retail.
- The tower is planned for the site of the existing downtown post office. The post office is being moved to the other side of downtown.

Hey Kevin! You copied that from one of my threads! I should have known. You don't rip a thread and copy it on yours! Hahahahaha

KevinFromTexas · #31 Posted **Jun 6, 2009, 4:08 AM**

We already had a thread for the building, so I closed the new one. And since you took the time and effort to put that information together, I moved it to this thread so it would still be seen by Austinites and others.

AustinSkyscrapers · #32 Posted **Jun 6, 2009, 5:53 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

We already had a thread for the building, so I closed the new one. And since you took the time and effort to put that information together, I moved it to this thread so it would still be seen by Austinites and others.

Thanks for showing my efforts to the fellow Austinites in Austin. I appreciate it.

AustinSkyscrapers · #33 Posted **Sep 12, 2009, 4:37 PM**

The information below is outdated! The one below this one is the current one.

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Austin
500 to 599 feet
One 500 footer built
One 500 footer under construction
One 500 footer proposed
400 feet to 499 feet
Three 400 footers approved
Two 400 footers proposed
One 400 footer under construction

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Austin
500 to 599 feet
Two 500 footers built
Two 500 footers proposed
400 feet to 499 feet
Two 400 footers built
One 400 footer approved
Two 400 footers proposed
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I'm not sure if this is correct though.

NThomas · #34 Posted **Sep 20, 2009, 5:02 PM**

Not trying to me pessimistic but, with all the groundbreaking dates that have been pushed back over and over, I think this one's dead

JoninATX · #35 Posted **Sep 23, 2009, 11:27 PM**

I hope not, but with the economy the way it is it's underdetermined...

KevinFromTexas · #36 Posted **May 8, 2010, 1:39 AM**

This article states that the one 35-story tower planned for one of the two blocks in this development has been retooled. Now instead of a 35-story condo tower for that block, there will now be a 28-story condo tower and a 16-story office tower. Plans for the 40-story tower on the neighboring block wasn't mentioned as changing. That tower would have condos and maybe a hotel. At one time, the stated height for that building was 550 feet. That would make it the 3rd tallest in Austin.

http://www.statesman.com/business/de...ck-675269.html

Quote:

Developer changes plans for downtown block
2 towers now planned for land west of post office: 1 residential, 1 office

By Shonda Novak
AMERICAN-STATEMAN STAFF

Published: 9:59 p.m. Thursday, May 6, 2010

Developers are laying the groundwork to proceed with a project proposed for the block just west of the downtown post office, with revised plans calling for a 28-story condominium tower and a 16-story office tower, plus a restaurant, shops and a bank.

The 1.2-acre site is bounded by Fifth, Sixth, San Antonio and Nueces streets and is owned by the International Bank of Commerce-Laredo, according to an engineer's letter submitted to the city as part of a request for approval for a site plan.

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KevinFromTexas · #37 Posted **Apr 20, 2011, 1:34 PM**

The elevation plan for the office building.

Uploaded to Twitdoc by Jacob Dirr
http://twitdoc.com/view.asp?id=7582&...&usr=JacobDirr

KevinFromTexas · #38 Posted **Jun 25, 2011, 12:17 AM**

Updated rendering from Gensler of the 15-story Block 51 tower. This building would be office space.

Block 51:

I count 15 floors.

http://www.gensler.com/#aboutus/offices/32

wwmiv · #39 Posted **Jun 25, 2011, 12:21 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Updated rendering from Gensler of the 15-story Block 51 tower. This building would be office space.

Block 51:

I count 15 floors.

http://www.gensler.com/#aboutus/offices/32

The bottom portion of the building is parking according to the elevation plan shown a few posts above, right? The parking section is going to be clad in glass? Very interesting decision.

Complex01 · #40 Posted **Jun 26, 2011, 2:15 PM**

I like it. Looks sleek.