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Old Posted Nov 23, 2019, 6:56 AM
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They might be redesigning the whole thing since they can put a 300 foot building in that location now and with no parking requirements.
I hope so. Even though City Council approved the 300' height, they didn't expand the area where 300' buildings can be built. Much/most of the area has already been built out with 175' buildings.
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Old Posted Dec 10, 2019, 8:18 PM
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This right of way closure permit confirms that the implosion will be January 5th.

https://abc.austintexas.gov/web/perm...rtyrsn=2017370
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Old Posted Jan 2, 2020, 9:54 PM
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The implosion is still on for Sunday. Two 11-story buildings will be the biggest implosion in Austin history.
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Old Posted Jan 3, 2020, 4:32 PM
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Do we have an idea of what time it will be?
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Do we have an idea of what time it will be?
And a good spot to go watch?
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The Croix condos across 24th, I imagine would be perfect. I’ll be there for sure. My buddy owns a real estate office on Rio Grande. He will text me the flyer with the deets later today.
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How many beds did towers have?
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Old Posted Jan 3, 2020, 9:21 PM
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Flyer says, “evacuate by 9a, Jan 6th”. No exact time. Errrrr.
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Somewhere along the way I heard/read 10:00AM. But I don't recall the source, and the permits are not explicit about the time. I'm not going, but I'll be checking Youtube around 10:00AM.
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Old Posted Jan 5, 2020, 1:18 AM
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I'm gonna try to go if I can stay motivated.
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I went. I actually just missed it. I was riding up West Avenue, and I could smell the dust before I saw it. They only imploded two of the towers. I asked a fire fighter about the third one, and he said they're planning on using convention demolition for that one.
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I'm surprised at the lack of videos on Youtube, and there are no drone videos yet. Here's one from KXAN.

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Now this is implosion video I was waiting for - many different angles.

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Old Posted Jan 22, 2020, 12:38 PM
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FAA permits:

Building:

NE Corner-Mark at Austin - 192 feet
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external...28048801&row=5

NW Corner-Mark at Austin - 189 feet
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external...28048803&row=6

SW corner-Mark at Austin - 189 feet
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external...28048810&row=7

SE corner-Mark at Austin - 194 feet
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external...28048812&row=8

Cranes:

Crane #1-The Mark Austin - 400 feet
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external...28048816&row=9

Crane #2-The Mark Austin - 400 feet
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external...8048819&row=10
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This project is now on hold, for at least a year.This comes from an anonymous source - can confirm as no work has occurred since the clearing of University Towers.

As most classes at UT are now available online for the foreseeable future I wouldn't be surprised if more projects are placed on hold in West Campus. I know of some students who have all of their classes online so they've decided to sublease/ and or not move to Austin.
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I wonder what the odds of them taking this time to add 100+ feet to the project are.
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This project is now on hold, for at least a year.This comes from an anonymous source - can confirm as no work has occurred since the clearing of University Towers.

As most classes at UT are now available online for the foreseeable future I wouldn't be surprised if more projects are placed on hold in West Campus. I know of some students who have all of their classes online so they've decided to sublease/ and or not move to Austin.
If we knew this would last for at least another year or two, I wonder how quickly West Campus housing would pivot to serving the general public. If I were king I'd just keep throwing up new buildings and just add some condo floors to each project...
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If we knew this would last for at least another year or two, I wonder how quickly West Campus housing would pivot to serving the general public. If I were king I'd just keep throwing up new buildings and just add some condo floors to each project...
It would be fun if we had the ability to build to our hearts content, but I'm not sure how much longer the general public will be willing or able to move. The good news is there is still some demand for people looking for a new apartment, condo or home. I'm seeing houses in my hood put on the market, then sold within a couple of weeks at most, but I wonder how much longer that will be the case..? Also I know some of these sales are actually by developers rather than homebuyers. Eventually there will come a point that we will see a slowdown of the housing market as people will start to hold off on big investments and expenditures. I think we are coming to the end of new construction starts (aside from a couple of the bigger well financed projects). Also the times we are in also put into question how much office space will ultimately be needed as more and more companies are adapting their employees to work from home. Some companies may not feel it necessary to return to traditional offices after the pandemic. I'm sure there will be a need for office space, but how much is very much up in the air.
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This one is back on with a 03/01 start date according to a right-of-way closure permit filed today:

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Landmark construction will be finishing a student housing project at 715 W 23rd St and beginning another at 823 W 23rd St from 3/1/2021 on. The approved Traffic Control Plan (COA Case Number SP-2018-0618C) involves sidewalk and lane closures on W 23rd St, sidewalk and partial lane closure on Pearl St, and a pedestrian canopy at W 24th St (with options for single and double lane closures on W 24th).
https://abc.austintexas.gov/public-s...rtyrsn=2017427
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