AUSTIN | W Hotel Austin & Residences | 472 FT | 37 FLOORS | T/O

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I was at the W site taking photos this morning when the people in the sales office asked if I wanted to take photos from their "observation deck". Okay, it's really just the outside stairs to the 2nd floor, but it worked well enough. I'll post some photos later.

I talked to one of the sales people there, one who seemed to be fairly interested in the construction process. She said they still have months of foundation work to do, that they will dig down to 50ft in some places. Also, they've just now hit bedrock in one corner of the lot, so they'll finally have to bring in some rock crunching machinery.

After that they'll do the usual drilling for piers and caissons. She they won't actually start pouring concrete for a level until November.