Austin | Indeed Tower (Block 71) | 542 Feet | 36 Floors | COMPLETE - Page 8

brando · #**141** Posted **Nov 8, 2017, 11:58 PM**

So everything in that square block is being demoed except for Johnson Hall? Are we going to see some implosions or are the structures too close to Johnson Hall and the street?

JACKinBeantown · #**142** Posted **Nov 9, 2017, 4:22 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by NYC2ATX

I wonder if it's just me, but I'm having trouble visualizing how this building, given its rather stout and broad proportions on the west and east faces, can actually be 513 feet tall. In the renderings provided so far, it doesn't look any taller than, say, the Colorado Tower.

Of course I'll wait to see more renderings, and I'm glad it actually is considerably taller for a new office construction in Austin, but I wonder if anyone on here is a photoshop talent enough to place it in comparison to One American Center, which is literally on the next block and will be over 100 feet shorter than this after it's built.

Anyone else seeing what I'm seeing?

I think it's because it's designed to look like it has half as many floors as it will actually have. The accents between every two floors make it appear that way. It's a design element some architects include that I have never liked because of that very reason... if you're going to design a tall building make it look like a tall building, not a shorter one. An example of it in an existing building is Wedbush Center in downtown Los Angeles. It has 23 floors but it looks like it has 7 or 8. The proportional Buddha next to it adds to the illusion.

https://cloudflarecdn.commercialcafe...jpg?height=542

resansom · #**143** Posted **Nov 9, 2017, 3:05 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by JACKinBeantown

I think it's because it's designed to look like it has half as many floors as it will actually have. The accents between every two floors make it appear that way. It's a design element some architects include that I have never liked because of that very reason... if you're going to design a tall building make it look like a tall building, not a shorter one. An example of it in an existing building is Wedbush Center in downtown Los Angeles. It has 23 floors but it looks like it has 7 or 8. The proportional Buddha next to it adds to the illusion.

https://cloudflarecdn.commercialcafe...jpg?height=542

It always bothered me that you get a similar effect on the Colorado Tower building:

No, it's not exactly the same, as it isn't on every floor. Still, I never understood why they wanted the effect at all. Of course, at night you don't see the "double" floors:

We vs us · #**144** Posted **Nov 9, 2017, 3:58 PM**

http://austin.towers.net/requiem-for...l-at-block-71/

Chucklesome Towers post about the pending destruction (and undistinguished history of ) the Ashbel Smith Building.

KevinFromTexas · #**145** Posted **Nov 9, 2017, 7:46 PM**

It also makes counting floors difficult unless you go for an elevator ride.

Soil retention plans posted today.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...stem_PLANS.pdf

So I guess it's a safe bet to say this will be our next major tower to break ground.

Geckos_Rule · #**146** Posted **Nov 16, 2017, 3:25 PM**

It makes sense why this building is moving quickly. I've heard from a source that the majority of the space in this building is already spoken for.

I bet the 600 Guadalupe building is the same....

Jdawgboy · #**147** Posted **Nov 16, 2017, 5:43 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geckos_Rule

It makes sense why this building is moving quickly. I've heard from a source that the majority of the space in this building is already spoken for.

I bet the 600 Guadalupe building is the same....

I really hope it's the same for 600 Guad, that's the one building that I'm super stoked about. I have a pretty good feeling that it will given the builder's history in Austin.

This is the second building I'm excited about. I'm curious to see if they move right into construction once demolition is complete or will it sit for awhile. If the space has been commited then we should expect to see demolition at the start of next year if not sooner.

We vs us · #**148** Posted **Nov 16, 2017, 6:11 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geckos_Rule

It makes sense why this building is moving quickly. I've heard from a source that the majority of the space in this building is already spoken for.

Is Block 71 open for any tenants, or is it reserved for more UT?

We vs us · #**149** Posted **Nov 16, 2017, 6:47 PM**

Wow, just realized exactly how much of that part of town is actively open for redevelopment. Block 71, 600 Guad, but also now supposedly the Austin Ale House/Maiko parcel. Walk a block or two and you have the Post Office block and the Courthouse block.

Not to mention some of the other blocks that might be second-order targets for redevelopment (I'm thinking parking garages on 4th and San Antonio, or 8th and Lavaca, or SW corner of 6th and Neuces).

It's true -- I just spent far too much of my lunch break mentally putting together the Amazon campus around 600 Guad.

chundercracker · #**150** Posted **Nov 16, 2017, 7:04 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by We vs us

Wow, just realized exactly how much of that part of town is actively open for redevelopment. Block 71, 600 Guad, but also now supposedly the Austin Ale House/Maiko parcel. Walk a block or two and you have the Post Office block and the Courthouse block.

Not to mention some of the other blocks that might be second-order targets for redevelopment (I'm thinking parking garages on 4th and San Antonio, or 8th and Lavaca, or SW corner of 6th and Neuces).

It's true -- I just spent far too much of my lunch break mentally putting together the Amazon campus around 600 Guad.

Facebook recently announced that they're hiring 10,000 more people to curtail fake news. This came after news that they're taking all of third + shoal... so it's possible they could occupy more buildings downtown going forward.

Geckos_Rule · #**151** Posted **Nov 16, 2017, 8:53 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by We vs us

Is Block 71 open for any tenants, or is it reserved for more UT?

Open for tenants. My source is telling me that Indeed is the large tenant in this building.

AusTxDevelopment · #**152** Posted **Nov 16, 2017, 8:57 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geckos_Rule

Open for tenants. My source is telling me that Indeed is the large tenant in this building.

That is interesting. Indeed.com was looking at the Austin Oaks redevelopment for their main Austin campus of about 500,000 square feet. They could fit that into Block 71 with room to spare and be all in one building instead of spread out on a campus with multiple buildings.

Geckos_Rule · #**153** Posted **Nov 17, 2017, 2:44 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by AusTxDevelopment

That is interesting. Indeed.com was looking at the Austin Oaks redevelopment for their main Austin campus of about 500,000 square feet. They could fit that into Block 71 with room to spare and be all in one building instead of spread out on a campus with multiple buildings.

Well from what I've been hearing, they have insane office requirements and are wanting more and more. So they couldn't even fit everyone they want inside of Block 71 even if they had the entire building.

ahealy · #**154** Posted **Nov 18, 2017, 8:34 PM**

Random, but is anyone else really bothered by the "balconies" on the side?? Like, I fkin hate the way they look. It makes this look like a 12 story mid-rise.

The ATX · #**155** Posted **Nov 18, 2017, 10:49 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by ahealy

Random, but is anyone else really bothered by the "balconies" on the side?? Like, I fkin hate the way they look. It makes this look like a 12 story mid-rise.

I only hate them as far as how they make the rendering look like a mid-rise. Once the building hits 500'+ it won't matter.

The ATX · #**156** Posted **Nov 20, 2017, 1:01 AM**

Speaking of Indeed pre-leasing Block 71...

The tweet has since been deleted.

paul78701 · #**157** Posted **Nov 20, 2017, 1:30 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by The ATX

Speaking of Indeed pre-leasing Block 71...

The tweet has since been deleted.

Q3 2019? That's less than two years. That doesn't seem like enough time to for a rather large demolition and build.

The ATX · #**158** Posted **Nov 20, 2017, 1:41 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by paul78701

Q3 2019? That's less than two years. That doesn't seem like enough time to for a rather large demolition and build.

Yeah, I don't know where that date came from. All I've seen from city filings is a Summer 2018 start of construction with no targeted end date. So that's obviously not enough time for a Q3 2019 delivery.