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Old Posted Feb 21, 2019, 7:34 PM
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This is still a thing. Velocity is moving their HQ from 610 E. 11th to North Austin.

https://communityimpact.com/local-ne...thwest-austin/
The site plan was posted today for the new Velocity HQ across the street.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...pe_PLAN_01.pdf
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Old Posted Feb 21, 2019, 7:50 PM
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The only good thing about a new one story drive inn bank downtown is that it clears the way for the 610 East site to be developed.

Here's an elevation of the new bank at the 705 East site from AULCC. The drive inn bank site is blasted by a CVC, so at best it could have been a ~4-story apartment building.

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Old Posted Mar 7, 2019, 10:13 PM
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Something is in the works. The Austin Symphony's rezoning request (to CBD) for their building next to the Velocity site will be heard at next week's Planning Commission meeting, and their site will be part of the Velocity site development. From the back up file:

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The large tract to the east is the Velocity Credit Union property at 610 E. 11th Street, which
was rezoned to CBD in 2017. The applicant has requested a rezoning to CBD so that they
may redevelop their property and seamlessly combine with the development planned for
Velocity – a mixed use project to include office, multifamily, and hotel uses.

Under the current proposal, the existing office building would be demolished, and one or
more buildings would be built on both tracts. The symphony would then be able to move into
a new building, and have a larger, updated office space.
http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=315917


The Symphony site has two CVCs on it, so not much can be built. But here are the plans for their site. The office space would be the new home of the Symphony. So that's a win for them. There are no specifics about the Velocity site project.

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Old Posted Mar 8, 2019, 12:22 AM
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Nice find. Really curious about this one.
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Old Posted Mar 8, 2019, 12:33 AM
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So, according to the map, it's only the NW corner of the block they're looking at. Not the SW corner where the outdoor symphony stage is, correct? So the future tower would take up about 3/4 of the block (not accounting for CVC and whatnot).
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I hope they leave the Velocity drive through at least during construction. That's my credit union and the location I go to each week.
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I hope they leave the Velocity drive through at least during construction. That's my credit union and the location I go to each week.
They are building a new location with four drive throughs across the street from 610 East. I would expect them to occupy the new building before demo'ing the current one.
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They are building a new location with four drive throughs across the street from 610 East. I would expect them to occupy the new building before demo'ing the current one.

Awesome, I also just noticed it posted above as well. I missed seeing that.
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A site plan was filed today for a mixed use residential building called Symphony Square at 615 E. 12th. Google maps it to the Austin Symphony building that uses a Red River address at the corner of E. 12th and Red River. We know that the Austin Symphony building is part of the Velocity tower project on that block. The site plan doesn't have enough info yet to clear up how this all connects together. Greystar is the billed to party on the site plan.

https://abc.austintexas.gov/web/perm...ertyrsn=107338
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I shouldn't have to ask this but I'm assuming that the building will be preserved along with the open area?
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I shouldn't have to ask this but I'm assuming that the building will be preserved along with the open area?
You are probably referring to the building on the the SW corner of the block on Red River and E. 11th. There has been nothing to indicate that that building is part of any Velocity/Symphony Square project.
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Community Impact has an article about a "mysterious Red River" project at the Austin Symphony and Velocity sites. I think reading this thread would have helped them a little. They did contact Velocity Credit Union, but Velocity Reps declined to comment on the project.

https://communityimpact.com/austin/c...d-use-project/
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I shouldn't have to ask this but I'm assuming that the building will be preserved along with the open area?
This map from last week's Planning Commission meeting shows the location of the Symphony Square/Velocity project. (I think it's just called "Symphony Square" now.) The part of the block labeled CBD and the yellow square is the site.
Based on what little we know now the yellow square will have a limited amount (due to CVC) of hotel/office/retail and the CBD portion (Velocity) will have residential and possibly more office and hotel uses.


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We have some info now. It's 34 floors and 379' tall. It's - mostly residential with some office and hotel floors on lower level. Here's the floor usage:


ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...9/190411/PLAN/
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Here's the site plan. There are no elevations yet.


ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...9/190411/PLAN/
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This looks like 33 occupied floors on the Sabine side, and that appears to be where the 379' height was measured. But since the site is sloped it looks like it might be 35 occupied above ground floors on the Red River side because B2 and B3 have office or retail. That would also put it over 400' when measured from Red River.
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R2L based in D.C. (with an Austin office) is the architect. I'm interested in seeing how they tie the lower CVC contaminated part of the project on Red River with office and hotel levels to the residential tower at the higher end of the block. This could be one of my favorite projects.

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Towers' latest article sums up this thread/project rather nicely:

https://austin.towers.net/east-of-th...ery-carefully/


The site plan application was allowed to expire which is unusual. But a new site plan was filed Wednesday this week.

https://abc.austintexas.gov/web/perm...rtyrsn=5703919
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Towers' latest article sums up this thread/project rather nicely:

https://austin.towers.net/east-of-th...ery-carefully/


The site plan application was allowed to expire which is unusual. But a new site plan was filed Wednesday this week.

https://abc.austintexas.gov/web/perm...rtyrsn=5703919
The article has some good massings + CVC interactions. Among other things it points up just how arbitrary and ridiculous some of the corridors really are. To whit:





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This project is having trouble with the permitting process. A site plan application was filed, but it expired because the formal site plan wasn't filed before the deadline. Now the same thing has happened to the second site plan application. They will now have to file a third site plan application.
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