Can anyone tell me a good site where I can find all Austin construction activity? There's a lot going on along Burnet Rd south of Anderson, and I'm particularly interested in what is being built on the site where Wells Fargo Bank was located just south of the intersection of Braker and Research. I'm betting it's going to be a multilevel apartment or condo building. The construction site is huge. Also interested in knowing some details on what is being built near Anderson and Rockwood (another huge site).

The Austin section of this forum is the best place by far. And how do you not know that? :)

Cool!

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This section almost never discusses anything other than talls, and mostly downtown. I'm not asking about talls.

Edit: Syndic provided a link to a part of the forum I have not seen before.

Thank you. I've never come across that part of the forum. Thanks for being helpful.

There is no HAIF or Dallasmetropolis equivalent that I am aware of but the Austin subsection does a pretty good.

I was referring to the Austin subforum that Syndic linked to. Threads like Domain/North Austin, East Austin and Austin Update are frequently updated with smaller projects. But there is so much going on that a lot of stuff doesn't receive much attention.

Yeah I wish I could go out and take more pics of projects like I used to. But I do what I can. If we all do the same, we can stay somewhat on top of things.

https://www.austinmonitor.com/storie...c-designation/

There's too much equating of the actual physical space to the business and its clientele. Iron Bear is great but has only been in that location 3 years. The building doesn't seem historic. I remember when it was District Bar and Grill and Oslo of all things.

"monolithic towers that are as culturally antithetical to the spirit of Austin as they are tall"

“To eventually destroy all of (the warehouses) for giant high-rises, full of people living like the Borg, with no place to go that is human-scale and human-interest is not where we want to take downtown.”

but there was counterbalance in the article

Fifth and Lavaca Hotel Tower Plan Heads for Historic Review

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I like this one. Looks pretty good!

I agree!

https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n...ies-tower.html

Judge approves $95M sale of prime downtown development site once controlled by Nate Paul

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Does the property sale include both the surface lot and the two story building? Based on the article it appears that way.

Another new tallest? Holy sh*t.

Texas is on fire. It could be the tallest in the US outside NY or Chicago.

"90 stories - making it the tallest tower in Texas". Since when does number of floors make a building the tallest?

For some reason, that is the only metric by which "journalists" judge height.

Crazy to think...Austin could have the two tallest towers in Texas: "98 Red River" at 1,022' (site prep underway) and potentially this one at maybe 1,250'.

"Suspect in today's shooting is described as 2 billion cells tall."

The 1250' number that I've seen people quoting would make this tied with the Empire State for 9th in the USA. Personally I doubt this'll end up anywhere near that tall but man, wouldn't that be amazing to see in a city that didn't have a building over 500 feet less that twenty years ago?

The media loves the word "stories" I wonder why. :haha:

Seriously, though, it could end up being 900 feet and still technically be "90 stories" as that is the generic term for a 900 foot building. Even on the forum people still suggest a 10 story building is 100 feet tall, which if you know anything about building heights and building types then it's unlikely 10 stories would be 100 feet, and would likely be taller. So me reading 90 stories makes me think of the 900 foot number. Of course, it really could have 90 floors and indeed be a new tallest for Texas. The terms stories and floors aren't always talking about the same thing. One is literally referring to how many floors a building has, and stories can be a rounded up generic number for a building. For example, if you go to the Tower of the Americas, they'll tell you the tower is 75 stories. It's a bit odd considering it only has 3 floors. The 75 story term is referring to the overall height of the tower, including the antenna - 750 feet. Which itself isn't correct either since officially antennas aren't counted in official building heights. The Empire State Building, for example, is 1,250 feet to the top of the dirigible mast, but the top of the antenna tops out at 1,454 feet.

The TOA in San Antonio is 735' to the tip of the current antenna.

Yeah, I remember something about a FAA permit showing that. That would be a reduction from the historical 750 foot number I've always read.

True but floor count does give you an idea of height, and today even residential ceilings tend to be higher, especially if luxury rentals (or condos).

Not sure if this would be a mixed use tower but 90 floors could easily put it in the 11-1150 range, maybe higher.

Even worst case scenario it's still a 900+ footer.

Dooon't get me wrong, I'm over-the-moon about 1) Nate Paul losing properties and 2) the news of a new tallest in Texas but for some reason I always pictured this space getting filled by a new downtown public market. Remember when there was talk about that? I always thought this was a prime spot due to being loooong and very central.

Maybe they'll have a ground floor market with residences and offices above. Don't know if they could put that there like that but just a thought.

The 3rd & Congress 90-story mixed use tower is envisioned as office, residential & hotel. That is the same mix as the 1,022' 98 Red River supertall. Assuming the same floor to ceiling ratios as 98RR, 3rd & Congress would be 1,243'.

That’s exciting! Let’s keep going taller!

I know right! Just keeps getting better and better!

Just to keep this thread from falling to page 2, in the last two days we got proposals for two 410' office towers on the south side of the river to continue the southerly downtown expansion and a 529' condo tower in the Rainey District.

The list of the tallest Austin projects has been updated:

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...05&postcount=6

There are at least 56 projects over 300'. Of those, 32 are at least 400', 21 are at least 500', 11 are over 600' and 5 are over 700'.

There are also 10-12 other projects that are not listed because the height or floor count is not yet showing up on city documents. Several of those are likely to be in the 500'-700' range.

Here's a list of the 20 tallest projects underway - 12 are at least 500'

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Bonkers to think Austin will likely have a 1200 ft building in the next several years

Yes, I'm looking forward to the site plan filing for 3rd & Congress to see what we are going to get as the next, next, next new tallest. :D There is already some money behind that project.

If Austin keeps it up with these projects getting taller and taller it'll end up having the south/southwest's tallest buildings.

I'm surprised 98 Red River didn't try to beat the BofA in Atlanta in height given it's just a foot shorter.

Oh wow! I had no idea they were that close in height.

BofA in Atlanta is 1,023 feet to the top of the spire. If 98 Red River is 1,021 or 1,022 feet, it will be very close.

Didn't a FAA filing have 98 RR pegged at up to 1,034'?

I think that was to allow for the crane height.

Nice list, Austin is getting tall!

FAA permits are better than nothing, but I don't put too much confidence in them. They tend to over estimate/exaggurate the true height to add a buffer of comfort incase the project does gain a bit more height. I would always refer to the building permits/site plans/elevations for the true number. In this case, the height we've seen is 1,022 feet with 73 floors.

The crane height will be over 1,200 feet. These are luffing cranes which explains why they're so high over the roof of the building.

Are there any renderings or anything that will show what the Austin skyline will look like in a few years with all of these new towers going up? Would love to see a rendering.

Not that I know of. But forum member Studioinnovatus did this one showing the four tallest projects in the northern half of the Rainey District. Three of the four have started. There are several more in the southern half as well but not shown.

https://i.imgur.com/H0GX4Ko.jpg

It’s going to look like a completely different city and definitely on its way to best skyline in Texas title.

Most definitely! Exciting times my friend!!

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Cool development. It seems like Austin has a lot more dense development proposals compared to other Texas cities. I'm wondering will that eventually spread to other areas outside of downtown?

This development is outside of downtown and there are many other dense projects outside of downtown too.

But this is not particular to just Austin, Dallas and Houston have been doing dense developments all throughout their cores for decades now.