I count 10 150+ m towers U/C which means Austin is number 3 for skyscrapers under construction in the U.S.

1. NYC
2. MIA
3. ATX

That's incredible!!! Way to go austin :cheers:

That's quite remarkable indeed!

How come CTBUH shows only 9 "UC" or "ST":

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/exp...y=&output=list

It takes people or the actual CTBUH staff to submit data for buildings whether they become U/C, proposed, etc... In the case of submittals they either take days to months. Recently I've noticed that the U/C count for the USA is still stuck at 69. Maybe they're not accepting any submits right now? It used to be only 4 U/C for austin before I submitted a few towers as U/C, it's really a community and staff effort.

CTBUH is good for a general overview, but specifics get muddy especially for people like us who know all the big developments going on. I noticed this when looking at NYC in general a while back.

Yup, their U/C counts are a bit wrong for some cities. The completed section of towers is always right though.

West Campus

Union on 24th | 310 feet | 29 floors

https://www.powerdesigninc.us/app/up...il_560x748.png

https://i.imgur.com/E1RyKnuh.jpg

Rise | 294 feet | 26 floors

https://www.riseatwestcampus.com/ima..._Exterior.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/TPGO0EHh.jpg

Rambler

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/c...g?format=1000w

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

https://i.imgur.com/8bNHHmGh.jpg

X-posting from the Austin forum. We got another 700 footer today -707'. This is a twin tower project with the other tower being 540'

We also got an 858' tower today.

Elevations also added to this site plan. Seems to be 858'.

https://i.imgur.com/Yvr8I7u.jpg

https://abc.austintexas.gov/public-s...ertyrsn=549074

Well...the rumors of a supertall there are incorrect. In any case - 858'6" is nothing to sneeze at.

Block 41 North (Perennial Phase II) - 766’ & 65 Floors

Sabine Tower - 439’ & 38 Floors

Just today, we got elevations for towers that are:

858'
766'
707'
540'
439'

Holt shit! Austin is not playing around!! Love to see it!

^ Wow, to say Austin is on a roll is an understatement.

Wow - I was traveling for work for a couple days and you guys put all this up! I need to step away more often!

Wasn't the rumored supertall supposed to be at the lot near the Austonian that was recently purchased by a developer? If so, then there's still hope.

Both sites were rumored to be a supertall. 3rd & Congress next to the Austonian is the 90-story rumor. This project (410 E. 5th) came up 125 feet short of supertall status.

https://www.related.com/press-releas...fice-buildings

https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2...pjpg&auto=webp

https://m.box.com/file/1003169253167...ew/preview.png

https://m.box.com/file/1003169758828...ew/preview.png

https://m.box.com/file/1003169965340...ew/preview.png

Amazing!

The Waller @ Symphony Square

https://i.imgur.com/wDXnxfEh.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/xAXTgVFh.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/M09GlTwh.jpeg

https://austin.towers.net/wp-content...5-1536x864.jpg

Oh wow, so One Lady Bird Lake would essentially take that big surface lot next to the Hyatt Hotel along the trail?

Austin is off the chain. I’ve been to Austin about every year or so since the mid 90s and it’s been incredible to see it’s transformation. I was just there a few months ago again and it’ll be nuts to see it again in December when I go back to Texas and then it’ll be super nuts to see to see the skyline and the city in a couple of years.

I remember in the 90s when it was still weird and there was only a couple of “skyscrapers”. Now it’s going to have a skyscraper taller than even JP Morgan Chase in Houston. Never thought that would happen, even with the current skyscraper boom that’s been happening since around 2006 in Austin. I remember thinking that Austin would never get anything taller in the foreseeable future other than the Austonian back when it U/C.

I agree. I can't think of another city that has transformed as much as Austin except maybe Nashville. It'll be interesting to see the skyline in a few years. By 2030 it could rival Seattle/Bellevue.

Same, it seemed like a sleepy large college town for many decades. Excited to see what other cities emerge in a similar fashion in the next couple decades.

It’s a crazy development time, with pandemic and economic issues Austin keeps pacing on! Love it.

Waterloo Park Central

https://texasglobalequity.com/wp-con...00-298x450.jpg

https://texasglobalequity.com/wp-con...40-900x666.jpg

https://texasglobalequity.com/wp-con...g2-900x504.jpg

Gotta love those gigantic, impossible to miss parking podiums.

Rather unfortunate as it could be better integrated with the high-rise itself to make it less offensive but it’s pretty average for a sunbelt city. It does include parking for the retail component and outdoor plaza.

Austin keeps growing tall and looking beautiful!

I like the facade designs. Anything to distract from how ugly I-35 is.

Incredible times for Austin. And the towers keep rolling on.

Ah, this answers my query. Was getting ready to ask about this but looks like I got my answer.

Its good to see high unit count developments. When developers start pitching developments 700...800...900+ units at a clip, that's a good sign. I'd especially look at the rate that they are selling units once they go to market. Your rapid sales or occupancy percentage in a short period is always good sign that more is to come. Unsatisfiable demand! :cheers:

I can say the super-tall rumor is real. It has been upped from 859’ and from what I know it’ll be the tallest proposal outside of NYC.

^^^^

Thanks.

Yeah I'm almost in disbelieve of what's happening with Austin. Knock on wood but may the good luck continue! :D

True... but DT Austin is getting so dense ( resulting in sky high land prices ) it may be cost effective soon to go underground with parking. Dallas and Houston are also filled with enormous parking podiums but both also have much larger CBD's so more land to work with.

As a Dallas native I hate to say it but the Austin skyline will eclipse both Dallas and Houston in terms of height by 2025 or so when all these towers are completed.

Don't "hate to say it"... Dallas and Houston both have FAA regulated heights in their downtowns that Austin does not appear to have to deal with.

I don't believe that is 100% correct. In fact, if I remember correctly, it wasn't too long ago a Turkish developer filed a proposal with the FAA for a tower of 1,080'. However, I believe that proposal has died - but, not due to any FAA regulation. And, Houston already has 2 supertalls.

The FAA doesn't directly restrict the height of buildings, but issues a "determination of hazard" when buildings are too tall near airports. At that point, local zoning boards are reluctant to approve construction and buildings can become unaffordable because of higher insurance costs and smaller size.



If I'm not mistaken - as-the-crow-flies distances from a downtown to nearest edge of a runway (using Google Earth):

Dallas - DAL = 4.4 miles
Austin - AUS = 5.4 miles
Houston - HOU = 8.6 miles
Dallas - DFW = 13.8 miles
Houston - IAH = 14.1 miles

Chase Tower in Houston is the only supertall they have and has been deemed as the highest a tower can go in that area. It's original design was to be taller than it currently is, but was cut short due to Hobby flight paths around downtown. The 2nd tallest tower is under 1,000 feet.

A supertall is at least 984’ or 300 meters so Houston has 2.

The Chase tower in Houston was originally planned to be over 1,100', but the FAA wouldn't allow it. I don't know what the exact FAA height limit is for downtown Houston, but I suspect it's not much more than the building's 1,002' height.

A supertall is not 1,000 ft. And Houston has 2.

Unfortunate. 1,100 ft would have been nice. But at least they got it as tall as they did.

Houston has 2 actual supertalls with JP Morgan Chase Tower (1,002 feet) and Wells Fargo Plaza (992 feet).

Antennas don’t count, if antennas counted the way spires do then One Shell Plaza is exactly 1,000 feet and is the 3rd supertall in Downtown Houston. IOW Houston isn’t hurting for supertalls, it has plenty of its own. NYC, Chicago, and LA are the only other cities besides Houston that have multiple supertalls.

I’m hoping Austin joins that small exclusive list of US cities with multiple supertalls someday in the future.

It looks like we'll have three if the the economy doesn't tank.

Yeah, and aren't they supposed to be even taller than Waterline?

Yes.

Wait. Three? Waterline, 410 E. 5th, and which other tower?

3rd & Congress (said to be 90 floors).

And that doesn’t even include the Railyard condos site, which has the potential to also be a supertall.

Looking at a possibility of 4 supertalls in Austin.

Then I would argue that we are inevitably looking at more, because we all know whatever ends up at the old post office block whenever it is developed is a supertall.

It's not distances to the airport that are so important as it is which way the runways go. In Austin's case, our runways (for now at least) run parallel to downtown. Meaning that inbound and outbound flights never fly directly over downtown on approach, at least, not at altitudes low enough to cause problems.

I agree that 984 feet is a lame threshold for what is considered to be a supertall, but officially, it is.

It's not just a Wikipedia link saying it, but rather what the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat came up with years ago. Personally, I think 1,000 feet should be the cutoff point. One Shell Plaza is 714 feet to the roof, but the huge mast on the tower actually stands on the mainroof - below 714 feet. I think I measured it at 688 feet once. Anyway, the mast goes up to 999 feet, just shy of 1,000.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertall_building

It’s because the US is the only country in the world that measures buildings by feet and not meters.

Supertalls are 300+ meters, that’s 984 feet, that’s the universally accepted threshold by almost every source and planning department.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertall_building

Houston has 2 supertalls, if counting antannas too then 3 supertalls. Which puts it just behind NYC and Chicago.

It doesn’t apply to us here in the US since we don’t have any but 600+ meters, or 1,969 feet, are considered megatalls.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List...ll_skyscrapers