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JoninATX Apr 11, 2014 2:36 AM
The Hotel Granduca Austin starts April 14

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3731/...02448f2e_o.jpg

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By Jan Buchholz
April 10th 2014

A prominent Houston developer will build an Italian-inspired luxury hotel on a high bluff overlooking Austin and the Hill Country, alongside a new office building project.

Giorgio Borlenghi, founder of Interfin Cos. LP and a native of Milan, Italy, will build the Hotel Granduca northwest of the corner of Capital of Texas Highway and Bee Cave Road.

“The Granduca is different from any other hotel in this country with its fine Italian elegance,” Borlenghi said. “We manage it ourselves because the type of service we provide can’t be replicated. Only we can do it.”

Austin-based Riverside Resources owns the land and is building an office building alongside the hotel. Principals for Riverside Resources did not respond to a request for comment about its partnership with Interfin or more information about the office project.

Borlenghi said some site work has been initiated, but the official beginning of construction of the 194-room, nine-story hotel is April 14. Ludlow & Associates Construction LLC of Houston is the general contractor. That company handled construction of the first Granduca.
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/bl...yle-hotel.html

KevinFromTexas Apr 11, 2014 4:14 AM
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Originally Posted by JoninATX (Post 6534572)
Thanks for sharing Kevin. It's funny, I also see the guy on the unicycle from time to time. Btw that 2nd to last shot is incredibe, that you can clearly see IBM and the Arboretum. :cool:
Those are actually those two office midrises at 183 & Mopac, but they're still a good 11 to 12 miles away from where I was atop the South Austin Hospital parking garage. That other midrise in the background is maybe another half mile further north along Mopac north of 183. I have been able to see the Aboretum Buildings from that spot, though just west of there. There's also a huge water tank at Mopac just north of Howard Lane. It's actually just inside of Williamson County. I've been able to see it from that spot as well. It's almost 17 miles away from that spot. And I've always been able to see those huge concrete elevator towers in Buda about 11 to 12 miles to the south down in Hays County. So from atop that parking garage it's possible to see into at least two other counties, and that's without considering some random water tower in Bastrop County. This camera I got is pretty good. It's a Nikon Coolpix l820. It has 30x optical zoom which is almost three times as much as my last camera. I was playing around with it tonight while waiting in line at Dan's Hamburgers, and shot a photo of the moon and easily picked up craters.

JoninATX Apr 11, 2014 4:33 AM
That's impressive. I gotta save up for a camera like that. :cheers:

ChopChop Apr 12, 2014 3:39 PM
21C to Rise on Site of Nuevo Leon on East 6th
 
This site mentions that 21C is back. Now set for East 6th.

http://eastaustinnews.tumblr.com/pos...plode-in-78702

wwmiv Apr 12, 2014 5:53 PM
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Originally Posted by ChopChop (Post 6536544)
This site mentions that 21C is back. Now set for East 6th.

http://eastaustinnews.tumblr.com/pos...plode-in-78702
Well, we know it won't be a skyscraper because of the location. Hopefully it'll still be an awesome design. This version was my favorite design period of anything proposed for or built in Austin:

http://www.austintowers.net/Austin_D...entry105_1.jpg

I'm still crying at night that it wasn't built. ;)

corvairkeith Apr 12, 2014 6:15 PM
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Originally Posted by wwmiv (Post 6536706)
Well, we know it won't be a skyscraper because of the location. Hopefully it'll still be an awesome design.

I'm just happy there isn't going to be a Walmart built on that site.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/daily...-tex-mex-site/

wwmiv Apr 12, 2014 6:24 PM
Agreed.

JoninATX Apr 13, 2014 4:12 AM
Tower crane is up at the Forest Park Medical Center.

https://m.oxblue.com/open/a-p/forestparkmc

JoninATX Apr 13, 2014 5:13 AM
Check out this amazing image that I found on Lamar Union facebook page. :)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7234/...dd3ae6b1_c.jpg

https://m.facebook.com/pages/Lamar-U...169831969&_rdr

KevinFromTexas Apr 13, 2014 6:06 AM
Sweet. Here's the larger version.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.n...99619523_o.jpg
Lamar Union Apartments - Via Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=3&theater

hookem Apr 13, 2014 8:32 AM
^^^ Amazing. Hard not to look at that photo and think a little about London, or Paris... I know we are a long way off. But still, imagining Seaholm and Green Water in there, along with the density occurring "organically" all around... wow, just wow.

ahealy Apr 13, 2014 5:44 PM
SOOOO happy for 21C!!!! Lord knows we need a push for more museums in this great city :cool:

JoninATX Apr 13, 2014 6:51 PM
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Originally Posted by hookem (Post 6537342)
^^^ Amazing. Hard not to look at that photo and think a little about London, or Paris... I know we are a long way off. But still, imagining Seaholm and Green Water in there, along with the density occurring "organically" all around... wow, just wow.
Just thinking about how nicely The Fairmont, and 99 Trinity will fill in on the eastern part of the skyline. :cool:

MichaelB Apr 13, 2014 8:03 PM
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Originally Posted by ahealy (Post 6537650)
SOOOO happy for 21C!!!! Lord knows we need a push for more museums in this great city :cool:
Agreed. THis re-think fits so much more with where there heart is as a brand.
I've played at and stayed at the original in Louisville many times.
Glad to see it.

KevinFromTexas Apr 17, 2014 10:14 PM
One of the cranes is up for GreenWater Block 1 Residential.

It's the blue one on the left here.

http://i.imgur.com/hDeyuv4.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/dmh2wub.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/d3WVl9H.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Nl697Qr.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/4kF3cm6.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Ef5VBc0.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ifDzL49.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/6mqmsub.jpg

The ATX Apr 17, 2014 10:33 PM
That's only the SW corner of Downtown. In the near future the cranes in the SE corner may top the number in the SW corner.

KevinFromTexas Apr 17, 2014 10:57 PM
Yep. Fairmont will have 3, 99 Trinity Tower should have at least one, and each of the three towers in Waller Park Place should have one each. There's also 70 Rainey Street which will probably need one.

The ATX Apr 18, 2014 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas (Post 6544420)
Yep. Fairmont will have 3, 99 Trinity Tower should have at least one, and each of the three towers in Waller Park Place should have one each. There's also 70 Rainey Street which will probably need one.
...and the Millennium will have 2, the Hilton on East Ave. will have 1, Hotel Van Zandt has 1...

KevinFromTexas Apr 19, 2014 11:13 AM
4/3
 
http://i.imgur.com/OukEoud.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/RLlufGA.jpg

7th & Rio Grande

http://i.imgur.com/ptUUAQq.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/sdQOfGo.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Pkg3O9Y.jpg

Gables Park Tower

http://i.imgur.com/NM8oXfG.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Bdj8paq.jpg

Colorado Tower

http://i.imgur.com/NCPshxe.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/eiopR3e.jpg

The Catherine

http://i.imgur.com/AxvFW7l.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/raLfr9x.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/F6PsKoX.jpg

shakman Apr 20, 2014 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas (Post 6545948)
This pic will be amazing when the exterior of the Colorado Tower and the Marriott are complete.


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