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They could still add vines if they wanted to. Maybe if they get enough people asking about that they will.
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I wish they could put trees up there as well.
Here's a picture I took 2 wks. ago from the Whole Foods balcony. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8479/8...8f06f898_z.jpg |
Update on the South Shore District project
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8057/8...b30c0e4a_z.jpg Crane up at the Coldwater apartment complex http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8075/8...159df873_z.jpg A view of the new Gables tower from Whole Foods. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8211/8...abf195b6_z.jpg |
Newer rendering of Domain 7
http://www.endeavor-re.com/images/up...g_02_LG_lg.jpg http://www.endeavor-re.com/property/office/domain-7/ |
I was downtown yesterday for my sister's wedding and as we were driving around everybody was like "God, I've never seen so much construction in a city in my life!" It just feels like it's going on everywhere you look. Really cool stuff.
Things that stood out to me: the Marriott hole is much deeper than it looks in photographs and Hyatt Place actually looks pretty decent from ground level. It's almost done, I would say. |
Someone on the forum recently tallied up the approved multi-family residential building permits for the largest US MSAs, and Austin ranked number 5. New York, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles and Austin were the top 5.
Thread here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=202723 |
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My uncle in Colorado is an engineer. His contract with his current company runs out soon and he's looking at positions in Dallas. They've lived in Colorado for about 40 years, with a year or two stint in Florida. I was trying to nudge him to pick Austin. That way he could be in the middle of three of those cities.
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Yesterday the Energy Control Center at 3rd and West had two trucks there loading up stuff. Does anybody know if the new control center is complete? I was wondering if they've started vacating that building.
3 Eleven Bowie has cleared all structures now and it looks like they're going to move the tree this week. That one is moving pretty quickly now it seems. I saw that there was a crane base at the Marriot site. I believe I read they were going to have three cranes...looks like we'll have at least one up soon! |
That Marriott crane base arrived on site ~9:30 AM Friday morning per the Webcam.
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Speaking of the JW Marriott, the website has some new renderings. Or, at least, some renderings that I hadn't seen before.
http://i.imgur.com/UJrb5.jpg http://i.imgur.com/EheH3.jpg http://i.imgur.com/kNCtv.jpg http://i.imgur.com/8eQV0.jpg http://i.imgur.com/2y1oq.jpg http://i.imgur.com/lYzyW.jpg http://i.imgur.com/1iMh3.jpg http://i.imgur.com/0ovLT.jpg http://www.jwmarriottaustin.com/ |
:previous: One little thing I'm going to miss is the view of this on the side of the buildging just to the north of the hotel:
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f...gressAve14.jpg I know it's not a great work, but I always thought it was cool piece of Austin's past. I guess that's the price of progress, though. |
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Looks like a tight fit to squeeze through, plus there will be no direct sunlight to actually see the mural. Reminds me of all those tight highly dense areas you see in New York.
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Glad to see it has street level retail. Good for the neighborhood.
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Here are some updates. Sorry for the shitty iPhone quality.
311 Bowie http://i.imgur.com/uB6awh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/rMoMKh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/YMOLZh.jpg Calloway House http://i.imgur.com/OCZ32h.jpg http://i.imgur.com/UnACIh.jpg |
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Nice pics. Callaway House is huge.
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Yeah, I was really surprised by Calloway House and really that whole area in general. It' becoming very dense and walkable and urban over there. Austin, as a whole, is seeing a lot of infill and it's really paying off. It's turning into a real gem of a city.
I also went to Mueller (I like to keep an eye on it) and saw that they're starting construction of the Austin Children's Museum and they've added a lot of new streets and houses since I've been there. It's really coming along nicely. That neighborhood is going to be a great place when it's finished. I just think if they want to keep it having a trendy feel they have to add more mixed-use retail. |
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Great photos. I really like that little side street that runs between Gables Park Plaza 1 & 2. I was over there the other night and on the Gables Park Plaza 1 side, it was all retail and looked really nice. If the other side of the street has that much retail, that's going to be really nice little shopping street - especially with the Monarch looming at the north end of it.
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Great update Syndic, I'm kind of skeptical on how The Callaway House will turn out, hoping it will come out better than the rendering. Also 311, Seaholm will change once again the western edge of the skyline... Can't wait!!!
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One thing that I am mostly excited about is bringing more pedestrian traffic on the western part of Downtown. I always thought it was odd how the Pedestrian bridge has a lot of people walking, and jogging through but once you get to W 2nd St its completely dead. I hope the Seaholm development will change that dramatically.
Also, will they ever do something with that patch of grass (park?) that's on the right to the bridge once you exit? It be cool if they converted that into a more welcoming park. Those little benches are cool but I feel a bit more can be done to make it more attractive. And oh yeah, the Riverview Apartments look pretty freaking epic from that angle. |
Whatever happened to the Villa Muse Studio?
Was it canceled or put on hold? I'm having a hard time finding any searches for it's updates. |
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Well, his Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/jay.podolnick) says that he's the founder of Villa Muse Studios, and it also said he stopped working for it on August 22, 2009. I'd say that is a sure sign that it is dead! |
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ACM Mosaic II HEB + Market District Section 6 residential (just East of town center and much denser than previous sections) Slated for next year: AMLI AISD PAC Austin Playhouse Section 7 residential (in between Market District and town center) The updated plans from Catellus look very good with a hotel (boutique or flag) and a movie theater (hopefully) going in as the anchors for the heart of Aldrich St. They have been a bit coy on timing of those projects and actual announced tenant yet, but I'd expect in the next five years the entire area will be transformed at the pace they're on now. |
Ah, so that's what I saw when I visited Mueller recently; the H-E-B. I guess they've already started construction of it. I saw some bare bones of a building in the distance.
Apparently, it will be designed by Lake|Flato and it sounds like it will be one of the nicest and greenest H-E-Bs in existence. So says this article, at least. You can't help but appreciate H-E-B for being such a cooperative, progressively-minded company in all this. Although, I do wish their other stores had a bit more of that flavor. It's nice to hear that all of this is on the horizon for Mueller. Is there an updated map of the plan? Mueller may have numerous flaws (not urban enough, too many parks for my tastes, too separated from the surrounding area), but with all of the things contained within it and being more dense than most Austin neighborhoods, I think will still be a very good addition to our city when it's all said and done. It doesn't get nearly enough love here. |
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That being said it will still be a tremendous amenity not just for Mueller, but also for much of North East Austin. I think Catellus is doing what it can to mitigate the surface parking by offering some other stuctures to front Berkman and create an urban connection. Mueller isn't perfect urbanism and many of the critiques have some truth, but much of what is there is very very good and the potential 5 years out is pretty great. |
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3 eleven Bowie officially broke ground today. So that's two 400 footers under construction in downtown now.
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That is one kick-ass tower. Congrats, Austin.
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Haven't we learned that the tower is actually 468' to the tippy-top ?
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I'm partial to the Bowie. I like the name and street it's on, and it looks awesome. May end up being my favorite.
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Either way, I am super excited they broke ground. It looks like they're replanting the tree. I can see it now from my window :cheers:
Bowie is gonna be one dense ass street....The whole seaholm/market district is going to be super residential in 3 years. |
Some pics of the JW Marriott from 12/17/12 at lunch. Only iPhone pics but you get the point.
I am surprised they drove the big crane machine down a newer ramp to put up the two tower cranes. Why just not place the set up crane at street level? I can only think its an angle thing and the weight of the pieces maybe? http://imageshack.us/a/img441/7048/img3245k.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img528/5379/img3244j.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img15/8098/img3243n.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img37/1494/img3242n.jpg |
More about those gondolas....
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No, that one has been in development for years and has gone through many different iterations.
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That's probably out of the range of that photo, but stinging critique nonetheless.
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