My guess on info would be in the next 6 months or so but :shrug: Lots of moving parts on this one.

If ET does phone home though we'll know. He'll be using a more modern looking device.

Crazy to think that the ATX would join such an exclusive club with 2 towers over 1000'! I can think of only 4 cities in N. America that fit that bill. MIA probably will enter that club as well.

AT&T moving here or the tower designs you've seen look like a phone? ;)

When I think cell phones I think Apple and Samsung.....or maybe the new Starlink/Tesla cell phone coming out soon. All companies with a presence in Austin....

Hearing construction start in 2Q23 with 4 year construction timeline. That length of time indicates a very tall building. Look for 9/26 design commission meeting.

Strong entrance!

Good info. There are also several other major towers yet to make their DC appearance:

701 W. 6th
3rd & San Jacinto towers 1 & 2
Block 41 North
62 East Ave
Hanover 4th & Colorado
Block 87 Rebirth (But it appears dead again)
506 West
12th & I-35

Overlooked this- if so it’s quite a swift change in plans as the site plan was only submitted in May.

Doesn't this block have a height limit because of Brush Square (not really square) Park across the street?

I hope the city will look the other way if there is.

It would be ridiculous to have any sort of height limit due to Brush Square which isn't even a full on block Square. It wouldn't do anything at all. No point at all.

Yes, the park overlay affects the height just as it did for the 5th & Trinity hotel that was limited to ~13-stories. But this site is big enough where the tower can be set back from the street and go tall. In this case a 360 like rectangle I'm guessing. The Republic Tower was affected by the park overlay as well. But it was able to go tall since the tower was set back by ~1/5th of a block on the side facing the park.

Am I allowed to irrationally hold out hope that this design boost will actually be timeless - unlike most of our recent additions and a supertall that will very quickly become dated - and 1200’+ feet?

Because I am. Or whichever tower this rumor ends up being about.

Yes, yes you are.

With that park setback -- and the fact that Avenue Loft is only on a half block -- we're going to end up with a paper thin super tall.

Well if it means the setback will make it taller then, yay!

I was thinking the same thing.

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

Damn. The City is doing a lot of site plan updates today. The rumor was true.

It doesn't appear to have any balconies? So it must not be residential?

God damn that is skinny for something so tall. Just about 75 feet wide.