"Commandeered" is a good term. The Hilton which is on city land and will become city property...I think after 30-40 years after completion was supposed to have major underground parking. The developer said they could not do the project with that requirement. Hence the city "took" the land for the purpose of a convention center garage.

And don't forget the Convention Center owns and operates Palmer Events Center on Barton Springs (70,000/131,000 SF).

A mixed-use tower is planned for Austin

and a comment on HAIF:

Trinity Place? Seems like a pretty good place for some condos/apartments stacked on top of a hotel.

^^^I was going to guess Waterloo Park Tower

but it looks like their application expired on July 12.

Hey did anyone see the 58 story tower advertisement at the bottom of the page? Is that a joke. It's supposed to be in midland. That better be a joke. If you're going to build a tower like that why would you build it in midland?:shrug::shrug:

It was discussed on the last page.

It's no joke, they are going to build a 58 story mixed use tower in Midland. They already stated that the office portion of the tower is 40% leased.

Here's the thread for it.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=204483

Be careful with the cookie for that project. It will follow you around like a perpetual case of the mumps!:runaway::runaway:

I think you're right. A friend of mine sent someone over at Ziegler Cooper a message, wanting to know more about the one for Houston. She doesn't know much about that one but did say the one for Austin is 20-stories.

Was looking at the ZaZa/Gables Republic Square site plan again and realized it was designed by Ziegler Cooper.

We might be seeing something announced for 5th & Brazos somewhat soon. Possibly a 50-story hotel/apartment combo.

New Building
 

Are you talking about the lot to the north-east of the Frost Bank tower? What have you heard?

I won't hold my breath.

I'm excited to see how this develops, but yeah, don't hold your breath. It'll probably be longer than 3 minutes. :)


Kotliz, the info I posted was what I saw stated in public, so that's what I wanted to share. I'm not an insider. Someone who is in this line of work was just kind enough to throw that tidbit out there on another board unrelated to skyscrapers.

I think I saw the post you are referring to.

KUT has some cool pictures of possible intake designs for Seaholm. http://kutnews.org/post/slideshow-10...ake-structures

http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net...Luis.09_AM.jpg

http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net...ully.33_AM.jpg

http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net...udio.10_AM.jpg

http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net...orge.44_AM.jpg

http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net..._MLA.40_AM.jpg

http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net...ings.44_AM.jpg

http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net...M_CS.03_AM.jpg

All pictures are from KUT http://kutnews.org/post/slideshow-10...ake-structures

honestly the first one is my favorite

I like whichever ones have a boardwalk and something that juts out into the water. I was also wondering if that could be a possible small music venue. Imagine sitting in your canoe/kayak watching a band play on the boardwalk stage. Of course, it would be pretty hot out on the water listening to a concert in the day time. And most people don't go out on the lake in a canoe or kayak after dark.

Magellen is no joke... they've put up a number of major apartment buildings.

Correct. The hotel brand was not disclosed yet. Let the speculation begin. What is Austin missing that has both a main & premium brand?

Here's a project Magellan has going in Minneapolis using Loewenberg Architects LLC. It's a 36-story apartment building called LPM Apartments.

http://www.mchughconstruction.com/ph...a75a518c5e.jpg

Project webcam: http://www.ibeamsystems.com/private/loringpark/

^Here's the construction thread on that one.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=193500

They also did Aqua in Chicago.

http://www.magellandevelopment.com/w...10/02/Aqua.pdf

Here's the construction thread on that.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...highlight=aqua

Aqua is one of my favorite high-rise's in the U.S.!!! However, everything seems to be dumbed-down for Austin. It would be really cool to see a developer finally step out and create something very modern and uniquely aesthetic for Austin's skyline.

The 82-story Aqua was completed in 2009 at a development cost of roughly $475 million ($300 million in construction costs). So, it may be doable here in Austin. Considering the development costs of the W Austin Hotel & Residences, the JW Marriott Austin, and the possible Fairmont Hotel Austin are/were all in excess of $300 million.

That's not entirely true... the JW Marriott was actually originally very dumb looking. Not no more. Also, the Fairmont is going to look pretty slick. It's probably going to be my favorite tower once its finished. 311 Bowie is cool too. Anyway... you get the point.

Very excited that Magellan may invest in Austin. They do signature projects and are well connected to financing. They are a big boy development group. Smart of them to invest in ATX. The dynamics are right.

While we may not have top-tier architecture and I wish Austin had more historic buildings, we have a lot of great looking buildings for being a small city. Frost is still one of my favorite buildings and I think the Marriott will be up there. Weird to say considering its a hotel and I am not usually a fan of hotel designs. Also the granite congress buildings have a timeless appeal in my opinion and are great looking smaller office buildings.

I don't believe it is homerism either. I remember being wow'd by the aesthetic of our skyline when I returned to Austin in 2008 and my wife who isn't into skyscrapers has made comments about our buildings and skyline. She puts it as, "Austin might not have one of the biggest skylines, but it's one of the prettiest I have seen.".

I'm rarely the person to urge caution, but this a simply a rumor flying around on a lowly message board started by a user who - although smart, capable, etc., has not been here very long - without any independent corroboration.

Settle down. If it happens, it happens. Great! But if it doesn't it won't be a big surprise.

It was just a one sentence post by someone in the Downtown Projects thread (Page 12, post 561) in the Shaggybevo forum.

I agree that this isn't a guarantee. Just posting what I heard. I exchanged PM's with that poster after that statement was made. He posts on that board and thread quite a bit.

Breaking news isn't as fun if we just wait for a newspaper to print it. :D

I LOVE that building.... it's also smart in that the plates are what is curved... .not the walls or glass! A very efficient design/cost way to get the effect of the building! Smart and cool!

Wow. Michael B. finally loves a building! Even though it's not an Austin building. :)

I'm not going to live or die if something happens or does not lol...

I heard years ago Ritz Carlton was looking into Austin... could it be a Marriott combo? Ritz + a low end or extended stay?

I don't think it's financially possible for a "budget" hotel to be part of a 50-story building in Austin. I know the term "budget" is relative, and given Austin's downtown hotel rates, $300 may be considered cheap. But I can't help thinking the budget floors (say floors 10-20) of the building would be brown stucco while the rest of the building be some awesome glass color.

Construction Cams
 

Can anyone tell me where I can find more Austin construction camera feeds like the OxBlue JW Marriott and Skyhouse feeds?

No... In this case, the residences and the upscale hotel will require the entire design to be extravagant if it pans out. They will basically subsidize the outside "look" of the building for the more budget hotel. It just means smaller rooms and more bare bones furnishing.

Also, "budget" in the downtown sense is entirely different from a motel which the common folk consider "budget".

The Ritz has been considering Austin since the early '90's. Remember the plan to put a Ritz where the Cliffs at Barton Creek apartments are now (adjacent to Barton Creek Square Mall...north side facing downtown)? Maybe not...but, it was the case prior to the 1994 completion of the apartments.

I think they may be thinking of a combination of hotels similar to LA Live. As mentioned previously, the Marriott brand has a JW Marriott and a Ritz Carlton in the same complex. Even though the JW is high-end product, it is not as high-end as a Ritz.

Just for argument sake, it could be something like one of the following combinations (should it be a large hotel chain):

Marriott Brands:
-A signature hotel (i.e., mainline Marriott) + a lifestyle hotel (i.e., EDITION, Autograph Collection, etc.)
-A signature hotel (i.e., mainline Marriott) + a iconic luxury hotel (i.e., Ritz Carlton)
*I do not think Austin will be getting the first Bulgari Hotel in the America's.

Starwood Brands:
-A signature brand (like a Sheraton or aloft) + a luxury brand (like a Luxury Collection hotel, St. Regis, or Le Meridien)

Hyatt Brands:
-A signature brand (i.e., a mainline Hyatt or another Hyatt Regency) + a luxury brand (i.e., Park Hyatt, Andaz, Grand Hyatt, etc.)

Hilton Brands:
-A signature brand (i.e., another Hilton or Doubletree) + a luxury brand (i.e., Conrad or Waldorf Astoria)

Carlson Rezidor Brands:
-A signature brand (i.e., another Radisson or a Park Plaza or Park Inn) + a luxury brand (i.e., Radisson Blu)

Wyndham Brands:
-A signature brand (i.e., Wyndham) + a luxury brand (i.e., Wyndham Grand)
NOTE: Wyndham also has hip brands like TRYP, Night and DREAM which would be fits in the Austin market.

Apartments under construction on N. Lamar (forgot the name of these)
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/k...ps9780dab4.jpg


More residences under construction on W. 51st St. across from the Austin State Hospital Cemetery in the North Loop area:
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/k...ps0d555e44.jpg

Lamar Camden Heights and Waller Creekside Apartments on 51st.

Does anyone know anything about something happening on the SW corner of North Loop and Lamar? I believe I saw something at one point and I think it was called North Lamar Lofts with Post as the developer but I've not been able to find anything.

Are you talking about the Austin Vacuum building? I had heard that was going to be a Taco Cabana. Although I haven't heard anything lately.

Well, I've figured some things out. Not sure why I didn't think to look there sooner, but it's in the City's Emerging Projects PDF. They're calling it the Uptown Apartments, so I'm not sure where I'm getting the Post North Lamar Lofts from. It isn't exactly on the corner: the yellow shaded lots are owned by the same company, J17 Fortune, with the green owned by someone else.

http://i.imgur.com/LM8SnsI.png

186 units

The foundation is already taking shape at the site... appears to be the size of a typical Taco Cabana.

Did you really think I was serious about some of the floors being brown stucco? LOL Mr Serious.

The rest of your comment was serious and the statement flowed logically from the rest of the comment, so yes... I did.

WOW! Aqua is AMAZING! Like a better version of a Gehry building!!! Please build something like that in Austin!!!!!

Physician-owned hospital breaks ground in Austin

http://impactnews.com/downloads/2017...arkAustin2.jpg

www.impactnews.com

Water Park/Adventure Park

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/ne...waterpark.html

Just said this in the Houston thread.

MORE INFILL. MOREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Start announcing projects every single day Austin!