I wish there was more to this.

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/pr...land-mall.html

^Good to hear, there is a lot of potential there.

Yay crane is all the way up at Skyhouse.

Photo from today.

http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...76331290_n.jpg

Bandera Quarters
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...57655958_n.jpg

Development across from The Triangle
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...64876896_o.jpg

South Shore Apartments progress
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...24558214_o.jpg

Gables Tower progress
http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...56167627_o.jpg

Great pics, thanks. I think the Gables tower is going to end up being one of the nicer new buildings.

I ran across this summary of west campus projects and repercussions:

http://austincityhomesearch.com/west...t-bubble-2013/

Yeah and once 311 Bowie is finished this area is gonna be arguably the most dense and most aesthetically nicer section of Austin's skyline. Well, at least, I think so...

That it will, and will alter our skyline once Seaholm, 311 Bowie, GW treatment plant and the new Whole Foods new HQ's are built.

Thanks Kevin, the gables tower will be one of the nicer buildings going up as well.

2900 Manor Road TOD

http://www.bigreddog.com/wordpress/w...r-1024x457.jpg

Construction is underway
http://www.bigreddog.com/wordpress/w...9-1024x693.jpg

http://www.bigreddog.com/2900-manor-...rogess-photos/

Is there anything planned across the street in that empty lot? That's another parcel that's prime for a TOD, although I'd prefer something more VMU than 2900.

That site across the street is for sale if I'm not mistaken, and it would also be great to see VMU in that area as well.

At the Marriott, hole is getting deeper:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7253/8...8fb5322c_b.jpg

This was Sunday. Apparently it was "dirt removal day", since about the only ones working were the backhoe operator and the endless parade of trucks to haul the dirt away.

Thanks for the update Priller, it is getting deeper. I notice while I was on CC street that they tore down an abandon house and cleared that property that it sat on. The site also faces the convention center, anybody know whats going on there? or have any inside information?

The Corazon apartments has started construction

http://www.bigreddog.com/wordpress/w...415&w=950&zc=1

http://www.bigreddog.com/news-item/2...ments-planned/

woo hoo! This is going to really help connect downtown with the east side.

Yeah, that project's a pretty big deal. Hope this encourages more low-rise mixed-use development in East Austin.

On a random note, I bet they found tons of antique bottles from Austins early days and other such things while digging that site out. Whenever I see new construction in old parts of towns I always check their dirt piles. I collect antique bottles from the 1800s and I can usually find a few good things while they do stuff like this.

I'm sure there are all kinds of goodies in there. As I've mentioned you before, my dad collected bottles. We still have a lot of them. I have pictures of him and his friend from the mid 80s crouched down at the construction site of 301 Congress, which is an office tower on the block north of this hotel. Construction workers at that site also found the fossil of a saber-tooth tiger and a mastodon skeleton. Those fossils are on display in the building's lobby.