how do you guys post your photos? URL?

Click on the picture icon up top, then copy the link and it will upload.

I would have been posting more on what's going on across Austin but my computer hard drive crashed last week. Finally got my smart phone working which was acting up until recently.

JW Marriott could start rising a bit faster now. The jutting 3rd Street portion seems to have topped out. So, it's just the Brazos Street part of the tower that will be rising now.

http://i.imgur.com/duuMdp4.jpg

So basically they've toped out the little white tower indicated below—right? Does anyone know if there are any changes to the design at this stage? For instance, that wall they've built on the top of the 3rd street section/tower does not appear on this model, or at least on this model, that floor has windows.

http://venish.com/apc-marriot-side.jpg

If you look on the 20th page of the JW Marriott thread you will see that the model is accurate.

I think it's just the very top of that 3rd Street portion. It looks like a roof is going right on top of that wall.

Marriott Progress
 

Looks like the South side crane on the Marriott just got jacked up higher today.

Here is an article about the Austin hotel boom.

http://skift.com/2013/10/06/austins-...st-in-the-u-s/


One thing that was mentioned in the article was about Fairmont's plans. I copied from the article:


"And then there’s the Fairmont, a premier brand that plans to make its second Texas appearance with a $350 million convention hotel that would tower 580 feet at Red River and East Cesar Chavez near the Austin Convention Center.

That project just reached a major milestone when the city issued a site development permit, said Douglas Manchester, president of the hotel’s developer, Manchester Texas Financial Group. With permit in hand, “our architects are deep into creating the final designs,” Manchester said. “This puts us on track to break ground in January and open in the fall of 2016.”


Looks like the ground breaking date has moved yet again. But the quote from Manchester sounds like it is a positive go. I'm still crossing my fingers for this one.

The January date has already been published elsewhere. That's not a move, just a verification of previously released data.

Edit: this piece is a bit old as well, so it may have been written in the same time period when we first got that information.

More zoning code stuff:

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There's another Austin forum?!?!?!?!?!? Deuce!

He just means the Austin section of SkyscraperPage.

The Westin
 

Behold the mightly hole that is, or will be, the Westin Hotel on 5th.

http://venish.com/apc-The-Westin-9Nov.jpg

http://venish.com/apc-The-Westin-9Nov-2.jpg

They're already down that far? Damn!

yeah, it's over 30 feet down. I wonder how much water filled up in there a couple of weeks ago when we had that heavy rain storm.

Here's the giant wall of glass that is the east side of the Marriott (So far). There are still, what another 8 or 10 floors to go?

http://venish.com/apc-wall-of-glass-9Nov.jpg

Here are a couple of poorly merged photo's of IBC Bank on 5th, across from the Federal Court. Looks like just four more floors and they'll top out. It really gives that part of fifth street a very different feeling with those two talk buildings on either side (Tall compared to what was there a few years ago).

http://venish.com/apc-IBC-Bank-9Nov.jpg

The Bowie seen from Shoal creek.

http://venish.com/apc-The-Bowie-9Nov.jpg

Yeah they hit "rock bottom" about two weeks ago. Since then they've been hammering away noisily at the rock. I'm sure the people at Brazos Lofts across the street are hating it.

"Yeah they hit "rock bottom" about two weeks ago. Since then they've been hammering away noisily at the rock. I'm sure the people at Brazos Lofts across the street are hating it."

Any idea how deep they intend to go?

According to the building elevations from the site plan, the building will have 4 levels of parking below ground that will go down 42 feet below street level.

99 Trinity Tower - 39 floor apartment tower

http://downtownaustinblog.org/2013/1...unit-highrise/

That link didn't work for some reason.

http://downtownaustinblog.org/2013/1...unit-highrise/

Assuming that the floor to height ratio is the same for the Four Seasons Residences nextdoor, 99 Trinity Tower should be around 465 to the main roof and about 488 to the mechanical penthouse. That would make it taller than the W Hotel & Residences which would make it our 4th tallest.

Four Seasons Residences is still one of my least favorite new buildings, so whatever can be built next to it to steal some of its thunder is fine by me.

I like Four Seasons. :/

Wow, that's the biggest news we've heard in months. I've really been hoping they would get something built on that lot. I figured The Fairmont, the Waller Center development, and this development were sort of symbiotic. This area could rival the west end of downtown when both are finished. I'm really excited about this project. It will be a fun one to watch.

I don't hate it. I do like the facade actually. The only thing that bugs me about it are the "naked bones" balconies, but I'm most bothered by the two bland mechanical penthouses that sit prominently on the roof. I just wish they had done more to hide those. I know they wanted to keep the roof open because of the rooftop pool, but I wish they had maybe done something with it like a latticework rooftop structure similar to Baltimore's 100 East Pratt building. Or even cover it with a dome similar to the Chase Bank Tower. At least that way they could use the pool in the wintertime.

Aesthetic aside.....ever been on those balconies????
Brillient !!! Absolutely Brillient! You feel like you are floating!

39-story apartment tower near four seasons
 

Looks like the twin of The House in Dallas.

http://www.haynsworthrealty.com/wp-c...ndo-dallas.jpg

http://www.intowndallas.com/images/the%20house.jpg

Oh God. Shoot me if the rendering turns out to be a rouse for a horrible nasty building like the one in Dallas did.

That's not a bad looking building. And it might even complement the Waller Center towers nearby.

But yeah, that Dallas building is kind of meh. The base is pretty bad actually.

>>>>Scroll>>>>

I think I may have found my favorite new view.

http://i.imgur.com/rCzrFx5.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/wKZi7vq.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/o5UekBP.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/K0F5Uu1.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/gp29cTR.jpg

BEAUTIFUL pics Kevin.

For me, I would feel like my body is being propelled over the rail if I were on the higher floors. I can stand on a precipice in nature and feel fine...on a balcony high up and not so fine.

The floor plan might be identical to the one in dallas..OK Dallas,((:haha:)) however the exterior is a HUGH improvement. Especially the curved side and the base.

Is that a true color for the Embassy Suites? Does it look that shocking from the street? If it does, PLEASE someone, next time hand the decider of the color some glasses that will mute the color for them.:help:

Thanks for those pano's. Very impressive on my 27-inch screen! I especially love how silver the city looks in the at last image. I'm often amazed at how the W will change from black to blue and grey to bright silver in the changing light. I used to not like that building much, but it has really grown on me.

Huge improvement?

:hahano:

THANKS for the photos Kevin:cheers: I agree the W looks better now and especially at dusk. The street presence is still very disappointing.

I count 10 construction cranes in the above photo. Two more are possible I think. Any other counts?

ok so whats the next tallest for austin?

They aren't all in these photos, but I saw 17 cranes that day.

3 - JW Marriott Convention Hotel
3 - Lamar Union
2 - The Bowie
2 - Hanover Lamar
1 - Seaholm Residences
1 - Colorado Tower
1 - The Catherine
1 - IBC Bank Plaza
1 - 7th & Rio Grande
1 - 7th & Lamar Retail and Garage
1 - Corazon

And some more outside of downtown that I didn't see that day.

2 - Parking garage at the airport
2 - working two residential projects along Burnet Road
1 - Coldwater

We should also see these pop up before the end of next year:

3 - Fairmont Hotel
2 - 5th & Brazos Tower
2 - Central Library
2 - GreenWater Block 23 Office
2 - GreenWater Block 1 Residential
2 - GreenWater Block 185 Residential
2 - UT Engineering Center
1 - 99 Trinity Tower
1 - GreenWater Block 188 Hotel
1 - Hotel ZaZa & Residences
1 - Hotel Van Zandt
1 - Westin Hotel
1 - Capitol Commons
1 - Waller Center Tower 1 (Some of the buildings in this project might end up with 2 cranes).
1 - Waller Center Tower 2
1 - Waller Center Tower 3
1 - The Millennium
1 - 5th & Colorado Office Tower (201 West 5th).
1 - 805 Neches Hotel

Just came down:

1 - Austin Skyhouse

geez anywhere i can find ft measurements?

Check the construction and proposals section of the forum. Any of those that we have heights for are listed there.

Speaking of that Kevin, is it time to move the Westin Austin from Proposed to Under Construction? Also, in your crane list above, are all those buildings listed on page one of this thread? Looks like there will be even more cranes in the sky next year?

That list is about year behind in updates.

I don't think they've actually started just yet on the foundations for the Westin. They're still digging.

This is the best list you're going to find of projects in Austin. I think 99 Trinity is the only one missing.

That is an excellent map, and 99 Trinity is on it now.

Great set of photos Kevin.