^^^ Amazing. Hard not to look at that photo and think a little about London, or Paris... I know we are a long way off. But still, imagining Seaholm and Green Water in there, along with the density occurring "organically" all around... wow, just wow.

SOOOO happy for 21C!!!! Lord knows we need a push for more museums in this great city :cool:

Just thinking about how nicely The Fairmont, and 99 Trinity will fill in on the eastern part of the skyline. :cool:

Agreed. THis re-think fits so much more with where there heart is as a brand.
I've played at and stayed at the original in Louisville many times.
Glad to see it.

One of the cranes is up for GreenWater Block 1 Residential.

It's the blue one on the left here.

http://i.imgur.com/hDeyuv4.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/dmh2wub.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/d3WVl9H.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Nl697Qr.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/4kF3cm6.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Ef5VBc0.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ifDzL49.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/6mqmsub.jpg

That's only the SW corner of Downtown. In the near future the cranes in the SE corner may top the number in the SW corner.

Yep. Fairmont will have 3, 99 Trinity Tower should have at least one, and each of the three towers in Waller Park Place should have one each. There's also 70 Rainey Street which will probably need one.

...and the Millennium will have 2, the Hilton on East Ave. will have 1, Hotel Van Zandt has 1...

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

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

7th & Rio Grande

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

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

http://i.imgur.com/Pkg3O9Y.jpg

Gables Park Tower

http://i.imgur.com/NM8oXfG.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Bdj8paq.jpg

Colorado Tower

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

http://i.imgur.com/eiopR3e.jpg

The Catherine

http://i.imgur.com/AxvFW7l.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/raLfr9x.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/F6PsKoX.jpg

This pic will be amazing when the exterior of the Colorado Tower and the Marriott are complete.

By me from a little earlier today:

http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/..._4_19_14_2.jpg

Wow. Nice cluster.

x-posting from the Austin subforum for those who didn't see it.

Love the view from the South West.

It doesn't look like it has any ground floor retail on Second Street, although it's hard to say with the trees in the rendering.

I wish the north-south axis of the tower was squeezed to make it narrower and taller.

Love all the development going on in this city! Can't wait to see what the skyline will look like in the next 10-15 years!

Here's a shot of Trammell Crow's marketing brochure. It shows two retail spaces. All three of their other towers have 2nd St retail as well.

http://www.urbanspacerealtors.com/im...a_cbre_400.jpg
http://www.urbanspacerealtors.com/bl...velopment.html

New renderings of 5th + West. Dallas-based GDA is the architect. Now one of my favorite projects for Austin. :)

http://imgur.com/a/Ui5pV

http://i.imgur.com/jGACYXA.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/yv5kwVm.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/6c2HR0r.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/V0fry1b.jpg?1

^^ How interesting. You wouldn't think 5th + West was going to very exciting judging from that first angle, but by the time you make it to the third angle, it's clear that that's going to be one helluva sexy tower! Way to go Austin!

~37 floors for 5th + West.

^The stacking plan I saw for it shows it having 37 floors, and it would be 452 feet to the mechanical penthouse and 425 feet to the main roof. It would be our 5th tallest at that height today.

Here's a better rendering of the site plan for Green Water. This one is from an August 2013 presentation to investors. The green is retail, and the light green marked "amenity" is listed in the legend as "Amenity/Potential Retail". The purple, blue and yellow are listed in the legend as hotel, office and residential lobbies, respectively.

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...ps44ea5c72.jpg

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...ps44ea5c72.jpg

I've been trying to keep up with Austin's U/C and proposed projects. Here are two lists I put together. If any of you Austin experts see anything I need to update or add, let me know. (I'm not bothering with mid-rises and developments outside of Downtown, because who has time for that?

Here's the U/C & S/P list:

http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/...ctsUCampSP.png

Here's the list of proposals:

http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/...sProposals.png

I am actually really liking 5th + West. Has this gotten approval? I expect it'll break ground by late summer.

Any update/rumors on the Energy Control Center towers?

Yes.

and...

I'd like to know that as well.

I love how Austin is creating density in the inner city, I hope all of the current proposals get built.

That was perfectly evil of you Boris!

Da!

Question now remains if the ECC project comes online during this cycle or will wait it out until the next?!?

Man, I hope this is an "epic" project. One in which will place the Austin skyline on the international map.

Happy (?) May Day, everyone. :lynchmob:

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/bl...ming-soon.html

What does a lynch mob smiley have to do with the celebration of summer?

May Day is another name for International Workers' Day commemorating the Haymarket Affair and the 8-hour workday. In other words, it's "Labor Day" everywhere in the world but America. The date of Labor Day was changed in America to attempt to isolate us from the rest of the workers in the world, fearing socialist sentiment, even though the holiday is commemorating an event that happened in America.

Interesting tidbit...May Day though goes beyond and much farther back than workers and is the ancient holiday that celebrates the end of Winter (especially in northern and mountainous regions in Europe), return of Spring and the rebirth of life. It's no coincidence that the most holy Christian holiday Easter is celebrated this time of year and indeed the very name is taken from the Pagan Goddess Eastre also known as Eostre.


I am also very curious about the ECC tower design. I really hope that it is a tall tower.

Couldn't see that anyone posted this yet, so figured I'd jump in:
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/ne...er-towers.html
Looks like good news!! The taller, the narrower, the better IMO.

Were Kathie Tovo and Laura Morrison asleep? Seriously, it's odd that they didn't reject it.

This was only a resolution to pursue the idea. There can still vote against it later.

Here's an update list of high rises U/C or have dirt moving:

http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/...ampSP05-02.png


Here's an updated list of proposed high rise projects:

http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/...als05-02-1.png

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Hey everyone,

Thought I'd start off with a panorama I took back on May 1st, of Downtown from the Long Center.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/108372...7/14082180175/

Glad to finally be a registered member here!

Andrew

http://www.statesman.com/news/busine...-domain/nfphb/
http://i.imgur.com/mfuXQqW.jpg
Credit: LawKingdon Architecture

http://i.imgur.com/LvFV2Yp.jpg
Credit: LawKingdon Architecture

Looks like a hospital to me, or maybe because it has similar elements with the medical school hospital.

[QUOTE=KevinFromTexas;6565421]http://www.statesman.com/news/busine...-domain/nfphb/

Why is it that everything in that area, sort of a second down-town, is all between four and eight floors? Is there a hight restriction there?

[QUOTE=Kotliz;6568147]No, I do not believe so. Back in, oh, 2007, Novare Group and Andrews Urban announced plans to construct a 28-story TWELVE Hotel & Residences on the parcel directly to the east of the Westin Hotel. I also believe a ground breaking was set to take place during the spring of 2008. There is an apartment complex currently be constructed on said site.

[QUOTE=Kotliz;6568147]I always wonder about this regarding ALL of Austin. We pretty much have almost no high rises outside of downtown (I'm referring to buildings of at least 10+ stories). Of course Austin isn't really a "big" city yet, so I guess at some point it'll happen later. But we are fairly similar in size to S.A. and they have numerous high rises throughout the city. Namely along the northern section of Loop 410.

In think with Austin there are a lot of zoning issues and neighborhood groups that get all in a tizzy when anything above 4-5 stories is proposed. A 12 story condo was supposed to be built near my neighborhood several years back and there was this huge outcry from local groups.

I would hate to have highrises built outside of the core. That's urban blight. I'd prefer to continue to have midrises built in the Domain until a critical mass is reached, then we can go a bit higher.

I agree, we need density over a couple of skyscrapers. Skyscrapers will come in time. There are still tons of empty lots downtown. We need a cohesive urban fabric.

I agree. One of the things I love about Austin is that in spite of how rapidly the city is growing, so much of the new development remains pleasantly human-scaled... And y'all still have a spectacular developing skyline to brag about.

I think I've said it before on this site, but tall buildings do not a city make. This is one of the reasons why China and Dubai do not impress me as they do some.