I can't wait for next Friday's grand opening of Austin's Hotel 21c!

I'm gonna love taking pics next to the Penguins....

Hey guys, before the ceremony, I'll be taking light rail from the airport and stopping by for cocktails at Hotel Van Zandt.... Anyone else want to come? Hehehe

The one flaw in your sarcasm is that the ~9-years in the making Hotel Van Zandt is now topped out. :)

Not the original - and beautiful - design.

The funny thing about that project is that they dropped the condos on top as a result of the housing/financial crisis. But condos are back in demand now, so their original plans would be viable today.

A great photo of the skyline Thursday night as a cold front blew through Austin. They were also testing the spotlights in Zilker Park for ACL Fest this weekend.

That cold front was neat to watch. I was outside barbecuing last night when it came through. It was odd because the clouds weren't very wide or thick. I could still see the moon through the clouds even while it was lightning. It was basically in and out of here in like 20 minutes. Right after it passed it cleared up again, and I could see the moon perfectly even while there was still intense lightning off to the east. Also as it was rolling through, I did see them testing the spotlights in Zilker Park for ACL Fest. it was an odd sight last night. Today since the air was so crisp, you could really hear the music in Zilker Park even though it's 4 miles away.

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I kid N90.... I like the enthusiasm....

Anyone have any opinions on the Seaholm condos? Advantages, disadvantages? Are the finishes going to be any good? I have a family member looking to buy one.

All of the units were reserved 48 hours after they became available. I believe at least 80% of them are under contract now, and there is a long waiting list for any units they may become available.

I don't really care for the sub forums. I only care about projects & developments and infill.

Why can't Austinites just consolidate all highrise and urban infill projects in one thread like other cities on this forum? Why be so weird and different?

The point of the individual building threads is to catch and post every snippet of info, updates and rumors about them. Not to mention so people can ask questions about leasing, amenities and materials. And of course so each building can be critiqued.

And there hasn't really been any bickering in the Austin sub-forum.

As long as you stay out of the Transportation and Mueller threads there hasn't.

Because the cities that have substantially more activity need more threads. Austin is one of those.

I would like to see us post more on the main forum too, I know it's tidy to do the subforums, but it's nice to see everyone's photos and posts without looking for the subs
I'm just saying homies

5th & Colorado - They've started prepping the site.

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

UT System Headquarters

Demolition is ongoing on the lot.

http://i.imgur.com/n58vLpo.jpg
https://www.facebook.com/utsystem/ph...type=3&theater

Great. Downtown desperately needs more office space.

It also desperately needs attractive architecture.

The sign is up on the IBC Bank Plaza.

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Colorado Tower

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I found this on the Austin Energy Control Center redevelopment.]

Rhode Partners is designing this - http://rhodepartners.com/

If you go to their website, under "news" they have this listed on their website back in May:

$140 million seems a bit on the cheap side for a 50-60 story building.

^Yeah, that does seem kind of slim for such a major project.

http://www.statesman.com/news/busine...-ground/nhfJX/

Lighting on The Bowie
 

I was driving to the airport this morning at 5PM and they we testing the lighting scheme on The Bowie. Holy crap. Did anyone else see it?

LIGHTING STUFF:


I saw the edge of the Bowie... It looked to be pretty interesting for sure.... I just hope it's not finished and that it will go all the way around the building and have the logo on the north facing side like the elevation.

On a separate note.... Frost was dark for several days... Does anyone know anything about that? I suspect they were cleaning or changing the lights to LEDs or something... it's too bad they can't seem to hide the spot light in the middle of the crown. Does anyone else notice that? It looks good from the ground but from far away, it doesn't look the way I think they intended.

Also, I noticed spring had a taller light atop an antenna for a few days, on a flag pole or something... last night they put it closer to the base again.

Lighting is very interesting here... everyone loves to light their buildings up in Austin... I think it's neat.

Dark Frost was recently discusses in the Austin sub-forum in the Frost building thread. It has to do with crickets. Too many of the damn things this year.

I think Dallas might be in a competition with Austin here in the near future to see which skyline lights up the best.

The Bowie's lighting could grow on me. Although, I really like 360's lighting, and The Bowie's is kind of upstaging it from the bridges/boardwalk or the parks along the river. It was really cool seeing it from I-35 looking through the canyon down 3rd Street.

My feelings exactly:

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Here's my latest list of Austin projects that are at least 100' and/or 10-stories tall:

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Good list. Right now I'm most looking forward to finding the heights for the UT System Headquarters and the Block 24 Condominiums. I actually think the Block 24 Condominiums have a good chance of becoming a new tallest for Austin.

Block 24 will definitely be the peak in the cluster of high rises in the western end of the skyline. The Austonian is already the peak in the center, and Waller C or the Fairmont will be the peak in the eastern end. Having three spaced out but balanced skyline peaks will look incredible.

I'd like to have the height for all of the medical center buildings as well and the Travis County DA building because I'm sure some of them would make the list.

Yeah, I'm thinking that DA building will be tall enough. And I want all the heights for the medical center just because there's so many of them.

I still haven't had any luck with the Hotel Granduca or Capital Ridge (same development).

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Christopher Sherman Photography - https://www.facebook.com/cvsherman/p...type=3&theater

The site plan for Capital Ridge shows plans for a second office tower, both of which could be 100'. But it doesn't have elevations or show the hotel. The site plan, by the way dates back to 2008.

That was the original plan. They switched it up and sold one of the building sites to the Hotel Granduca. The site plan for 2013 is the current one, which has the hotel and the office building sharing a garage.

Colorado Tower

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Westin

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Greenwater Block 1

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311 Bowie

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422 At The Lake

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Update from the Statesman. Fifth & West Residences - Demolition of existing structure(s) to commence soon.

http://www.statesman.com/news/busine...-austin/nhjBD/

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This one reminds me of the W. I want it built badly.

Details from the article:
448 feet.
39 stories.
5th tallest.
500k starting price.
154 condo units.
Demolition starts this month.
No disclosure of funding, but it seems to be in place.

The project's thread, for those interested:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...=209673&page=4

That's good news. This one is going to be one of the nicer buildings I think. I guess they nixed the brown accents and replaced it with grey. Their site plan is still not approved and released yet, but that should happen soon.

I must say that it has been an awesome day for project updates and photos in the Austin sub-forum. The updates would be getting buried and missed if everything was posted in the compilation thread as some posters would like.

Nueces Condos
 

Hill Country, you left off Nueces Condominiums, a 100 unit building on a quarter acre at 906 Nueces.

Thanks. If I can find a documented height for it of 100' and/or 10' floors I'll add it.


EDIT: I just checked on that building and it's too short to make the list.

According to editor over on HAIF, a tower around 40 stories is about to announce in Austin later this month on the 27th. Here is the link with a picture. http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/h...er-for-austin/

This is the 5th and Brazos project, right?

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=207081

Yeah, I would think so.

Here's the photo:
http://i.imgur.com/iIpOECQ.jpg

Yet another building that has been scaled down to the 400' range in a prominent location.

Yeah, I'd say about 450 feet. The design is pretty snooze worthy also.

It reminds me of The W Hotel in Dallas.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5609/...5d873f1c_h.jpg Just a gorgeous day in Austin

This Congress Ave hotel proposal that seemed to die a slow lingering death a couple years ago appears to have some life left in it. A permit filing was made today to extend the previously approved site plan:

https://www.austintexas.gov/devrevie...erRSN=11236338

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http://www.bigreddog.com/416-congress-hotel/

Well how about that. I had just moved that into the dead proposals sheet of my building height database today. I'll believe it when I see it. That was one I was really excited about seeing built.

Great pic, texdaniel. The Bowie looks good there. Fifth + West Residences is definitely going to show up there (behind Austin City Lofts).

10/21
 

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