I walked by JW Marriott site today at lunch and the hole is closing up with levels, they are removing the earth ramp down into the hole and placing the dirt over under the lowest level parking ramp as base. now that all the digging supports are done the floor making should go faster.

On another note the pool deck and parking garage of the Hampton Inn is getting some steel framing, one part for the stars up, and maybe off an elevator area. I wonder if they are installing a bar or music area above the garage and off the pool area.

BTW, is there a fast way to post pics to the forum from an iPhone rather than downloading them at home and posting to a host site to then link here?

Houston has the facilities, the hotel room count, and the infrastructure (all the facilities are connected to rail). Now the bid is for 2024 so much can change, but I personally don't see Houston or Dallas for that matter losing out to Austin.

I don't see more than one Texas city at a time seriously competing for an Olympic bid. If one Texas city does decide to go for it I would see all of Texas collaborating to support the bid.

If and when Austin makes a bid it will probably be with San Antonio as a partner. But we are talking 30-100 years from now.

As an aside I think it would be more likely that Texas host a World Cup before an Olympics. We seem to have the right amount of major cities, hotel rooms, and sizable venues to make it happen. The economic impact would be huge.

There's always Instagram. I think Photobucket allows you to upload via Mobile, and they also give you a photo editor. Both services are free.

Use Imgur. They have an iPhone app that lets you upload.

I disagree, the cities compete all the time to attract new companies and new events. You think Dallas or Houston would have lost one night of sleep (figuratively) if they took the Formula 1 racing from Austin?

It's possible.

Another building permit application was filed today for the Fairmont Hotel for landscaping and outdoor stuff. It's good to see this thing moving along.

Plans submitted to the City of Austin show that they want to start construction on the new Central Library next to Seaholm in May 2013. Below are snaps of the elevation and site plan.

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...ps79be3a9e.jpg

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ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...0-%20Plans.pdf

Nice. I'm looking forward to the library. If they get it finished before Green and Seaholm get started, then it'll be a good place to observe the construction sites of those two. And it'll be good for watching 3 Eleven Bowie. Supposedly it'll have a 6th floor "reading deck" that wraps around the building. And judging from the elevations, it's a highrise. 123 feet to the mechanical penthouse roof. 104 feet to the main roof and 85 feet to the 6th (top) floor. I had to measure the mechanical penthouse roof height with a sheet of paper and pen, but that seems correct.

I still haven't been able to find the site plans for any of the Seaholm buildings or any of the Green buildings. I have good heights for the Green towers, but only a main roof height for the Seaholm residential tower. It's probably 10 to 15 feet taller than the height I have (314 feet). And for that matter I still haven't found the site plans for Ausin Skyhouse. I got the heights from the developer, but I'd still like to see the elevations anyway.

I've lost confidence in Green. With Trammel Crow as the developer and the city's involvement, I thought it was a sure thing. But the hyper pace of high end rental construction going on in Central Austin has to be nearing a (albeit temporary) peak. The latest word on Green (from last fall) was that it would be starting in early 2013. So far they haven't applied for a single building permit or issued any press releases about the project. At the very least the project is going to be significantly delayed again/still.

If you mean site plan in the general sense, the Seaholm site plan is on their website http://www.seaholm.info/html/renderingsvert.html and also included in Stream's marketing flyer: http://www.streamrealty.com/pdfs/pro...0Brochures.pdf

If you mean construction drawings, which most people think of as blueprints and include specs and elevations as well as floorplans, I don't know that they've been officially filed for either Seaholm or Green Water yet.

By the way, that flyer above has a bunch of renderings that I haven't seen posted on the forums (I could have missed them). I captured a few of the renderings below, but there are more in the flyer, along with floorplans and other info.

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Yeah, I'm talking about the blueprints/building elevations. Someone with the City of Austin told me the residential tower would be 314 feet tall, but that height was only to the main roof. So unless the building has a flat roof, it should be taller than that.

The tallest height I've seen mentioned for it was 393 feet, but I haven't seen any renderings that suggest it's that tall.

And we had seen that design shown above, but not that last rendering.

Wow, thanks for those images, AusTxDevelopment. I hadn't seen those before. Both the library and Seaholm are so frenetic. That whole area, really, will be a little bit hodgepodge, a little bit of a patchwork. But I think it could pay off in the end. The complexity of the design and arrangement could make for a pretty neat place. I just hope it still goes forward. I'm hoping the delay is due to the fact that applications are still pending. But if that's the case then our government is dangerously holding up some very important projects and that idea is a little disconcerting.

Wouldn't have happened. Luckily we have a world class facility that attracts multiple events now because of F1.

Also lets not forget they have plans to expand sporting events at the Circuit including a possible new soccer stadium. That could also help our prospects.

Though us winning the Olympics is unlikely, its nice that we were asked at all, I am assuming this is the first time Austin was considered.

I agree. I think that area just east of Lamar could be the nicest in downtown if these projects ever see the light of day.

Here's some renderings of Capitol Ridge, a proposed office building that Riverside Resources plans to build behind Palisades West just northwest of the Bee Caves/Loop 360 intersection.

This is the front that faces downtown:

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...psf074ed96.jpg

This is the back that faces the hill country:

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...psb46bd5f5.jpg

This is the location map:

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3e691025.jpg

Easy champ, I was just trying to highlight how even cities within the same state compete.

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/pr...city-hall.html

I loved Green Water ever since last year's renders were released, so I'd be disappointed if that were the case. Though, maybe if it is delayed, it'll be redesigned and they'll go taller. A guy can dream... :P After seeing these latest renders of Seaholm though, it looks like it'll be a great project. My concern all along was that the tower would come off too generic-looking and unremarkable, but the offset linear elements (balconies) on the facade give me confidence it'll be unique. Throw in the Central Library and the landmark power building with the "CITY OF AUSTIN" sign (that I'm praying will be lit up), and this will be a fantastic and special gathering place. I'm game :tup:

According to the Mueller Facebook page, this is parking garage construction, after all.