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A mixed-use tower is planned for Austin

Originally Posted by Bisnow

Kurt (whose office is designing 7M SF totaling $1B across property types) proved his prowess as a prognosticator. During last year's event, he predicted mixed-use would grow. (Now we call him every day for the weather and the trifecta winners at the horse track.) He was right, but there's been a shift within that sector from horizontal to vertical mixed-use. The facilities are high-rises with product types stacked on top of each other—Ziegler Cooper is designing two of these, one in Houston and one in Austin. The Houston facility will include multifamily, hotel, retail, and office components.

http://www.bisnow.com/commercial-rea...why-build-now/

and a comment on HAIF:

Originally Posted by Lockmat

Well let me just rain on the parade already.

My journalistic source said the one in Austin is not that tall and the office component in Houston may be a separate project. Very strange.

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/h...e/#entry429263