[Jdawgboy]

Van Zandt, will be pretty much complete by the time Waller Park Place or 99 Trinity start. Fact is we still don't have an official start date for either, only vague idea's. I think it will be more staggered than ya'll think. Fairmont for sure, possibly Millinium, though depending on when the others break ground, it too may be half way through construction.

What I am interested in getting details about is the lot that was recently bought. For a lot that size, any project planned there should be a significant project or at any rate better be a significant project as far as height goes.

I think Rainey, (what's left of it) will still get good business during construction. I do wish that they left the houses that fronted Rainey and just build on half the block with a wide lit pedestrian allyway/walkway between. The bars could have created nice back way entrances and the ground level retail would still be able to work with that type of set up. I know that when they originally changed the zoning that what businesses that opened in the old houses could be developed over at some point but there is something to be said for organic changes. People like Rainey for a reason. At least along that strip of Rainey, they can easily build around. I liked the idea that the Downtown Austin Plan put in their rendering of a total DT buildout for the Rainey District . Should still be easily found online somewhere. In that rendering, they had highrises surrounding Rainey Street leaving just the stretch between Holly and Driskill? Or whatever that other street is called. It would have been a shaded island. Now, the feel and vibe of the street has changed. That's why I am a strong proponent of building up rather than out.

Sorry about the rant. Whatever the end result will be for that area, I hope it will continue to be an attractive place that people will want to go or live.