AUSTIN | 311-315 S Congress | 480 FT | ? FL | Cancelled

[futures]

I saw a permit filed for a 330 ft office building at 311 S Congress. This is the current Firestone building (and unless I'm wrong this is separate from Endeavor's big plans for the Statesman).

This one has Page associated with it. 475k sq ft.

Is this news to everyone else?

[agsatx88]

Originally Posted by futures

I saw a permit filed for a 330 ft office building filed for 311 S Congress. This is the current Firestone building (and unless I'm wrong this is separate from Endeavor's big plans for the Statesman).

This one has Page associated with it. 475k sq ft.

Is this news to everyone else?

Here is the link to what I could find for this address on the city's permitting page. It's a Development Assessment request. Looks separate from the South Waterfront project.

https://abc.austintexas.gov/public-s...ertyrsn=398841

[The ATX]

That's definitely a new project - 465K office, 10K retail

[The ATX]

Here's the location on Streetview:

[We vs us]

REALLY HAPPY to see this, TBH. The Statesman site is its own thing, and of course integral to South Shore overall, but certainly not the whole enchilada. Lots of other individual parcels are also going to have to go tall in order for it to do what it's intended to do. And because I'm a fanatic, I wish this one was going to be even taller than the 330 ft noted here. But still . . . 330 is pretty good.

[bigdogc]

Great news. I am a little suprised they were able to get 330 feet here. I couldn't find much info on the south central waterfront district. Does anyone know if the max height is 330 feet, or if they used some other mechanism to get there?

Hope to see this area developed more in the future.

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by bigdogc

Great news. I am a little suprised they were able to get 330 feet here. I couldn't find much info on the south central waterfront district. Does anyone know if the max height is 330 feet, or if they used some other mechanism to get there?

Hope to see this area developed more in the future.

They are seeking PUD zoning to build. Since 305 S. Congress was approved for 525', they shouldn't have any trouble getting approval for 330'.

[Lobotomizer]

This is so disappointing! This is my favorite place to get work done on my automobile. Another nail in the coffin...

[migol24]

Originally Posted by Lobotomizer

This is so disappointing! This is my favorite place to get work done on my automobile. Another nail in the coffin...

Are you serious?

[Maximusx1]

Originally Posted by Lobotomizer

This is so disappointing! This is my favorite place to get work done on my automobile. Another nail in the coffin...

Lol, my man! But, but what about the texture of the hoooooood?

[Urbannizer]

South Congress Tower Plan Adds Height, Housing, and Rooftop Beekeeping

A planned unit development proposed by New York-based real estate firm Tishman Speyer Properties would raise a 400-foot tower atop a 0.8-acre assembly of adjacent properties currently containing a tire shop and nail salon on South Congress Avenue. The plan for the site, spanning 311 to 315 South Congress Avenue, was previously described in local reports earlier this year as a 330-foot office tower with ground-level retail space — but the developers have now modified the PUD to instead propose a building that’s 70 feet taller, containing approximately 450 residential units, 7,500 square feet of ground-level commercial use, and up to 30,000 square feet of offices.

[clubtokyo]

Nice project!

[We vs us]

A 400 footer in that spot is going to be pretty prominent. I’m interested to see if we continue to get similar sized towers throughout the rest of South Shore (minus the Statesman site.)

[We vs us]

This one goes before the city council on 11/15.

[The ATX]

This project got a height bump to 480' from 400' based on new info added to the PUD filing today. It'll have 485 apartments on a site that is currently a tire store.

[Urbannizer]

Anyone have access to the full article?

https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n...ng-austin.html

[AustinInAustin]

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Anyone have access to the full article?

https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n...ng-austin.html

A new tower could be on tap for South Congress Avenue if a zoning change is approved Sept. 26 by the City Council.

The tower — on a roughly 1-acre tract at 311-315 S. Congress Ave., which is just south of the old Austin American-Statesman building — would contain 488 residential units, 30,000 square feet of office space and 7,500 square feet for "ground floor pedestrian-oriented uses," according to city documents.

The location is not within the planned unit development for the former Statesman site that is the subject of a lawsuit, although it is nearby.

The potential new zoning on the tract would allow for construction of a building up to 480 feet tall, or almost 50 stories. Currently, the site is the location of a Firestone Complete Auto Care and a small office and retail building.

The owners of the property are listed as Wesley Pearson and Jerry Pearson. A representative of the owners didn’t respond to requests for comment.

The potential tower marks a change from previous redevelopment plans for the tract. Since 2022, plans called for a 330-foot-tall, predominately office tower on the site with no residential component. At the time, New York-based Tishman Speyer Properties LP was “actively” exploring acquiring and redeveloping the property. Tishman Speyer declined to comment.

If the rezoning is approved, it’s unclear when the current buildings would be torn down and construction would start.

When or if that happens, it will be part of a wave of redevelopment coming to area.

Other major initiatives around South Congress include plans to redevelop roughly six acres at the intersection of South Congress Avenue and West Riverside Drive into a multi-tower project with 800 residential units, a 225-room hotel, 200,000 square feet of office space and 145,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space. In addition, the Statesman planned unit development — called 305 South Congress — could add 1,478 residential units, 1.5 million square feet of office space, a 275-room hotel and 150,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space across six buildings.

The 305 South Congress project has been complicated by a lawsuit filed by the Save Our Springs Alliance, which contends the city of Austin has violated various required procedures when approving elements of the redevelopment.

[The ATX]

It took 2 1/2 years, but the zoning change for this project was finally approved by CC,

[Urbannizer]

Looks like this one is not happening.

https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n...se-austin.html

[GoldenBoot]

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Looks like this one is not happening.

https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n...se-austin.html

Don't fret. As the article stated, the owners are only selling the land to a CRE organization with the experience and knowhow to develop the site to its fullest potential.

The site will eventually be developed into some sort of tower.