AUSTIN | Projects & Construction III

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Austin's "2nd downtown" in the making, though, at this point I'd call it our 2nd skyline and take a wait and see approach to printing any other labels.

Still, to be talking about the possibility of 360-foot buildings outside of downtown would have been unheard of even a few years ago. Technically Austin has already had some decently tall buildings outside of downtown for decades thanks to the UT Campus and West Campus, but those two neighborhoods make up the same skyline that downtown does. Plus, in 2014 the first 200+ foot tall building came to the south shore just across the river from downtown, but again, that building is part of the downtown skyline, especially since downtown wraps around that area as the river turns.

The Broadmoor and Domain developments will be the first time we've truly had buildings of that height in a skyline defined separately from downtown. 360 feet will be way taller than anything currently outside of downtown. Excluding the UT Campus, West Campus, and the south shore area, the tallest building outside of downtown now is 159 feet. 360 feet tall would have been Austin's 3rd tallest building up until 2004 when the Hilton and Frost Bank Tower were finished that year. 360 feet today would be Austin's 21st tallest.

https://communityimpact.com/austin/c...ncil-approval/

This is great news. North Austin has already been changing rapidly, and property values in the Mopac/Braker/Parmer area are rising significantly. I have a friend who lives near Metric and Parmer, and his 80s neighborhood is seeing dramatic increases (mostly land value). People who live in Austin should hold on to their properties as long as they can. I realize property taxes are a huge problem for many, though.