AUSTIN | Projects & Construction III

[drummer]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Slurry wall construction at Block 185 Tower.


Eros Alzamora - https://www.facebook.com/independent...type=3&theater

Still unreal how much that area has changed in such a short time.

[SpongeG]

In Texas, high-end renters spur urban luxury boom

It’s not just about new jobs, it’s about lifestyle options
By Patrick Sisson Mar 12, 2019


The Independent in Austin last May, right as it was topping out. Set to be the tallest residential building west of the Mississippi, it symbolizes a new era of luxury urban housing in Texas. Mary Alice Kaspar

Austin’s ongoing tech boom has been good to Kevin Burns. An Urban Land Institute member and CEO of Urbanspace, a boutique real estate firm with exclusive sales rights for many of the city’s high-end high-rises, Burns has sold units in many of the city’s most expensive apartments and condos. With Google, Apple, and Facebook, among a lineup of tech and oil companies, all opening or expanding their offices in the Texas capital, the broker foresees no shortage of wealthy clients.

“We’re the closest thing you can get to California without state income tax,” he says.

But even though Austin benefits from a concentration of tech firms and talent, Burns’s wealthy clients are not all tech employees. Take the Independent, the new downtown luxury residential project nicknamed the Jenga Tower, set to open with record-setting condo prices ranging from the high $600,000s to over $3 million. Burns has found that interest in pre-sales for the Independent covers both a wide price range and a wide demographic range, including young families and empty nesters.

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https://www.curbed.com/2019/3/12/182...ZiEI0TU9RcObOo

[Urbannizer]

The Travis Phase I

[gillynova]

[GoldenBoot]

AUSTIN UPDATE

As of today, Austin’s central business district has a development pipeline of just over 30 towers either U/C-T/O, U/C, site prep, approved, site plan under review, or have been proposed (publicly) which are at least 300’ in height.

The following is a selection of some of these projects:


6XGuadalupe: 848’/65 floors/Office & Residential/Site Plan Under Review-



The Republic: 708’/46 floors/Office/Site Plan Under Review-



90 Rainey: ~615’/51 floors/Hotel & Residential/Proposed-



The Travis – Tower 1: ~595’/50 floors/Residential/Site Plan Under Review-



Block 185 – Google Tower 2: 589’/35 floors/Office/Under Construction-



44 East: 585’/51 floors/Residential/Site Plan Under Review-



Block 71 – Indeed HQ Tower: 542’/36 floors/Office/Under Construction-



Hanover Republic Square: 516’/44 floors/Residential/Site Plan Under Review-



300 Colorado – Parsley Energy HQ: 446’/32 floors/Office/Under Construction-



Austin Downtown Marriott: 386’/31 floors/Hotel/Under Construction-



5th & Brazos – Thompson & Tommie Hotels & Residences: 355’/31 floors/Hotels & Residential/Site Prep-



The Avenue – A Hyatt Centric Hotel: 346’/31 floors/Hotel/Approved-





*And more 300+ ft. towers are in the works…Stay tuned.

[Dariusb]

Wow, great stuff!

[photoLith]

Austin never stops, wow.

[ATXboom]

Great post GoldenBoot!!!

[clubtokyo]

Incredible! The Austin skyline is going to be the best in Texas in my opinion!!

[The ATX]

Good post GoldenBoot.

Austin forumers tend to hang out in the Austin subforum, and we neglect this thread. There are also a lot more significant projects happening in Austin than the dozen GoldenBoot posted.

[Dariusb]

Originally Posted by The ATX

Good post GoldenBoot.

Austin forumers tend to hang out in the Austin subforum, and we neglect this thread. There are also a lot more significant projects happening in Austin than the dozen GoldenBoot posted.

Thanks for the link. Lots of cool projects! Austin just keeps rising taller and getting denser!

[ILUVSAT]

I think ATX was referring to this link (on this website):

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/foru...hp?forumid=446

[Dariusb]

Originally Posted by ILUVSAT

I think ATX was referring to this link (on this website):

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/foru...hp?forumid=446

Ok.

[The ATX]

I wasn't referring to any link, but that's OK. Maybe Dariusb was referring to my signature.

[Dariusb]

Originally Posted by The ATX

I wasn't referring to any link, but that's OK. Maybe Dariusb was referring to my signature.

Sorry, lol! A lot of good info on projects nonetheless.

[gillynova]

I didn't know about Block 185 – Google Tower 2 and that looks AMAZING

[The ATX]

Here are a couple more of Google #2. The "G" on top of Google #1 can be seen in the second rendering.



https://www.stgdesign.com/block-185

[KevinFromTexas]

The site plan was posted for The Travis development at 80 Rainey Street, and for the first time, we have a better understanding of the heights.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...SS_PLAN_03.pdf

Phase I will be a 594 foot tower with 52 floors of condos.

Phase II will be a 704 foot tower with 60 floors of condos and a hotel.

This is Austin's third tallest proposal. 6 X Guadalupe is proposed at 848 feet with 65 floors and The Republic is proposed at 708 feet with 46 floors.

[JAYNYC]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

The site plan was posted for The Travis development at 80 Rainey Street, and for the first time, we have a better understanding of the heights.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...SS_PLAN_03.pdf

Phase I will be a 594 foot tower with 50 floors of condos.

Phase II will be a 704 foot tower with 60 floors of condos and a hotel.

This is Austin's third tallest proposal. 6 X Guadalupe is proposed at 848 feet with 65 floors and The Republic is proposed at 708 feet with 46 floors.

If approved, what would be the estimated completion dates of each of those 4 buildings?

[KevinFromTexas]

I'm not sure, but the other two projects are moving through the development process and should be close to approval. The office occupancy rate in Austin right now is insanely high at 99 percent. So, I would imagine The Republic and 6 X Guadalupe would be a sure thing since both of them have office space. The Republic is all office while 6 X Guadalupe is office and condos. The Republic block is just a surface parking lot. So there would be little demolition to do to get started. The 6 X Guadalupe block has a small 4-story hotel on its block that is slated for demo.