Domain/North Austin Development Updates

[llamaorama]

Those two towers are going to be slick if they come out looking like the rendering. I like the minimalistic design.

[murfnut]

What happened to domain towers 3 and 4, I thought tower 3 was going to start up after all, but I have not seen anything new, any updates ?

[Tyrone Shoes]

Amazon plans major expansion in Austin, to hire 2,000 workers
E-commerce giant Amazon is planning a major expansion in Austin.

Amazon says it will create more than 2,000 corporate and tech jobs in Austin over the next few years.

The new roles will support teams in operations technology, retail, business and web services. Positions will include senior data engineers, senior technical program managers, user experience designers and financial analysts.
To accommodate the growth, Amazon has leased 330,000 square feet of space at a new building being developed by Cousins Properties at the Domain in North Austin. The new office space is planned to open in early 2024.

Amazon currently has more than 3,000 tech and corporate employees at its Austin Tech Hub in three locations at the Domain.

https://www.statesman.com/story/business/2021/12/21/amazon-plans-major-expansion-austin-hire-2-000-workers/8974104002/

[atxsnail]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Shoes

Amazon plans major expansion in Austin, to hire 2,000 workers
E-commerce giant Amazon is planning a major expansion in Austin.

Amazon says it will create more than 2,000 corporate and tech jobs in Austin over the next few years.

The new roles will support teams in operations technology, retail, business and web services. Positions will include senior data engineers, senior technical program managers, user experience designers and financial analysts.
To accommodate the growth, Amazon has leased 330,000 square feet of space at a new building being developed by Cousins Properties at the Domain in North Austin. The new office space is planned to open in early 2024.

Amazon currently has more than 3,000 tech and corporate employees at its Austin Tech Hub in three locations at the Domain.

https://www.statesman.com/story/business/2021/12/21/amazon-plans-major-expansion-austin-hire-2-000-workers/8974104002/

Seems like a good omen for Uptown ATX and Domain South End (DT 3 & 4) getting built out faster. I wonder what the competitive atmosphere is like between Cousins/Endeavor, Brandywine and Stonelake all building huge projects in such close quarters. It's still pretty incredible to think about how much more capacity can still be added to this area even before considering the various smaller players.

[KevinFromTexas]

I saw the Domain skyline yesterday afternoon from SH-71 around 5:30ish, and holy moly it was gorgeous. The sunlight was reflecting off the buildings making them glow bright orange.

[The ATX]

EaDo (East Domain).

“This pocket east of The Domain – which we are calling EaDo – will benefit from the success of The Domain proper similarly to how neighborhoods adjacent to vibrant downtowns in other metro areas benefit.”

https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n...Pos=0#cxrecs_s

Here's a rendering of Modera EaDo which broke ground:

[drummer]

I'm not feeling the EaDo, but I love all the development.

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by drummer

I'm not feeling the EaDo, but I love all the development.

We can surround the Domain with EaDo, NoDo, WeDo and SoDo. WeDo would be my favorite.

[drummer]

Originally Posted by The ATX

We can surround the Domain with EaDo, NoDo, WeDo and SoDo. WeDo would be my favorite.

And when that area becomes larger than it can handle, it can be split into SoWeDo and NoWeDo(nt).

[wwmiv]

Originally Posted by The ATX

We can surround the Domain with EaDo, NoDo, WeDo and SoDo. WeDo would be my favorite.

What about GuiDo? Graphical User Interface Domain.

Lower Domain LoDo?
Upper Domain UpDo…



I really am over this naming fad.

As I sit in LoHi working.

The Domain was named after an internet construct: a “domain” name. I think it’d be a touch more unique to start naming projects after other internet constructs:

The Webpage
The Dot
The Com
Bandwidth
The 404
The Hotspot
The Address
The ÆURL
Influence
On-the-Line

So many fun things you could riff from.

[drummer]

In all seriousness, I just took time to look this up a bit more. The address is 11604 Stonehollow Drive, which is just east of the Scwhab campus. Are there any plans to connect this area to all of the other development with an improved grid at some point? Even pedestrian connections and/or bike paths toward the Broadmoor/Domain would be an improvement. Otherwise folks would need to go to Metric or Gracy Farms and then work their way around.

[Novacek]

Originally Posted by drummer

In all seriousness, I just took time to look this up a bit more. The address is 11604 Stonehollow Drive, which is just east of the Scwhab campus. Are there any plans to connect this area to all of the other development with an improved grid at some point? Even pedestrian connections and/or bike paths toward the Broadmoor/Domain would be an improvement. Otherwise folks would need to go to Metric or Gracy Farms and then work their way around.

The North Burnet Gateway plan calls for a new east/west road connecting Stonehollow to Burnet, and a new n/s corridor west of metric there

https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/de...g_reg_plan.pdf

Figure 1-3

[paul78701]

Originally Posted by drummer

In all seriousness, I just took time to look this up a bit more. The address is 11604 Stonehollow Drive, which is just east of the Scwhab campus. Are there any plans to connect this area to all of the other development with an improved grid at some point? Even pedestrian connections and/or bike paths toward the Broadmoor/Domain would be an improvement. Otherwise folks would need to go to Metric or Gracy Farms and then work their way around.

IMHO, this entire area needs to be better connected and more pedestrian friendly before people start referring to it as Austin's "second downtown".

[drummer]

Originally Posted by Novacek

The North Burnet Gateway plan calls for a new east/west road connecting Stonehollow to Burnet, and a new n/s corridor west of metric there

https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/de...g_reg_plan.pdf

Figure 1-3

Good, I thought there was something like that...I think I've seen this before. I also noticed that this is from 2009, so it needs a bit of updating with current buildings. Hopefully some of those connections will be prioritized in the relatively near future given all the growth in the area.

Originally Posted by paul78701

IMHO, this entire area needs to be better connected and more pedestrian friendly before people start referring to it as Austin's "second downtown".

Very much agreed.

[The ATX]

The heights of the Verde Square buildings are not yet listed in the site plan. But based on the available info, it could have three decent sized buildings. If multiple uses are in one building, it could reach the rezoned 308' height.

[Sigaven]

Anybody have any information on this project?

https://www.bdcnetwork.com/first-pha...d-austin-texas

It's being built next to the Gold's gym at 183/burnet. The renderings show it being 5 stories, but the parking garage core that's being built looks exceptionally tall, like 8 stories or more. Is there some sort of office tower component as part of this project?

[Mopacs]

Originally Posted by Sigaven

Anybody have any information on this project?

https://www.bdcnetwork.com/first-pha...d-austin-texas

It's being built next to the Gold's gym at 183/burnet. The renderings show it being 5 stories, but the parking garage core that's being built looks exceptionally tall, like 8 stories or more. Is there some sort of office tower component as part of this project?

Not sure of any component other than residential, but you're right. Very tall parking garage already.

[Mopacs]

Domain area on 1/16/22

The Bowen and Domain Tower 2





Bowen





Domain 9







Uptown ATX





New Apartments - NE corner of Braker and Mopac



From 183 NB

[gillynova]

Much needed updated pics for this thread! Thank you mopacs

[drummer]

^^ The address for this one is 9127 Research Blvd., Austin, TX 78758.

I'm excited to see more development south of the Domain. Hopefully more like this will help to stitch together the North Burnet corridor and Domain/Uptown areas.