AUSTIN | Projects & Construction III

[clubtokyo]

This is going to be an incrediable building for Austin!

[Dariusb]

That's going to be a real beauty!

[Shwayze1994]

Is there anyone who could do a mock up using the first picture in Golden Boots post with the block 185 tower and Guadalupe tower? Man Austin is really started to get its big boy boots on and I'm loving it.

[hookem]

Wow, it's like Republic Square park was built to be the entry plaza to that building. It's great to see a parking lot turned into something so worthy of that block's potential.

I was a regular at Waterloo Brewing Company (anyone remember that place? "4th and Guadalupe... Underneath the stars.. Water-looo-ooo-ooo brewing coooompany..." was the jingle) and I remember thinking how much DT was growing when the Plaza Lofts next door went up. Never in my wildest imagination at the time would I have envisioned this...

[R1070]

If Austin continues to increase the height of it's towers, it will soon give Charlotte's skyline some competition.

[ILUVSAT]

Originally Posted by R1070

If Austin continues to increase the height of it's towers, it will soon give Charlotte's skyline some competition.

Interesting. I know it's dangerous using wiki, but, if you take the current listing on complete, U/C, site prep, approved, under current city review and proposed towers for the two cities, in (roughly) 2022 you would get this:

Towers 900'+: AUS=0 CHA=0
Towers 800'-899': AUS=1 CHA=1
Towers 700'-799': AUS=1 CHA=1
Towers 600'-699': AUS=4 CHA=2
Towers 500'-599': AUS=8 CHA=3
Towers 400'-499': AUS=13 CHA=9
Towers 300'-399': AUS=32 CHA=17



*Obviously, this assumes everything on the table gets built as currently proposed*

[ATXboom]

Wow. Thanks for posting numbers. That is impressive.

[Dariusb]

Originally Posted by ILUVSAT

Interesting. I know it's dangerous using wiki, but, if you take the current listing on complete, U/C, site prep, approved, under current city review and proposed towers for the two cities, in (roughly) 2022 you would get this:

Towers 900'+: AUS=0 CHA=0
Towers 800'-899': AUS=1 CHA=1
Towers 700'-799': AUS=1 CHA=1
Towers 600'-699': AUS=4 CHA=2
Towers 500'-599': AUS=8 CHA=3
Towers 400'-499': AUS=13 CHA=9
Towers 300'-399': AUS=32 CHA=17



*Obviously, this assumes everything on the table gets built as currently proposed*

I didn't know that Austin had more highrises than Charlotte? Interesting.

[clubtokyo]

Originally Posted by ILUVSAT

Interesting. I know it's dangerous using wiki, but, if you take the current listing on complete, U/C, site prep, approved, under current city review and proposed towers for the two cities, in (roughly) 2022 you would get this:

Towers 900'+: AUS=0 CHA=0
Towers 800'-899': AUS=1 CHA=1
Towers 700'-799': AUS=1 CHA=1
Towers 600'-699': AUS=4 CHA=2
Towers 500'-599': AUS=8 CHA=3
Towers 400'-499': AUS=13 CHA=9
Towers 300'-399': AUS=32 CHA=17



*Obviously, this assumes everything on the table gets built as currently proposed*

Wow at those numbers!

[eburress]

Originally Posted by R1070

If Austin continues to increase the height of it's towers, it will soon give Charlotte's skyline some competition.

"Some" competition? hahaha One might easily feel Austin's is already superior and like ILUVSAT posted, it appears Austin's skyline is objectively on par with Charlotte's.

[Dale]

Originally Posted by R1070

If Austin continues to increase the height of it's towers, it will soon give Charlotte's skyline some competition.

I'm a Charlottean and I agree with this.

[wwmiv]

Austin’s skyline, in person, already appears much larger.

[JAYNYC]

Originally Posted by wwmiv

Austin’s skyline, in person, already appears much larger.

Depends on one's perspective.

When viewed from South Congress or driving North on I35 from South Austin, yes.

When viewed from North of UT or driving South on I35 from 290, not really.

[drummer]

All I know is that Austin is doing a lot better than Lubbock.

See? City vs City is fun.

[KevinFromTexas]

I didn't either actually. I haven't exactly been keeping tabs, but it is interesting to note. I don't think this should really be seen as a city versus city as much as it is kind of a shock of the reality of the ranks Austin is climbing. I've always thought of places like Charlotte and San Diego as cities that I wished Austin could take after. I never imagined we'd actually be passing them in some ways.

[drummer]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

I didn't either actually. I haven't exactly been keeping tabs, but it is interesting to note. I don't think this should really be seen as a city versus city as much as it is kind of a shock of the reality of the ranks Austin is climbing. I've always thought of places like Charlotte and San Diego as cities that I wished Austin could take after. I never imagined we'd actually be passing them in some ways.

Haha, I really don't see it as City vs. City either, I was just being a punk (sorry guys!). It is pretty insane to see the numbers of what is happening in Austin...especially compared to when I was a kid.

[Dariusb]

Originally Posted by drummer

Haha, I really don't see it as City vs. City either, I was just being a punk (sorry guys!). It is pretty insane to see the numbers of what is happening in Austin...especially compared to when I was a kid.

Since Austin already has an 800+ footer or soon to have one, a 900 may not be far away in the future.

[JoninATX]

Originally Posted by Dariusb

Since Austin already has an 800+ footer or soon to have one, a 900 may not be far away in the future.

Heck, a 1,000 footer is in the likelihood for Austin.

[JAYNYC]

Can someone please repost (or post a link to the original post) the two photos comparing Austin's present skyline and its 1997/1998 skyline? From what I recall, it was a photo that you could slide from one side to the other, revealing all that's been built over the last 20 years.

Thanks!

[TexasPlaya]

Hopefully Austin can get a few more hefty office buildings downtown. I prefer my skylines with a bit more heft in the office space category, purely subjective on my end. However, the growth within the last 3 years is pretty impressive any way you cut it.