AUSTIN | Projects & Construction III - Page 3

TheAustinGuy · #1 Posted **May 2, 2012, 12:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by drmadham

Anyone have any clue as to what's this gonna be? My guess is either more retail/student housing

The last time I heard anything about this site it was controlled by Simmons Vedder and was slated to become an 8-story apartment complex called Quarters Grayson (I think). The construction appears to be of the same type as the other Quarters projects and it is directly across the street from their 1,200 spacing parking facility. I couldn't find any information to confirm that this is in fact a new Quarters, but I would be shocked if it wasn't.

ROCrot · #2 Posted **May 2, 2012, 1:07 AM**

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Originally Posted by TheAustinGuy

The last time I heard anything about this site it was controlled by Simmons Vedder and was slated to become an 8-story apartment complex called Quarters Grayson (I think). The construction appears to be of the same type as the other Quarters projects and it is directly across the street from their 1,200 spacing parking facility. I couldn't find any information to confirm that this is in fact a new Quarters, but I would be shocked if it wasn't.

This may help. Is it at the same spot? http://www.quartersoncampus.com/Aust...apartments.asp

JoninATX · #3 Posted **May 2, 2012, 2:27 AM**

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Originally Posted by drmadham

Anyone have any clue as to what's this gonna be? My guess is either more retail/student housing

Most likely more student housing, that area is poison will growth.

KevinFromTexas · #4 Posted **Jun 4, 2012, 1:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by JoninATX

Another unknown project going up on Rio Grande & W. 22nd 1/2 st.

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Originally Posted by drmadham

Anyone have any clue as to what's this gonna be? My guess is either more retail/student housing

I don't know what the name is, but it's a 15-story tower. Their website had it listed as 175 feet tall.

Check this thread in the Texas section. There's a rendering.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=192430

TheAustinGuy · #5 Posted **Jun 4, 2012, 3:31 PM**

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I don't know what the name is, but it's a 15-story tower. Their website had it listed as 175 feet tall.

Check this thread in the Texas section. There's a rendering.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=192430

That is great! There is a lot of activity in this area. The 15-story building is sperate from the U/C building at22 1/2 and Rio Grande. The site plan shows that the 15-story building is at 22 & Nueces, about a block south and a block east of the other site.

KevinFromTexas · #6 Posted **Apr 26, 2012, 5:25 PM**

I heard on KVUE today that City Council will vote on something related to Green. Does anyone know what it is? They showed a 3D rendering, and the buildings were different from what we saw before. One of them had an angled roof.

Thanks for your hard work, BevoLJ. I went ahead and closed the old thread.

For reference here's the link. I'll move it to the Archive section in a few days.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=124346

Here's the Thread Archive section.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/forumdisplay.php?f=95

Here's the OLD thread from way back in 2005.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=70078

MichaelB · #7 Posted **Apr 26, 2012, 5:51 PM**

Im having loss over the last thread. Bitch just up and left!

wwmiv · #8 Posted **Apr 26, 2012, 5:57 PM**

Kevin, can you email White Lodging to get an updates height for the JW Marriott? It seems they may have slightly increased it.

KevinFromTexas · #9 Posted **Apr 26, 2012, 6:09 PM**

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Kevin, can you email White Lodging to get an updates height for the JW Marriott? It seems they may have slightly increased it.

The floor number hasn't changed. It's still at 33 floors which is what it was when I got the heights a while back. I'll probably send them another "confirmation" email once they break ground just to make sure nothing's changed, but they had told me plans were pretty much finalized then.

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Im having loss over the last thread. Bitch just up and left!

She was a good thread.

If you go to my links in my post above, I included a link to the OLD thread from 2005. It shows some cool construction photos. There's one of Whole Foods on the 1st page that Mopacs took.

MichaelB · #10 Posted **Apr 27, 2012, 6:29 PM**

[QUOTE=KevinFromTexas;5680136]The floor number hasn't changed. It's still at 33 floors which is what it was when I got the heights a while back. I'll probably send them another "confirmation" email once they break ground just to make sure nothing's changed, but they had told me plans were pretty much finalized then.

"She was a good thread. "

That is a great idea to go back and look at the earlier construction thread! HUM! Now that is some geek entertainment! You know i will!

Jdawgboy · #11 Posted **Apr 26, 2012, 6:11 PM**

I saw a web report on KXAN that the city council will be finalizing imagine Austin with a vote coming up in a couple of weeks. The blue print of how the city will grow over the next 30 years looks like it should be able to pass given its overwhelming support from various public community panels and commisions.

Kevin, I will see if I can find anything about the GWT site.

AviationGuy · #12 Posted **Apr 27, 2012, 1:23 AM**

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I saw a web report on KXAN that the city council will be finalizing imagine Austin with a vote coming up in a couple of weeks. The blue print of how the city will grow over the next 30 years looks like it should be able to pass given its overwhelming support from various public community panels and commisions.

Kevin, I will see if I can find anything about the GWT site.

I haven't seen the Imagine Austin report yet, but my neighborhood is extremely opposed to it because it encourages density along Burnet Rd. I just don't get it. Density along major thoroughfares is a good thing!

nixcity · #13 Posted **Apr 27, 2012, 2:59 AM**

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In a way I agree with this. Even with the attempt to create a secondary downtown (Domain v. Buckhead) or with a world-class event (Olympics v. F1), but we also have failed in ways where Atlanta excelled: mass transit.

Interesting comparisons, and without a doubt their transit system is leaps and bounds ahead of ours. I believe its MARFA,,,its one of the best in the country.

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I haven't seen the Imagine Austin report yet, but my neighborhood is extremely opposed to it because it encourages density along Burnet Rd. I just don't get it. Density along major thoroughfares is a good thing!

Well it just shows the intelligence of these kinds of people, they complain first and foremost about traffic increasing. Don't they realize that by putting the people right there on the main street means they will NOT be in their neighborhoods...especially true with burnet. Try and get on a public forum blog or keep in contact with these kinds of people to educate them on the basics. You can always get them by rubbing their fake "green" noses in it by asking them if they are environmentalists,,,or just green to be catchy???And living here they basically have to say yes. Then simply ask them where they plan on putting all the people that are moving here...if the answer is sprawl then he is talking about taking out big chunks of the ENVIRONMENT for crap!!!!

migol24 · #14 Posted **Apr 27, 2012, 3:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by nixcity

Well it just shows the intelligence of these kinds of people, they complain first and foremost about traffic increasing. Don't they realize that by putting the people right there on the main street means they will NOT be in their neighborhoods...especially true with burnet. Try and get on a public forum blog or keep in contact with these kinds of people to educate them on the basics. You can always get them by rubbing their fake "green" noses in it by asking them if they are environmentalists,,,or just green to be catchy???And living here they basically have to say yes. Then simply ask them where they plan on putting all the people that are moving here...if the answer is sprawl then he is talking about taking out big chunks of the ENVIRONMENT for crap!!!!

yup. I was trying to explain this to my co-worker here in SF. He also lived in Austin and was complaining with all the building going on and said that its looking more like Houston and Dallas. When I started explaining he seemed to understand it a little bit but wasn't still buying it. I just don't get it with these kinds of people. Where do they learn their stuff from?

JoninATX · #15 Posted **Apr 27, 2012, 6:59 AM**

Kvue did a segment about the contruction and growth downtown at the end she said there were 4,500 people living in downtown in 1993 & shot up to 9,500 this year. I would not be surprised if we surpassed the 10,000 mark.

http://www.kvue.com/news/Flurry-of-d...149128555.html

BevoLJ · #16 Posted **Apr 27, 2012, 6:39 PM**

Heh, I geeked and did the same thing yesterday when Kevin linked them.

Lots of fun reading.

Then went and linked them at the bottom of the list for others to do the same.

BevoLJ · #17 Posted **Apr 27, 2012, 9:04 PM**

Here is a picture today of COTA with a view of downtown

http://www.facebook.com/CircuitofTheAmericas

wwmiv · #18 Posted **Apr 27, 2012, 9:09 PM**

I'm honestly still bummed that this wasn't built in West Travis County.

Syndic · #19 Posted **Apr 30, 2012, 11:50 AM**

They want us to pay them to build that decorative piece of crap? No thanks. Spare us the "iconic" buildings. More often than not, that means a building that screams "look at me!" to the detriment of its surroundings. Please take your starchitecture somewhere else, guys. Thanks.

hookem · #20 Posted **Apr 30, 2012, 8:10 PM**

I like it. One of Austin's shortcomings is lack of world-class museums, and architecture like this at least makes a museum notable...

However, I can't help but think of a hamster wheel when I look at it.

Also, isn't the rail proposal going to be on it's own? Not lumped in with the general bond package.