AUSTIN | Tech 3443/Zen Garden/Austin Viie/EightFold | Mixed Use Development - Page 6

The ATX · #1 Posted **Jan 21, 2020, 9:25 PM**

Here's the link to the PC backup file for Zen Garden:

http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=333598

enragedcamel · #2 Posted **Jan 21, 2020, 11:36 PM**

Same height restrictions as before. Lame.

Area I – 400 feet
Area II – 280 feet
Area III – 120 feet, excepting Building B at 160 feet

427MM · #3 Posted **Jan 22, 2020, 3:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by enragedcamel

Same height restrictions as before. Lame.

Area I – 400 feet
Area II – 280 feet
Area III – 120 feet, excepting Building B at 160 feet

Eh, that's all the applicant is requesting. Will be the tallest outside of DT if passed at that height and built.

freerover · #4 Posted **Feb 6, 2020, 8:50 PM**

Was on the council agenda for today but postponed to March 26, 2020 by Applicant

sammyk · #5 Posted **Feb 6, 2020, 10:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by freerover

Was on the council agenda for today but postponed to March 26, 2020 by Applicant

Guess they need time to think of a new name?

The ATX · #6 Posted **Feb 7, 2020, 1:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by sammyk

Guess they need time to think of a new name?

Ha. They should probably just go with "Big Fail."

Jdawgboy · #7 Posted **Feb 7, 2020, 1:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by freerover

Was on the council agenda for today but postponed to March 26, 2020 by Applicant

Oh cool, that's my birthday! They should do it another day lol.

The ATX · #8 Posted **Apr 16, 2020, 5:38 PM**

This project was forced into an "involuntary bankruptcy" because contractors were not being paid. But the ownership re-emerged with a new name: Tech 3443. The developer now wants to lease the site to the City of Austin for a Covid-19 emergency shelter. This is what happens when the circus shuts down and the clowns decide to be developers.

CTRL-U alert
https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n..._news_headline

freerover · #9 Posted **Apr 16, 2020, 10:18 PM**

What a mess.

Riverranchdrone · #10 Posted **Apr 16, 2020, 11:47 PM**

Great I am already responsible for treating COVID-19 patients at NXP and DECONing areas the infected were. Now this will just bring it closer.

freerover · #11 Posted **May 13, 2020, 4:07 PM**

This is on council agenda for 5/21. Normally I would say start pinging council staffs to show support but lets give this a week and see if it doesn't get postponed again.

sammyk · #12 Posted **May 13, 2020, 6:28 PM**

Every time I see this thread updated I think there will be a new name for the project.

StoOgE · #13 Posted **May 13, 2020, 6:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by sammyk

Every time I see this thread updated I think there will be a new name for the project.

Their primary business model seems to be creating project names

Echostatic · #14 Posted **May 13, 2020, 6:47 PM**

Sounds like West Campus, but more horizontal

freerover · #15 Posted **May 13, 2020, 7:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by Echostatic

Sounds like West Campus, but more horizontal

Echostatic · #16 Posted **May 13, 2020, 7:42 PM**

Lots of different names, too many different plans and projects to keep track of, but without the tall buildings (yet)

Anyone else get me?

freerover · #17 Posted **May 22, 2020, 2:27 PM**

Passed city council on 1st reading only.

We vs us · #18 Posted **Sep 9, 2020, 8:53 PM**

This thing is headed for a bankruptcy auction at the end of the month.

I mean . . . kinda about time, TBH.

https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n...r-auction.html

kingkirbythe.... · #19 Posted **Sep 9, 2020, 10:52 PM**

The amount of name changes alone foretold bankruptcy.

KevinFromTexas · #20 Posted **Nov 17, 2020, 6:42 AM**

https://www.virtualbx.com/constructi...nod-from-city/
Austin: Long Awaited Mixed Use Campus Project Gets Nod from City
Feature Illustration: An early concept of the towers of Austin Viie that were to face the U.S. Highway 183 frontage road.

Posted 11-16-2020

Austin (Travis County) — A mixed use, commercial campus development that has long been planned finally received approval by the Austin City Council last week.

Council rezoned 109.65 acres of a property that is to be known as Austin Viie, 3443 Ed Bluestein Boulevard, from limited industrial services district zoning to limited industrial services-planned development area district zoning.

Zarafshani also requested that buildings in the portion bounded by Ed Bluestein Boulevard, Technicenter Drive, Semiconductor Drive and Central Avenue would not exceed 400 feet (28 floors) and buildings on the remaining portion west of Semiconductor Drive, would not exceed 280 feet (17 floors) of height.

However, the Austin Planning Commission denied those requests and recommended that all other buildings on the property not exceed 120 feet of height. The commission said that this would still allow for the revitalization of the campus and that by increasing building heights and reducing parking requirements, the property will be able to provide a compact campus without requiring “a sea of parking and impervious cover.” There is a floodplain within the property.