AUSTIN | Project Updates Thread Part II - Page 432

GoldenBoot · #**8621** Posted **Sep 12, 2023, 9:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by We vs us

You're right, it's El Mercado, but it won't be an HGI -- there's a newly completed one right across 17th street.

Ahhh. Good catch. I still think the notion of a hotel is correct.

Urbannizer · #**8622** Posted **Sep 18, 2023, 3:35 AM**

Off topic discussion moved here:

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=213438&page=186

Urbannizer · #**8623** Posted **Sep 18, 2023, 3:36 AM**

El Mercado

chinchaaa · #**8624** Posted **Sep 18, 2023, 3:27 PM**

this one is a bummer.

We vs us · #**8625** Posted **Sep 18, 2023, 4:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by Urbannizer

El Mercado

Ashes to Ashes, dust to dust, piles of brick to piles of brick.

SproutingTowers · #**8626** Posted **Sep 18, 2023, 5:02 PM**

Another view of the rubble.

#**8627** Posted **Sep 18, 2023, 7:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by We vs us

Ashes to Ashes, dust to dust, piles of brick to piles of brick.

Developers are the High Priests of Austin.

MichaelB · #**8628** Posted **Sep 19, 2023, 6:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by Urbannizer

El Mercado

Sad in so many ways.

wwmiv · #**8629** Posted **Sep 19, 2023, 11:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by smallfrie

Developers are the High Priests of Austin.

In a city that worships the devil.

Urbannizer · #**8630** Posted **Sep 20, 2023, 8:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Planning Commission OKs latest northwest downtown rezoning

This is my neighborhood. Good to hear others are in favor of more residential for the area.

Demolished recently:

chinchaaa · #**8631** Posted **Sep 20, 2023, 1:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Demolished recently:

I really hope we can figure out a way to densify without tearing down everything. These new buildings have zero personality.

dilliam · #**8632** Posted **Sep 24, 2023, 5:13 PM**

just because it was old doesn't mean it had personality. I think we have a good number of towers going up that have great personality. Especially because most of them literally house hundreds of ACTUAL personalities.

MichaelB · #**8633** Posted **Sep 24, 2023, 8:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by chinchaaa

I really hope we can figure out a way to densify without tearing down everything. These new buildings have zero personality.

Urbannizer · #**8634** Posted **Sep 28, 2023, 7:13 PM**

https://www.designboom.com/architecture/...xas-sixth-blanco-mass-timber-09-28-2023/

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Herzog & De Meuron reveals new images of its Sixth&Blanco development in Austin, its first-ever project in Texas. The five-story, mass timber mixed-use building will span an entire city block, and will enhance the walkable neighborhood of the capital city with new retail, art galleries, and restaurants. It will further introduce ten residences, a hotel, and a collection of luxury amenities for both residents and guests. Situated in Clarksville along West Sixth Street and aptly named after the intersection at its core, Sixth&Blanco is exemplifies Austin’s rapid growth.

These new images come in time for the official launch of sales at Sixth&Blanco, unveiled by Austin-based restaurateur and hotelier Larry McGuire, Co-Founder and Partner of MML Hospitality, and Austin-based developer Riverside Resources. See designboom’s previous coverage here.

We vs us · #**8635** Posted **Sep 28, 2023, 7:58 PM**

I love it. More timber buildings please!

chinchaaa · #**8636** Posted **Sep 29, 2023, 1:13 AM**

beautiful! more more more!

We vs us · #**8637** Posted **Sep 29, 2023, 1:51 AM**

Lots of gorgeous pics at that link!

Gotta say, I’m sold on using timber to humanize these bigger projects. These are obv just renderings, but I think you can tell how approachable the materials are, and how they make the redevelopment of that block… maybe more palatable? More familiar? I think here especially the materials are doing a lot of necessary work.

It may also be the use of sunlight and that interior courtyard. Those features are reminiscent of the best parts of the Perennial, may it RIP.

Urbannizer · #**8638** Posted **Sep 30, 2023, 10:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by Urbannizer

El Mercado

It is now a parking lot. 😭

JoninATX · #**8639** Posted **Oct 1, 2023, 10:50 PM**

Ugh...

The ATX · #**8640** Posted **Oct 2, 2023, 12:18 AM**

The developers never seemed to have a firm plan for the site, and no permits other than demo were filed. It seems like it would have been more beneficial to collect rent on the properties until they had firm plans as opposed to paying for demo and collecting parking revenue. This is definitely a "next cycle" project. The same goes for Intracorp on their former Conrad site. Now we we have an empty lot and an abandoned and deteriorating building next to the convention center.