AUSTIN | 21C Austin |3 towers| ??? Feet | 49 FLOORS | 17 FLOORS

[breathesgelatin]

Originally Posted by PartyLine

Oh cause there were people inside behind what looked like the check in desk

Well, possibly, you might be right. If it's open, it's only just. I'll try to find out at work tomorrow.

[MichaelB]

Just came back from Louisville. ( home of 21C). Word at the property there is they are only pursuing the hotel at this point and not the Condo's . Didn't get any details.

[TXAlex]

Originally Posted by austex

Executive like the Trump Tower in Chicago?

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=128533



Why would balconies be lower class? It appears to me that buildings without balconies are more uptight looking. Almost like the age when having pure white skin showed upper refinement. The sun {and balconies} are for the gardener and those who need to toil outside.

That said, your building in Seattle is very sexy. I like it very much and hope the 21C is as clean looking.

This is just a necessary part of the executive life. The building has to be hermetically sealed and a different atmosphere piped in. That way they can take their breath-gas apparatus off they have to wear to be among us lowly humans.

[KevinFromTexas]

Yeah, I would want to be able to open my window/sliding door to let fresh air in, and yes, hear the city. I notice many of the units at 360 routinely have their balcony doors open in the cooler months, even way up in the tower.

[KevinFromTexas]

From the Downtown Austin Blog:
http://downtownaustin.wordpress.com/

3) Perry Lorenz provided citizen communication that the 21c project is moving forward and the development team is flying to Austin from Louisville with updates in the first week of December. In addition to getting a more comprehensive project status, we should receive a better idea of the amount and types of consideration the project is paying towards Waller Creek improvements adjacent to the property.

[texastarkus]

21c Museum Hotel developers in Austin next week
By Tim Eaton | Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 12:26 PM

The developers of the proposed 21c Museum Hotel are coming to Austin next week to present an update on the stalled downtown project.

Developers Steve Poe and Craig Greenberg will be speaking to the Waller Creek Citizen Advisory Committee at City Hall on Dec. 3.

The proposed project includes a hotel and condominiums at East Caesar Chavez and Red River streets. City leaders had hoped that the tax revenue from the project would kick-start plans to build a flood control tunnel along Waller Creek, helping spur redevelopment in the area.

Michael Bonadies, president and CEO of 21c Museum Hotels, said the project plans are complete, and they’re ready to move forward.

But there is still a major obstacle.

“We continue to work hard on sourcing construction financing in what has proved to be a difficult environment,” Bonadies said in an email. “However, we remain optimistic, encouraged by some of the feedback we have recently received, which leads us to believe that 2010 will bring a more favorable climate for construction financing.”

Originally, the project was slated to break ground at the beginning of the year, but the floundering economy got in the way.

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/conte...ate/index.html

[SecretAgentMan]

InFact Daily (Nov 23, 2009)

Despite reports to the contrary, the 21c Museum Hotel does expect to break ground in the immediate future, landowner Perry Lorenz assured the Waller Creek Citizen Advisory Committee, promising a question-and-answer session at next month’s meeting.

Originally slated to break ground at the beginning of this year, the project had apparently stalled, leading some to presume it was dead in the water. At the last meeting, Commissioner Ellie McKinney said that the failure of the hotel to materialize then made it difficult for commissioners believe it ever would. The Hotel 21c was one of those projects that epitomized what the Design Commission wants to see downtown.

So it’s not surprising McKinney would long to see construction begin on the 21c Museum Hotel, based on an existing building in Louisville, Kentucky. The developer’s unique focus on art and commerce is viewed as a potential antidote to urban blight. In Austin, the proposed property would be a 200-room hotel, combined with a contemporary art museum, at the corner of Red River and Cesar Chavez.

“It’s alive and it’s well and it’s for real,” Lorenz said. “And it’s going to provide the beginnings of a pretty significant tax base for the city.”

The proposed location is, of course, the one-time Vignette site. The Vignette plans, touted by then-Mayor Kirk Watson, went belly up during the dot-com bust. In some ways, however, this new model for development seems more true to the current downtown anti-sprawl, high-density ideal.

More specifically, the 21c Museum Hotel would be the first project to contribute incremental value to the Waller Creek tax-increment financing district. Commissioners agreed to put the hotel on their Dec. 3 agenda.

After his comments during citizen communications, Lorenz said the developer had already committed a substantial amount of money to the project, including coming up with the preliminary design for the hotel. Now, almost a year after the original proposed groundbreaking, the developer intends to move forward.

[The Lorax]

There was a follow up article in the Statesman on Friday on this -- the project is alive and moving forward. They made a presentation to the Waller Creek Citizens Advisory Commission. Very impressive project.