AUSTIN | Projects & Construction III

[priller]

Walked by last the Marriott site last night. They've started digging up the parking lot.

[photoLith]

Originally Posted by priller

Walked by last the Marriott site last night. They've started digging up the parking lot.

Wait, what is this? Any renders?

[KevinFromTexas]

Originally Posted by nixcity

It has a base that makes you think its going to be 600 feet but no.....

I was thinking the same thing. It looks very similar to The Austonian base.

Originally Posted by ahealy

dead zone

Yeah, this really needs some retail. I hope whatever gets built at the post office site across the street is wrapped with retail on all sides. I really don't mind the design. It's too bad it couldn't be taller, but the design isn't bad. I do like the contrast between what I guess is limestone and the almost smokey glass.

Originally Posted by photoLith

Wait, what is this? Any renders?

This is the construction site for the JW Marriott Convention Hotel. It'll be 408 feet tall with 34 floors and will have 1012 rooms. It'll be the largest JW Marriott in the world and the largest hotel in Austin. It officially broke ground this week.

Models here:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...63712547_n.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...36505824_n.jpg

Building development thread here:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=192074

[priller]

Made a quickie model of the hotel in SketchUp and took a few views of it in Google Earth. Unfortunately, I don't think it will have much of an impact on the overall skyline, being nestled among various other building. Still, a major addition to downtown.

Again, many thanks to Kevin for all the links to building info, especially the COA case number. Wealth of information there!


From the Chase Bank garage:




From S. First bridge:




From the Hilton pool deck (I'm sure I'll be taking many pics from here):




From Cesar Chavez and I-35: