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Originally Posted by hereinaustin
At the price point they are asking, I would be surprised if we only get 10' ceilings.
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That would be my point. As much hooplah Kevin Burns is vomiting about this project, for it to have a smaller average floor-to-ceiling height than the Austonian would be pretty pathetic! If one want's to make a statement and be "Independent" in the Austin skyline, why are you building a structure roughly the same height as the next best thing? Make a stand! Be "Independent!" Hell, I'd rather live in the Austonian and be on Congress than tucked away on a dark corner of 3rd Street at the Independent (with no direct road access to downtown).
Man this is disappointing if true. I was really hoping for a 750+ footer. That would have made a real statement and could truly be proclaimed "Independent" in the Austin skyline. At the same height as the Austonian...there is nothing new (no matter what the design).
It may be decades before we see something surpass 700' should the Independent fail to do so. Waller Park Place will not, and there is nothing on any drawing board which would sniff the 700+' mark.
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