AUSTIN | Project Updates Thread Part II - Page 168

The ATX · #**3341** Posted **Aug 30, 2016, 1:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by LoneStarMike

That location is (was?) a Hertz Rental Car facility according to the Google Street View Judging from the street view from May, it looks like it's been closed.

There plans several years ago to add some sort of crown on that building.

https://adomatica.wordpress.com/2008...s-to-da-vinci/

Not sure if it's related to that or something else.

There is a view of the frontage road side of the Hertz building from July, and it's definitely closed - at least for business. It appears to be open as an unofficial homeless shelter.

paul78701 · #**3342** Posted **Aug 30, 2016, 1:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by lzppjb

823 Congress also owns the garage at 9th & Brazos, and that has been mentioned by me months ago as possibly being a future development. It was first brought to my attention on the shaggy forum by a guy in the industry. Maybe that could be it?

Some time ago somebody posted (on this forum) some sort of flyer advertising that parking garage for potential redevelopment. I vaguely remember seeing an example rendering of how a tower could fit on that site.

MichaelB · #**3343** Posted **Aug 30, 2016, 3:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by drummer

^ Boo. Hope it's better than those two. Good to see another development going in, but we do not need an "Ugly Quarter"...

oh! Amen to that!

KevinFromTexas · #**3344** Posted **Aug 30, 2016, 7:38 PM**

I think I remember reading something about this on the forum, but I'm not sure.

http://www.512tech.com/technology/se...HAfNG1MUaf9ON/

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M is selling its 156-acre Austin campus
The Minnesota-based company plans to look for new office space in Austin.

Posted August 30th, 2016
Lilly Rockwell American-Statesman Staff

Materials company 3M, best known for its Post-it notes and Scotch tape, is selling its main 156-acre campus in Austin, the company has confirmed.

Company CEO Inge Thulin told 3M's Austin employees in an email last week that the Austin site "has served us well for many years, and as we assess new workspace options in the Austin, Texas area, we will explore opportunities for buyers of the current Austin site."

The company declined to reveal the list price for the property, which includes 1 million square feet of office space. The 3M land, at RM 620 and RM 2222, is home to employees who work in 3M's "electronics and energy" group, as well as its research and development facility.

The company first built this campus back in 1988, according to the 3M website.

KevinFromTexas · #**3345** Posted **Sep 1, 2016, 8:39 PM**

Tower crane plans for 110 West Elizabeth Street (northeast corner of West Elizabeth and Eva Streets). This is for a 3-story hotel with 3 levels of underground parking located behind Guero's.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...rane_PLANS.PDF

Site plan for 300 Pressler Street - 58 feet with 5 floors.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...sler_PLANS.pdf

Site plan for 315 Pressler Street - 58 feet with 5 floors.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...sler_PLANS.pdf

Site plan for 5-story self storage facility at 1411 West 5th Street.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...rage_PLANS.pdf

We vs us · #**3346** Posted **Sep 1, 2016, 9:29 PM**

Glad to see the Pressler St. project heating up. I drive in to downtown on 5th St. every morning and am amazed at the amount of developable space. That area could support a lot of multifamily housing and walkable commercial/retail.

KevinFromTexas · #**3347** Posted **Sep 2, 2016, 1:10 AM**

Does anyone know if this broke ground yet? It was supposed to this month.

Here's the site plan permit. It hasn't been released yet.

https://www.austintexas.gov/devrevie...erRSN=11442358

http://www.mystatesman.com/news/busi...ngle-pr/nrZLp/

The ATX · #**3348** Posted **Sep 2, 2016, 1:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Does anyone know if this broke ground yet? It was supposed to this month.

Here's the site plan permit. It hasn't been released yet.

https://www.austintexas.gov/devrevie...erRSN=11442358

http://www.mystatesman.com/news/busi...ngle-pr/nrZLp/

I've been trying to figure that out as well so I can update the project list. It should be underway, but I rarely get to that part of town to verify it.

We vs us · #**3349** Posted **Sep 2, 2016, 1:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

I've been trying to figure that out as well so I can update the project list. It should be underway, but I rarely get to that part of town to verify it.

I drove past on my way home yesterday. Nothing visible so far.

AusTxDevelopment · #**3350** Posted **Sep 2, 2016, 7:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by paul78701

Some time ago somebody posted (on this forum) some sort of flyer advertising that parking garage for potential redevelopment. I vaguely remember seeing an example rendering of how a tower could fit on that site.

That was me. Here's the post:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=2990

Here's the rendering of the proposed redevelopment of the 823 Congress garage at 900 Brazos:

The ATX · #**3351** Posted **Sep 4, 2016, 8:12 PM**

If one can get past the fact that this is a Forbes article, it's a good article about Austin's housing prices.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottbey.../#64c26138729c

Novacek · #**3352** Posted **Sep 5, 2016, 2:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

If one can get past the fact that this is a Forbes article, it's a good article about Austin's housing prices.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottbey.../#64c26138729c

I'm pro growth and pro density, but that's not a very strong article. He conflates/confuses the metro and the city, switching back and forth literally from sentence to sentence.

He knocks Austin for _only_ having 10k building permits. But we're 1/3 the size. If that was the only factor, as he claims, we should have seen less price increases than DFW.

Urbannizer · #**3353** Posted **Sep 5, 2016, 7:26 AM**

Just started a B&A of Austin via street view on another forum and these two images really show how crazy fast the city is developing.

https://www.google.com/maps/@30.2644...7i13312!8i6656

The ATX · #**3354** Posted **Sep 5, 2016, 10:54 PM**

The Fairmont, Aloft and 500 W. 2nd St. might all be topped out by the end of the month. There will be a little lull before the next round of towers start to make a vertical impact. But when they do it'll be awesome:

The Independent
70 Rainey
Fifth & West
Austin Proper
Hotel ZaZa
3rd & Shoal

drummer · #**3355** Posted **Sep 7, 2016, 3:27 AM**

Nice! That street view photo is awesome.

jtown,man · #**3356** Posted **Sep 8, 2016, 12:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Just started a B&A of Austin via street view on another forum and these two images really show how crazy fast the city is developing.

https://www.google.com/maps/@30.2644...7i13312!8i6656

Love the buildings AND the trees!

KevinFromTexas · #**3357** Posted **Sep 8, 2016, 4:04 AM**

It's funny, because all the people complaining about the development in downtown - one of the big things they complain about is fewer trees, but it's really the opposite. There's more trees in downtown now than I think there's ever been.

drummer · #**3358** Posted **Sep 8, 2016, 1:38 PM**

I think the same thing every time I see photos of downtown back in the day. It was truly a wasteland compared to now.

I can understand when people complain about cookie-cutter housing developments that clear-cut native trees so they can lay out their streets and homes however they want...only to "replace" them with sticks. This is not the case in downtown, obviously.

urbancore · #**3359** Posted **Sep 8, 2016, 3:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by drummer

I think the same thing every time I see photos of downtown back in the day. It was truly a wasteland compared to now.

I can understand when people complain about cookie-cutter housing developments that clear-cut native trees so they can lay out their streets and homes however they want...only to "replace" them with sticks. This is not the case in downtown, obviously.

Wasteland. I used that word so often over the years to describe downtown.

Novacek · #**3360** Posted **Sep 8, 2016, 4:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

It's funny, because all the people complaining about the development in downtown - one of the big things they complain about is fewer trees, but it's really the opposite. There's more trees in downtown now than I think there's ever been.

Yeah, not a lot of trees in whole blocks paved as parking lots.