AUSTIN | Project Updates Thread Part II

[drummer]

They should put it on a balcony...

[KevinFromTexas]

Site plan for 1301 West 5th Street. 73 feet 8 inches with 6 floors.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/AULCC_2016/161201/PLANS/AULCC_1301%20W%205th%20Street_PLANS.pdf

[Urbannizer]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Site plan for 1301 West 5th Street. 73 feet 8 inches with 6 floors.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/AULCC_2016/161201/PLANS/AULCC_1301%20W%205th%20Street_PLANS.pdf

Being developed by CWS Capital Partners.

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Marquis on 5th:

226 unit complex with retail space for 1301 W. 5th St.

[paul78701]

There are eight bids to develop the former county courthouse block:

http://www.mystatesman.com/news/business/bids-in-to-develop-county-owned-block-in-downtown-/ntCDJ/

[clubtokyo]

Originally Posted by paul78701

There are eight bids to develop the former county courthouse block:

http://www.mystatesman.com/news/business/bids-in-to-develop-county-owned-block-in-downtown-/ntCDJ/

That's awesome! Hopefully we will get something good!

[GoldenBoot]

Damn. Wish we could see those proposals.

[We vs us]

Hopefully all as tall or taller than the Independent.

[JoninATX]

Hopefully this won't turn into another 300 - 400 footer. I want developers to push the height to atleast 700ft.

[paul78701]

Originally Posted by JoninATX

Hopefully this won't turn into another 300 - 400 footer. I want developers to push the height to atleast 700ft.

With all of the new office space that has been built out, and with the speed at which it is subsequently being leased, I have to think that we are fast approaching the point where the cost proposition of building a very large office building makes sense. At some point, a developer is going to determine that a 700+ ft. project can be filled quickly enough to be worth the construction cost. I know next to nothing about how such projects are really done, but it's just hard for me to imagine this not happening sooner rather than later.

[The ATX]

The crane for the Tyndall condos went up as seen from the Aloft webcam:


https://app.oxblue.com/open/Tournee/AustinALoft

[clubtokyo]

Originally Posted by paul78701

With all of the new office space that has been built out, and with the speed at which it is subsequently being leased, I have to think that we are fast approaching the point where the cost proposition of building a very large office building makes sense. At some point, a developer is going to determine that a 700+ ft. project can be filled quickly enough to be worth the construction cost. I know next to nothing about how such projects are really done, but it's just hard for me to imagine this not happening sooner rather than later.

Wasn't 609 main in Houston a spec building? http://www.609mainattexas.com/

Maybe we can get something like that. 752ft.

[LoneStarMike]

These are just some renderings I found on STG's Planning and Design Page

Not sure if they're current, abandoned, or what.

Capitol Study - Austin, TX - 200,000 sf










CBD Study - Austin, TX - 216,000 sf




This almost seems like it could be Shoal Creek Walk from a different angle. Maybe an earlier rendering, or is this a different building altogether?


Design Study XV - Austin, TX - 125,000 sf


From the third rendering, this looks to be in the block directly south of the William P. Clements State Office Building, behind the DoubleTree Suites.

[The ATX]

I was looking at this one a while back. It looks like there is an historical market at the bottom right. But I couldn't find the location with Streetview.

[The ATX]

This must have been an old project. It's the site of the SXSW proposal.

[Urbannizer]

Originally Posted by The ATX

This must have been an old project. It's the site of the SXSW proposal.

Maybe it was a potential design for the proposal. It's around the same height/size as Gensler's concept.

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Maybe it was a potential design for the proposal. It's around the same height/size as Gensler's concept.

Could be. But it's way too cool and without parking levels. So it was doomed from the beginning.

[The ATX]

11-story hotel planned for Spicewood Springs Rd. near Loop 360:

https://communityimpact.com/austin/north...ed-spicewood-springs-road-near-loop-360/


Site Plan:

https://www.austintexas.gov/devreview/b_showpublicpermitfolderdetails.jsp?FolderRSN=11615002

[sis11]

Originally Posted by The ATX

I was looking at this one a while back. It looks like there is an historical market at the bottom right. But I couldn't find the location with Streetview.

I dont know why they are pushing so much these 'glassed' buildings.. :/

[Jdawgboy]

Originally Posted by The ATX

11-story hotel planned for Spicewood Springs Rd. near Loop 360:

https://communityimpact.com/austin/north...ed-spicewood-springs-road-near-loop-360/


Site Plan:

https://www.austintexas.gov/devreview/b_showpublicpermitfolderdetails.jsp?FolderRSN=11615002

What a terrible idea. I'm all for this not to happen. I've been visiting St. Edwards Park over the past 2 weeks and I love that area. A hotel that size not only wouldn't fit in, it would negatively impact Bull Creek. As the someone in the article pointed out, that whole stretch west of 360 is prone to flooding. The automatic flood gate is just feet away from the intersection and there are several low crossings over the creek for more than 2 miles. If the guy who is proposing this hotel has visited the area like he says, he would know that. Any future flood of Bull Creek would cut acess to hotel.

The road itself is rual in nature and isn't designed for such a large development.

[smith_atx]

Google made a big update to the Earth timelapse website recently.

Main link:
https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse/