AUSTIN | HealthSouth Redevelopment | FT | FLOORS | Demo - Page 6

wwmiv · #**101** Posted **Feb 21, 2017, 5:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by Novacek

There have been a few articles around at least one opposed group (probably a small minority)

http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/...-transparency/
http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/...entral-health/
http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/...nds-continues/

https://communityimpact.com/austin/e...edical-school/

Thank you!

KevinFromTexas · #**102** Posted **Apr 17, 2017, 4:23 AM**

What a bizarre factoid. I never realized.

http://kut.org/post/lease-downtown-a...pital-included

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FOR LEASE: Downtown Austin 'Boulder' — Hospital Included

By SYEDA HASAN • APR 12, 2017

Next month, Austin’s Brackenridge Hospital will close its doors for good. Patients will be transferred to the new Dell Seton Medical Center just across East 15th Street. That means the spacious, and centrally located, Brackenridge campus will be open for new development. But the incoming tenant will have to contend with a unique feature of the property, something buried beneath the surface of the old hospital.

The rock room has long been an urban legend for hospital staff, and with new development on the horizon, its story has resurfaced. Juan Garza, vice president of finance and development at Central Health, which is leasing the property, confirmed that there is a giant rock buried beneath one of the hospital buildings. Garza said builders came across the infamous rock a few decades ago, during construction of one of the south towers.

lzppjb · #**103** Posted **Apr 17, 2017, 5:54 AM**

My parents' house in South Austin is also built on a giant underground rock. No foundation problems.

KevinFromTexas · #**104** Posted **Apr 17, 2017, 7:37 PM**

Our neighborhood sits on a hill. You start to hit solid rock about 3 feet down. Oddly enough, the house next door to us sold about 2 years ago after our neighbors moved out. It's only just now being gutted and repaired. We went inside last year and it had major foundation problems so bad that the sheetrock was cracking all the way across the room in several of the rooms and most of the doors in the house wouldn't even shut. It looked like an earthquake hit it. They made foundation repairs, put on a new roof, painted it and gutted it. Every person who had come to look at it all left mumbling something about how much work it needed. I jokingly started calling it the crack house. lol

the Genral · #**105** Posted **Apr 18, 2017, 1:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Our neighborhood sits on a hill. You start to hit solid rock about 3 feet down. Oddly enough, the house next door to us sold about 2 years ago after our neighbors moved out. It's only just now being gutted and repaired. We went inside last year and it had major foundation problems so bad that the sheetrock was cracking all the way across the room in several of the rooms and most of the doors in the house wouldn't even shut. It looked like an earthquake hit it. They made foundation repairs, put on a new roof, painted it and gutted it. Every person who had come to look at it all left mumbling something about how much work it needed. I jokingly started calling it the crack house. lol

That's funny...I have a few small cracks in a few places in my house, including my foundation and in my driveway, sidewalks, and patio, giving me my own crack house. But my house was built on deep clay soil, and during the last drought, the clay soil dried out and shrank causing the houses in the area settle and become "crack houses". I'm going to steal that and start telling people I live in a crack house.

The ATX · #**106** Posted **May 24, 2017, 12:50 AM**

Fences went up for the demo:

http://kxan.com/2017/05/23/demolitio...idge-hospital/

paul78701 · #**107** Posted **May 24, 2017, 2:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

Fences went up for the demo:

http://kxan.com/2017/05/23/demolitio...idge-hospital/

They are definitely not wasting any time...nice..

urbancore · #**108** Posted **May 24, 2017, 3:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by paul78701

They are definitely not wasting any time...nice..

yeah, could you imagine if they stalled? hobo hilton

Sigaven · #**109** Posted **May 25, 2017, 4:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by paul78701

They are definitely not wasting any time...nice..

Are they gonna implode the building? That would be fun to watch!

MMOnsii · #**110** Posted **May 25, 2017, 8:50 PM**

It's kinda odd that they built that skywalk to the Brack garage. And as soon as they finished building it now they are tearing down Brack. LOL

OH uhhh, hey... hi! you may think that I am new here but I am not.

I couldn't log on to my old account... it must've been deleted since so long that I hadn't used it. But you might remember me as migol... been here since 2008.

Now you shall call me MMOnsii...

Mopacs · #**111** Posted **May 25, 2017, 11:10 PM**

I don't suppose they would re-realign Red River Street straight through the Brackenridge development? Currently there's that"dog-leg" intersection at 15th street (as a result of the medical center).

drummer · #**112** Posted **May 25, 2017, 11:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by Mopacs

I don't suppose they would re-realign Red River Street straight through the Brackenridge development? Currently there's that"dog-leg" intersection at 15th street (as a result of the medical center).

I believe the plan is to straighten the road, yes.

Geographer · #**113** Posted **May 26, 2017, 2:24 AM**

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Sadly, Austin's local government is embracing a Californian view on affordable housing. Sound bites and headlines have become more important than the logic of supply and demand. Developers are being blamed for creating expensive properties instead of market forces, so stopping development is a good headline. And if we can get a developer to pay a large fee for creating 5 "affordable" units in their project, everybody "wins". Never mind the fact that 5 units is insignificant and is nothing but a headline, and the extra costs added to the construction of a residential building means the remaining units are thus made even more unaffordable.

I agree with this assessment. Only private developers have the resources to build tens of thousands of housing units. The Austin city government does not have enough money to correct the housing shortage, even with Federal grants.

The solution to Austin's high rental and housing costs are high density, low and middle end apartment and condo units. Is anyone here familiar with the Gulfton neighborhood of southwest Houston? It has thousands of inexpensive apartments relatively close to downtown and near U.S. 59 and 610. The low cost of living and proximity to highways and employment centers make it a fantastic place for immigrants, students, and working class people. My immigrant friend who came to Houston with very little money shared a one bedroom apartment with three other guys for four years while he worked at a gas station and went to school. The low cost of living allowed him to do all this and still save money. Gulfton allows working class people to be upwardly mobile. Does Austin have any similar neighborhood?

Gulfton is all privately owned and managed. It wasn't built as low income housing but that's what it became when oil prices plunged and Houston's development patterns shifted. Austin needs similar high density, multi-family housing developments. Developers are undoubtedly eager to build them given Austin's high rents but the NIMBYs frequently oppose because they bring in students and working class people.

The ATX · #**114** Posted **May 26, 2017, 2:57 AM**

Ugh. This place can't be destroyed fast enough.

https://www.facebook.com/CentralHealthTX

the Genral · #**115** Posted **May 26, 2017, 3:49 AM**

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Originally Posted by MMOnsii

It's kinda odd that they built that skywalk to the Brack garage. And as soon as they finished building it now they are tearing down Brack. LOL

OH uhhh, hey... hi! you may think that I am new here but I am not.

I couldn't log on to my old account... it must've been deleted since so long that I hadn't used it. But you might remember me as migol... been here since 2008.

Now you shall call me MMOnsii...

It was migol24 right? Anyway, I was wondering where you've been.

the Genral · #**116** Posted **May 26, 2017, 3:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by Sigaven

Are they gonna implode the building? That would be fun to watch!

I think that would create a dust cloud that would make the new hospital all dirty, so I'm guessing it will be a wrecking ball, also fun to watch...

The ATX · #**117** Posted **May 26, 2017, 4:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by MMOnsii

It's kinda odd that they built that skywalk to the Brack garage. And as soon as they finished building it now they are tearing down Brack. LOL

OH uhhh, hey... hi! you may think that I am new here but I am not.

I couldn't log on to my old account... it must've been deleted since so long that I hadn't used it. But you might remember me as migol... been here since 2008.

Now you shall call me MMOnsii...

Of course we remember you. Didn't you move to San Francisco?

KevinFromTexas · #**118** Posted **May 26, 2017, 6:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by MMOnsii

I couldn't log on to my old account... it must've been deleted since so long that I hadn't used it. But you might remember me as migol... been here since 2008.

Now you shall call me MMOnsii...

Of course! Your old account is still there - migol24

By the way, if anyone ever forgets their password I can reset it for you. In case you forget and can't log in, message me on Facebook and I'll fix it for you. I can even merge your new account with your old one so you don't lose your old posts.

Sigaven · #**119** Posted **May 26, 2017, 3:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by Mopacs

I don't suppose they would re-realign Red River Street straight through the Brackenridge development? Currently there's that"dog-leg" intersection at 15th street (as a result of the medical center).

Yes it's gonna be realigned to go straight through. Interestingly this will be bringing Red River back to its original alignment, which was bumped to the west in the 60's/70's to make room for...yes, the current Brackenridge hospital.

Mopacs · #**120** Posted **May 26, 2017, 4:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by Sigaven

Yes it's gonna be realigned to go straight through. Interestingly this will be bringing Red River back to its original alignment, which was bumped to the west in the 60's/70's to make room for...yes, the current Brackenridge hospital.

That's good to hear. Red River St was always a convenient alternative route to 35 through the Hyde Park/UT/Downtown areas. Right now, not so much.