Domain/North Austin Development Updates

[davidberko]

Originally Posted by We vs us

Sarcasm noted. But it's still a thing, and has been a thing for a couple of years now. Cars exist, and (whether gas or electric) will exist. People drive them. Not building enough infrastructure to deal with that is bad planning. In my experience being both a ped and a driver, the 4 way stops don't really slow the traffic -- they encourage rolling stops and quick accelerations. At least a traffic light forces a driver to stop fully and wait a beat or more before continuing on. The Domain doesn't need on at every corner, but I can think of one or two places it improve life greatly.

I actually wasn't trying to come off as sarcastic. I apologize. And I agree. Four ways encourage rolling stops and people are impatient for their turn at those and pull some doozies

[mtb_jeremy]

It is the intersections with the greatest distance between cars arriving to the stop (line) that have the most problem. People have trouble judging when the other person "stopped" versus when that person considers their stopping point.

Esperanza Crossing and Alterra Pkwy is a good example.

[eskimo33]

Originally Posted by davidberko

Ok, so maybe Austin should add lights at domain Blvd and domain drive, rock rose and esperanza, and palm way and rock rose. And century oaks terrace and esperanza. Probably a few more intersections

Someone please correct me if I am wrong, I thought all streets in the Domain were private streets not public/city owned. (I base this on the street signs being blue and not green).
If so, is it up to the Domain to take accountability for the traffic problems and potential solutions?

[davidberko]

Originally Posted by eskimo33

Someone please correct me if I am wrong, I thought all streets in the Domain were private streets not public/city owned. (I base this on the street signs being blue and not green).
If so, is it up to the Domain to take accountability for the traffic problems and potential solutions?

I think you're correct. It'd be up to Simon Property Group most likely

[Novacek]

Originally Posted by eskimo33

Someone please correct me if I am wrong, I thought all streets in the Domain were private streets not public/city owned. (I base this on the street signs being blue and not green).
If so, is it up to the Domain to take accountability for the traffic problems and potential solutions?

Right, its one of the many things the city learned from the Domain and improved on for the North Burnet Gateway district master plan. Compare with the Broadmoor development. There's still some private streets, but the main thoroughfare through will be a public street deeded to the city.

[We vs us]

Originally Posted by davidberko

I actually wasn't trying to come off as sarcastic. I apologize. And I agree. Four ways encourage rolling stops and people are impatient for their turn at those and pull some doozies

No need to apologize. This is the internet -- EVERYONE sounds sarcastic!

[davidberko]

Originally Posted by We vs us

No need to apologize. This is the internet -- EVERYONE sounds sarcastic!

thanks for being gracious. I get lazy with my online communication sometimes. I blame it on the texting culture. I was a communications major in college years back so no excuse for me! Derp, derp

[The ATX]

At the next PC meeting, a zoning change request is on the agenda for the ~6 acre mixed use (office/residential/hotel) Verde Square project next to Q2 stadium. The ZC would allow for 308' buildings.

http://austintexas.gov/cityclerk/boards_commissions/meetings/40_1.htm

[ahealy]

Bring on the high rise dev to domain!

[Novacek]

Originally Posted by The ATX

At the next PC meeting, a zoning change request is on the agenda for the ~6 acre mixed use (office/residential/hotel) Verde Square project next to Q2 stadium. The ZC would allow for 308' buildings.

http://austintexas.gov/cityclerk/boards_commissions/meetings/40_1.htm

It's a little disappointing that they're going for CMU-Gateway instead of TOD-Gateway.

TODG would allow for a bit more height, but also if I recall, CMUG has some slight regulation changes to be a bit more car-centric.

But maybe they're going this way so that they don't have to wait on the McKalla station (arguing location on the Burnet/Brake intersection and accessibility to the 803, equivalent to the Domain south end's CMUG). That way they don't have to be like Broadmoor (which got the rezoning, but couldn't actually make use of the new entitlements initially).

It's the same 8:1 FAR either way, so it doesn't make too much of a difference in practice.

edit/add: here it is, there's no parking max for CMUG.

http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=293214

They may explicitly be planning to exploit that for "off-site" stadium parking.

[drummer]

This whole area is about to explode in new ways. Excited to see it, and to Novacek's and others' points, it needs to be done the right way.

[KevinFromTexas]

I'm still waiting for a 400 footer up there...

[GoldenBoot]

Originally Posted by The ATX

At the next PC meeting, a zoning change request is on the agenda for the ~6 acre mixed use (office/residential/hotel) Verde Square project next to Q2 stadium. The ZC would allow for 308' buildings.

http://austintexas.gov/cityclerk/boards_commissions/meetings/40_1.htm

Well...shoot. There goes Orange Lot #2 (at least during construction).

In all seriousness...bring on that 300+ footer! And, yes. A 400+ footer would be nice.

[The ATX]

I didn't realize until I read through the PC backup file that Verde Square is being developed by Precourt.

[SproutingTowers]

Domain Tower 2

[Mopacs]

Yesterday from Mopac-183N Flyover

[KevinFromTexas]

Nice. Domain 9 crane, I'm guessing?

[mtb_jeremy]

This morning:

[lebull]

Originally Posted by mtb_jeremy

This morning:

They went from starting site work to pouring concrete in about a month. I'm guessing that a lot of stuff had already been laid out from from the construction of the other buildings, but it's incredible how fast that started up.

It's about the same amount of time it took to put 4 window panes up on T2

[IluvATX]

Originally Posted by mtb_jeremy

This morning:

Domain 9