AUSTIN | Project Updates Thread Part II - Page 108

lzppjb · #**2141** Posted **Jun 4, 2015, 3:56 AM**

lol excellent

drummer · #**2142** Posted **Jun 4, 2015, 4:13 AM**

Love it...POWER TOWER....How 'bout TOWER OF POWER

https://youtu.be/oAatPPEaZDA

So, I tried to embed the video rather than posting a link, but I gave up. It kept on giving me an error. Help out the non-tech-savvy guy, please.

KevinFromTexas · #**2143** Posted **Jun 4, 2015, 5:30 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by drummer

Love it...POWER TOWER....How 'bout TOWER OF POWER

https://youtu.be/oAatPPEaZDA

So, I tried to embed the video rather than posting a link, but I gave up. It kept on giving me an error. Help out the non-tech-savvy guy, please.

When you're embedding a Youtube video, you only need part of the URL link. The part you need is at the very end behind the = sign.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAatPPEaZDA

Copy and paste that part into your post and wrap that with [youtube]oAatPPEaZDA[/youtube ]

I left that last bracket moved away from the last e to show what it should look like. When you move that bracket up against the e it'll make it an active link.

• Video Link

smith_atx · #**2144** Posted **Jun 4, 2015, 2:45 PM**

• Video Link

GoldenBoot · #**2145** Posted **Jun 4, 2015, 3:30 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by AustinGoesVertical

I hope it's a point tower and not another 400 ft rectangle.

Don't count on a 700' tower.

Also, if this is going to be a retail, parking and office structure, it will definitely not be a point tower. Brandywine will maximize floor plate size, thus, it will be a wide and squatty building (possibly in the 20-30 floor range with 300,000 to 400,000 SF of office space).

And that is a big "IF" Brandywine develops the site into a new office building.

Jdawgboy · #**2146** Posted **Jun 4, 2015, 4:31 PM**

I'm not even sure it will be more than 10 floors. Even though there is no CVC isn't that lot under the Warehouse District overlay?

ILUVSAT · #**2147** Posted **Jun 4, 2015, 5:40 PM**

Good question. However, the new Lincoln Property office building is going up inside the "Historic Warehouse Area" as identified by the Downtown Austin Plan. Furthermore, Colorado Tower is also within said boundaries.

The "Historic Warehouse Area" is actually within the district boundary of "Core/Waterfront District," one of nine districts outlined by the DAP.

AusTxDevelopment · #**2148** Posted **Jun 4, 2015, 5:55 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldenBoot

Don't count on a 700' tower.

Also, if this is going to be a retail, parking and office structure, it will definitely not be a point tower. Brandywine will maximize floor plate size, thus, it will be a wide and squatty building (possibly in the 20-30 floor range with 300,000 to 400,000 SF of office space).

And that is a big "IF" Brandywine develops the site into a new office building.

Listen to Brandywine's April earnings call. When talking about this project in the Q&A, the CEO said they believe they can build a couple of hundred thousand square feet, depending on the size of the parking garage.

GoldenBoot · #**2149** Posted **Jun 4, 2015, 5:55 PM**

Calling the Warehouse District the "Warehouse District" is a joke now. In fact, most people I know call it "West Fourth" or just "Fourth Street." There are not enough warehouses there to call it a warehouse district. And the few which remain are not "historic."

To me, it is an embarrassment that it is still called a warehouse district. Dallas, San Antonio, OKC, even Wichita, KS have more restored "warehouses" consolidated within a single area than Austin has ever had.

I would have loved for Austin to have a true district full of old, red brick, repurposed warehouses and small office buildings (see LoDo-Denver for example). But, we don't, and it is silly to think we do.

This may be why the DAP does not recognize the "warehouse district" as an actual, individual district of downtown Austin?!?

dphogan · #**2150** Posted **Jun 4, 2015, 8:49 PM**

Is there anything that is planned or in the works for the block at Barton Springs/South 1st/Riverside Dr. that is currently Hooters? Who owns the land? Don't get me wrong, I love Hooters as much as the next guy, but that seems like a prime piece of land for an iconic looking building.

The ATX · #**2151** Posted **Jun 4, 2015, 9:07 PM**

The site plan was approved and released for the 8th & Embassy residential project:

https://www.austintexas.gov/devrevie...erRSN=11109874

GoldenBoot · #**2152** Posted **Jun 4, 2015, 9:34 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by dphogan

Is there anything that is planned or in the works for the block at Barton Springs/South 1st/Riverside Dr. that is currently Hooters? Who owns the land? Don't get me wrong, I love Hooters as much as the next guy, but that seems like a prime piece of land for an iconic looking building.

No current plans. The heirs of Charles Schultz own the land and I believe it is on the market.

drummer · #**2153** Posted **Jun 4, 2015, 10:46 PM**

Thanks for the YouTube help, Kevin.

Yeah, I'd love to see the Hooters go and see that land put to better use...just a big triangle parking lot right now.

paul78701 · #**2154** Posted **Jun 5, 2015, 2:18 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldenBoot

Don't count on a 700' tower.

Also, if this is going to be a retail, parking and office structure, it will definitely not be a point tower. Brandywine will maximize floor plate size, thus, it will be a wide and squatty building (possibly in the 20-30 floor range with 300,000 to 400,000 SF of office space).

And that is a big "IF" Brandywine develops the site into a new office building.

I don't know how wide and squatty it could really be. That lot is not all that wide/big. It's just a corner lot.

KevinFromTexas · #**2155** Posted **Jun 5, 2015, 8:17 PM**

Just taking a guess, it'll probably be about as tall as the Colorado Tower assuming they're planning 400,000 square feet.

Jdawgboy · #**2156** Posted **Jun 5, 2015, 10:02 PM**

And if it's a couple of hundred thousand square feet (200,000) then probably will be similar to the 5th and Colorado building currently under construction.

The ATX · #**2157** Posted **Jun 5, 2015, 10:35 PM**

I'm not sure I completely agree with this, but this quote from the ABJ article about the proposed 4th & Colorado office building is good news:

"The site is one of the few remaining surface parking lots downtown."

The ATX · #**2158** Posted **Jun 5, 2015, 10:51 PM**

Does anyone remember this rendering of the ill-fated 21c project? This would have been awesome:

http://www.goodyclancy.com/projects/21c-austin/

KevinFromTexas · #**2159** Posted **Jun 5, 2015, 11:03 PM**

That's one of the ones I regret the most not seeing happen. Both designs were good, but the one at that location especially was really nice.

drummer · #**2160** Posted **Jun 6, 2015, 1:15 AM**

Here's another article on the Nland Surf Park, complete with some possible renderings.

http://kvue.tv/1LYVjwC