I know everyone hates on parking podiums, but when they’re integrated well, they add A LOT of height to our buildings without destroying street interaction. Unfortunately, so many of them do not integrate their podiums very well at all and it destroys the streetscape.
We’ve removed parking minimums, but I still expect developers to include parking podiums in most projects (particularly for-sale residential, for-rent maybe slightly less so). Office projects may or may not offer parking, whereas new build hotels may be the use most likely to eliminate parking from their designs. However: most of the practical impact of the parking change will likely occur after Austin has fully built out ProjectConnect and is embarking upon expanding the system. We’ll likely still be getting lots of parking podiums in the interim, because the market still demands it.
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Last edited by wwmiv; Jan 9, 2024 at 2:44 AM.
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