Well, its like a magicians trick of slight of hand, it keeps you from noticing what going on below, at least at night. Now if only there was a distraction to draw your eyes away from the bottom during the day....
Well, its like a magicians trick of slight of hand, it keeps you from noticing what going on below, at least at night. Now if only there was a distraction to draw your eyes away from the bottom during the day....
Maybe a mural one day. Or some nice plantings/vines.
I'm not sure what their trying to achieve. Looks like there are some glitches that need to be fixed. I like the idea of light patterns though the effect would be much better with colors than just plain white.
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I don't really get it. Maybe because the building was built on the old Austin Music Hall site those are some kind of abstract guitar strings? Pulsing to music? Colors would definitely make them more interesting.
I actually like these lights. The setbacks are creating some unfortunate breaks in the effect, but otherwise, I like it. Actually, I don't know why they didn't do this on the southwest corner of 500 West 2nd.
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I actually like these lights. The setbacks are creating some unfortunate breaks in the effect, but otherwise, I like it. Actually, I don't know why they didn't do this on the southwest corner of 500 West 2nd.
Just imagine this building but twice as well, maybe with a big setback halfway up, and without the ridiculous parking garage.
The lighting looks pretty good on this one. BTW, does anyone know who does updating on wiki for Austin's tallest buildings? I noticed it was removed from the under construction section, but never placed on the completed section.
Does anyone know who does updating on wiki for Austin's tallest buildings? I noticed it was removed from the under construction section, but never placed on the completed section.
Third + Shoal, a 29-story downtown Austin tower with Facebook Inc. as its largest tenant, has sold for an undisclosed price.
The developers of the tower, TIER REIT Inc., Cielo Property Group and Invesco Real Estate, announced the sale June 11. The newly completed 345-square-foot building, which is 100 percent leased, was expected to trade for a record price. The tower at 208 Nueces St. was put on the market in February.
The name of the buyer wasn't immediately released.
“We believe the sale represents a new precedent of demand for top quality office properties in Austin,” TIER REIT CEO Scott Fordham said in statement. “We are proud of the mark we have left on the Austin skyline and pleased with the strong value creation we delivered to our stockholders.”
The sellers were represented in the transaction by HFF.
Austin commercial real estate brokers told the Austin-American Statesman that Third + Shoal had the potential to sell for more than $700 per square foot, which would be a record for commercial real estate in the Texas capital and equate to a total price tag of more than $260 million.
The record has belonged to 5th & Colorado, an 18-story downtown high-rise that sold for $663 per-square-foot in 2017.
Facebook occupies 10 floors of the tower. Other tenants in Third + Shoal include Bank of America Corp., law firm Dickinson Wright PLLC and the New York-based investment firm Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners.
I walk through this area almost every saturday night and think how cool would it be to cover these blank ugly parking garage walls (3rd and Shoal, Independent, Seaholm) with big TV screens ala Times Square and turn the electrical substation into a big public plaza.
I walk through this area almost every saturday night and think how cool would it be to cover these blank ugly parking garage walls (3rd and Shoal, Independent, Seaholm) with big TV screens ala Times Square and turn the electrical substation into a big public plaza.
At the very least, put up some framed billboard-type space but have local artists pain murals.
Anything is better than a stale cold blank wall, especially as the Shoal Creek trail overhaul comes online.
At the very least, put up some framed billboard-type space but have local artists pain murals.
Anything is better than a stale cold blank wall, especially as the Shoal Creek trail overhaul comes online.
Remember, the purpose of the screen mesh was to allow exhaust fumes to escape the parking garage. Covering it up even in just a few spots could hinder those fumes from escaping. Painting murals on the screen mesh could work if it doesn't come across as graffiti. From the parking garage up, this isn't a bad looking building. Messing with the less than desirable parking garage exterior could make it worse. And lighting it up with LED billboards would destroy any ambiance on the creek side. Now that wouldn't be a bad idea for the tooth tower.
I walk through this area almost every saturday night and think how cool would it be to cover these blank ugly parking garage walls (3rd and Shoal, Independent, Seaholm) with big TV screens ala Times Square and turn the electrical substation into a big public plaza.
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Colors would definitely make them more interesting.
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