Austin | Ritz-Carlton Hotel & Residences | 802 Ft | 64 Flrs | Never Built - Page 4

ILUVSAT · #61 Posted **Sep 11, 2021, 6:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

M2 updated their website this weekend. And this project seems to have been scrubbed from it.

https://www.m2developmentpartners.com/

What's that tower in the third row of renderings - first picture? Looks like a downsized Austin/Lady Bird Lake project...

https://www.m2developmentpartners.com/development/

sjk · #62 Posted **Sep 11, 2021, 7:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

M2 updated their website this weekend. And this project seems to have been scrubbed from it.

https://www.m2developmentpartners.com/

Any ideas as to what that means for this project?

The ATX · #63 Posted **Sep 11, 2021, 8:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by ILUVSAT

What's that tower in the third row of renderings - first picture? Looks like a downsized Austin/Lady Bird Lake project...

https://www.m2developmentpartners.com/development/

That's exactly what I thought. But I couldn't find any info referencing that rendering.

The ATX · #64 Posted **Sep 11, 2021, 9:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by sjk

Any ideas as to what that means for this project?

I don't see it as being good. But maybe a redesign is in progress?

enragedcamel · #65 Posted **Sep 11, 2021, 9:24 PM**

It should be illegal to cancel projects like this one. One you announce them you have to build them or you go to jail.

kingkirbythe.... · #66 Posted **Sep 12, 2021, 4:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by enragedcamel

It should be illegal to cancel projects like this one. One you announce them you have to build them or you go to jail.

Yes.

KevinFromTexas · #67 Posted **Sep 12, 2021, 7:00 AM**

I have to admit this one was kind of an ugo, so meh.

It was too boxy and bland. It would be one thing if our skyline were bigger and more accommodating of more average stuff, but coming here and laying an 800 foot box is...savage.

valhalla · #68 Posted **Sep 12, 2021, 8:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

I have to admit this one was kind of an ugo, so meh.

It was too boxy and bland. It would be one thing if our skyline were bigger and more accommodating of more average stuff, but coming here and laying an 800 foot box is...savage.

You speak harshly, but you speak truly. This project was an egg. Fight me. Yes it was a ritz carlton. But the architecture is yoikss. Boxes stacked on top of each other. Revolutionary!!! Not.

Hopefully, this is an opportunity for something better.

The ATX · #69 Posted **Sep 12, 2021, 6:58 PM**

The more I think about it, that unexplained rendering on M2's website could be an update of this project - if the Travis tower is no longer part of the project. The name of the image file is "ritz-c-1", and it it's not the Nashville RC. That could very well be lady Bird Lake in the front of it. The levels are difficult to count because of the design, but it could be around 45-stories.

The ATX · #70 Posted **Sep 12, 2021, 7:11 PM**

If anyone can make out the name or logo at the bottom right corner of the tower rendering, it might be a clue.

KevinFromTexas · #71 Posted **Sep 12, 2021, 8:35 PM**

It looks like it could be an Imageshack watermark, but I can't imagine a developer being ok with someone else's watermark on their renderings. I haven't used Imageshack in years, but I do seem to remember they would put watermarks on images that were hosted for free similar to how that appears.

The ATX · #72 Posted **Sep 12, 2021, 8:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

It looks like it could be an Imageshack watermark, but I can't imagine a developer being ok with someone else's watermark on their renderings. I haven't used Imageshack in years, but I do seem to remember they would put watermarks on images that were hosted for free similar to how that appears.

That image is also being used as the banner on their updated (but still crappy) website. So whatever project it is for, it must have some significance.

Echostatic · #73 Posted **Sep 12, 2021, 10:23 PM**

That definitely could be Lady Bird Lake. See the creek leading towards the tower, in roughly the same position as Waller Creek. And the stand-up paddleboarders. The buildings in the background don't match what would be there, but they seem like filler anyway.

migol24 · #74 Posted **Sep 13, 2021, 1:05 AM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

I have to admit this one was kind of an ugo, so meh.

It was too boxy and bland. It would be one thing if our skyline were bigger and more accommodating of more average stuff, but coming here and laying an 800 foot box is...savage.

It would be nice if Austin built a cylinder building of some sort.

myBrain · #75 Posted **Sep 13, 2021, 2:35 AM**

I like the design of this new rendering, especially the base. It feels kind of retro. It would be a shame to lose the height though. An 800 footer would make for a better progression up to the supertall next door.

We vs us · #76 Posted **Sep 13, 2021, 2:09 PM**

That's a weird rendering. It's like from an alternate dimension Austin where town lake is twice as deep, and the Travis doesn't exist. I'm not completely convinced that's what we're looking at.