AUSTIN | Shoal Creek Walk | 219 FEET | 15 FLOORS | COMPLETE - Page 4

Mopacs · #1 Posted **Nov 8, 2014, 5:45 PM**

Found this article dated 10/17/14. The renderings appear similar to those posted several years ago, so they may not reflect what is currently proposed. Apparently we will find out more details soon.

http://www.realtyprosaustin.com/2014...al-creek-walk/

deerhoof · #2 Posted **Nov 8, 2014, 5:46 PM**

It's killing me that we don't know what's being built here. Is it just the latest rendering of shoal creek walk or something better or worse? I asked Jan Buchholz on twitter if she knew anything, and you'll find some pictures of the lot actively being torn apart from this morning.

https://twitter.com/jboyenterprises/...01801035354112

Mopacs · #3 Posted **Nov 8, 2014, 6:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by deerhoof

It's killing me that we don't know what's being built here. Is it just the latest rendering of shoal creek walk or something better or worse? I asked Jan Buchholz on twitter if she knew anything, and you'll find some pictures of the lot actively being torn apart from this morning.

https://twitter.com/jboyenterprises/...01801035354112

That was a good idea to post that. I'm sure Jan will respond.

JoninATX · #4 Posted **Nov 9, 2014, 5:01 AM**

I drove by today and got to say the whole parking lot has been torn up, the ony thing that's left is the light poles. So it looks like their ready to build here pretty soon.

Mopacs · #5 Posted **Nov 10, 2014, 12:49 AM**

Here are a few shots I took yesterday from W6th.

The ATX · #6 Posted **Nov 10, 2014, 8:29 AM**

This one is awesome:

Syndic · #7 Posted **Nov 10, 2014, 5:19 PM**

Okay so the reason for the amendment to the restrictive covenant was to take out the green roof requirement they previously agreed to. The document also says "a site plan is currently under review for a building on a portion of the site that will be five (5) stories high." Hopefully, this is in reference to the parking garage. If so, then it sounds like this project is pretty similar to the way it was a few years ago. Would be nice to see that site plan, though.

Mopacs · #8 Posted **Nov 10, 2014, 6:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by Hill Country

This one is awesome:

Thanks! I like the view down Bowie St, especially with the Gables Park Plaza tower at the end of the block. Gives the impression of a curved street with dense development surrounding it (albeit a disjointed route separated by the RR tracks). You don't see that much in downtown with its grid pattern.

futures · #9 Posted **Nov 10, 2014, 9:37 PM**

Only 12 stories tall ... what a bummer.
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/bl...ve.html?page=2

Austin1971 · #10 Posted **Nov 10, 2014, 9:57 PM**

Drove by today and they were spraying the lot with hydroseed. Don't know why they would do this if they were ready to build?

Digatisdi · #11 Posted **Nov 10, 2014, 10:19 PM**

Erosion control most likely

GoldenBoot · #12 Posted **Nov 10, 2014, 10:37 PM**

ABJ article also mentioned this development is SPEC (i.e., very few or no signed preleases). If that is true, I'm really interested in knowing who is financing a 400,000+ SF SPEC office project.

KevinFromTexas · #13 Posted **Nov 11, 2014, 12:30 AM**

44,427 square feet - that's a good bit of retail space isn't it? That's half the size of the Whole Foods store. Bummer about it being only 12 floors.

austlar1 · #14 Posted **Nov 11, 2014, 1:05 AM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

44,427 square feet - that's a good bit of retail space isn't it? That's half the size of the Whole Foods store. Bummer about it being only 12 floors.

Sound like it would be about the ground floorplate square footage of the "two" buildings. I wonder whether it will be two buildings separated by what? Hopefully something pedestrian friendly/street friendly with no street level parking a la Whole Foods.

The ATX · #15 Posted **Nov 11, 2014, 1:10 AM**

I don't see any information about this project on the Schlosser website that isn't years old, and the ABJ blog post/article says the info is from the website.
I have no idea why 12-stories is being thrown around as the height for the new project.

Schlosser: http://www.sdcaustin.com/index.html

KevinFromTexas · #16 Posted **Nov 11, 2014, 1:26 AM**

Yeah, I'm not sure. I also question the logic of building an 8-story parking garage, 5-story office building and a 12-story office building on such a large lot. I wouldn't be surprised if we find out that at least the parking garage is under one of those buildings.

KevinFromTexas · #17 Posted **Nov 13, 2014, 12:53 AM**

This says it'll have a 20,000 square foot green roof.

http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=221078

Public right of way permit for new shell construction.

https://www.austintexas.gov/devrevie...erRSN=11224354

ChrisBBradford · #18 Posted **Nov 13, 2014, 4:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

This says it'll have a 20,000 square foot green roof.

http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=221078

No, the RC in effect today requires a green roof for water quality treatment. The owner wants to amend the RC to provide water quality through a sedimentation-filtration pond. According to the applicant's letter, when the city changed its flood plain model in 2012, it screwed up the green roof irrigation system, so the owner is seeking permission to provide a sedimentation-filtration pond.

atxdweller · #19 Posted **Nov 22, 2014, 1:31 AM**

FWIW, my building manager inquired of Schlosser what was going on with the lot, and was reportedly told that the "parking agreement" had expired and Schlosser was given the option of either landscaping it according to COA requirements or ripping up the blacktop (this probably explains the hydromulch).

They chose to demo because the project "may" break ground in Q1'15. But the work to date was apparently prompted by circumstances unrelated to groundbreaking.

deerhoof · #20 Posted **Jan 13, 2015, 2:33 PM**

Shoal Creek Walk sign is up near 6th street. 14 floors.