AUSTIN | Tech 3443/Zen Garden/Austin Viie/EightFold | Mixed Use Development

[sammyk]

Every time I see this thread updated I think there will be a new name for the project.

[StoOgE]

Originally Posted by sammyk

Every time I see this thread updated I think there will be a new name for the project.

Their primary business model seems to be creating project names

[Echostatic]

Sounds like West Campus, but more horizontal

[freerover]

Originally Posted by Echostatic

Sounds like West Campus, but more horizontal

[Echostatic]

Lots of different names, too many different plans and projects to keep track of, but without the tall buildings (yet)

Anyone else get me?

[freerover]

Passed city council on 1st reading only.

[We vs us]

This thing is headed for a bankruptcy auction at the end of the month.

I mean . . . kinda about time, TBH.

https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n...r-auction.html

[kingkirbythe....]

The amount of name changes alone foretold bankruptcy.

[KevinFromTexas]

https://www.virtualbx.com/constructi...nod-from-city/
Austin: Long Awaited Mixed Use Campus Project Gets Nod from City
Feature Illustration: An early concept of the towers of Austin Viie that were to face the U.S. Highway 183 frontage road.

Posted 11-16-2020

Austin (Travis County) — A mixed use, commercial campus development that has long been planned finally received approval by the Austin City Council last week.

Council rezoned 109.65 acres of a property that is to be known as Austin Viie, 3443 Ed Bluestein Boulevard, from limited industrial services district zoning to limited industrial services-planned development area district zoning.

Zarafshani also requested that buildings in the portion bounded by Ed Bluestein Boulevard, Technicenter Drive, Semiconductor Drive and Central Avenue would not exceed 400 feet (28 floors) and buildings on the remaining portion west of Semiconductor Drive, would not exceed 280 feet (17 floors) of height.

However, the Austin Planning Commission denied those requests and recommended that all other buildings on the property not exceed 120 feet of height. The commission said that this would still allow for the revitalization of the campus and that by increasing building heights and reducing parking requirements, the property will be able to provide a compact campus without requiring “a sea of parking and impervious cover.” There is a floodplain within the property.

[ILUVSAT]

I'm assuming the Business Journal got it wrong...again!?! They state the city cleared the development to include 40-story, 400' buildings.

https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n...-approval.html

The last I heard - and seems to be confirmed in the article above (posted by Kevin) - that the height limit was slashed down to 250'.

[freerover]

Originally Posted by ILUVSAT

I'm assuming the Business Journal got it wrong...again!?! They state the city cleared the development to include 40-story, 400' buildings.

https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n...-approval.html

The last I heard - and seems to be confirmed in the article above (posted by Kevin) - that the height limit was slashed down to 250'.

I actually think that Kevin's article is wrong. The commission OKed the 400' buildings and I didn't watch the council meeting but I think they approved it as well. Kevin's article doesn't make sense because the applicant wanted the hight limit, the city staff said no, commission overruled. However, I'm really not sure.

[LoneStarMike]

Originally Posted by freerover

I actually think that Kevin's article is wrong. The commission OKed the 400' buildings and I didn't watch the council meeting but I think they approved it as well. Kevin's article doesn't make sense because the applicant wanted the hight limit, the city staff said no, commission overruled. However, I'm really not sure.

This article says Posted 11-20-2020 so I'm assuming it's new, although some of the text sounds familiar to me.

Austin: Details of Long Awaited Redevelopment of the Old Motorola Campus Emerge

Zarafshani also clarified that the city had approved all zoning requests, which called for the project to build up to 120 feet high in most areas of the campus and up to 400 feet high in sections fronting U.S. Highway 183 despite the Austin Planning Commission recommendation not to do so.

“The approval of the PDA has created multiple projects on campus,” Zarafshani said. “Tech 3443 will be the first development in Austin to receive a 400-feet tall approval outside the CBD (central business district). This expansive campus will also notably feature green energy throughout. Panache Development & Construction has maintained its role on campus and will continue to lead construction (on) campus.”

[Novacek]

Looking at

https://www.austintexas.gov/departme...201112-reg.htm

item 48

it sounds like Council approved the more limited zoning. A limit of 400' on tract one, but less on the others. All way down to 120' limit on tract 4.

[myBrain]

Looks like something they'd put up in Azerbaijan or Kazakhstan or something

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by myBrain

Looks like something they'd put up in Azerbaijan or Kazakhstan or something

They definitely have a "developing world modernism" vibe.

[the Genral]

Originally Posted by The ATX

They definitely have a "developing world modernism" vibe.

Yeah. Let's hope they are just messing with us. We're not Beijing.

[Riverranchdrone]

Work on this site might have started up again. The gate has been open the last two or three weeks. And I can hear construction noises coming from it. Wow such insider detail, I know. lol

[Azul]

Just a recap on this project and it's status at the moment - at least from how I understand it:

• Buildings F, H, and J will be the first buildings to be delivered on this campus. Construction to finish the redevelopment of these three buildings should start back up soon, however, some minor foundation and prep work appears to be underway in the meantime. I'd expect tenants to start moving in within a year's time.
  
• Building C is next up. From what I hear, its design is underway now and should develop into a fairly cool central hub for the full site.
  
• The W2 building also has a relocated tenant and might be coming down the pipeline soon.

This project is about to spring back to life.

[Riverranchdrone]

From the noises coming from it, it already has. I can hear it from the parking garage.

[We vs us]

Is this all new construction or does some of it already exist?