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GoldenBoot · #**141** Posted **Apr 25, 2019, 1:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

The City's websites for AULCC and pemits have been having some access issues this afternoon. Yes, the Phase II is the taller tower.

Thanks.

What a bummer. I'm not sure that one will get built. Wish they were building the tall one first.

Is tower 2 still a mix of hotel & residential? Or is it all residential now? It looks to be all residential.

Oh...Tower 1 is 594.166' tall. The TOP is at 1049.833' and the lowest level of entry is at 455.667'

GoldenBoot · #**142** Posted **Apr 25, 2019, 4:44 AM**

Interesting...When Sutton & KOA Partners first proposed this project Tower I was to be a 60-story residential building and Tower 2 was to be a ~40-story hotel/residential building. Well, things seemed to have switched.

We vs us · #**143** Posted **Apr 25, 2019, 1:57 PM**

Looking forward to seeing both towers in context at some point . . . for me, this is another one that requires a rendering to really understand.

When those things both finally get built, that portion of DT is going to feel a whole lot heavier.

GoldenBoot · #**144** Posted **Apr 25, 2019, 4:40 PM**

I hope they both get built too. However, having two structures of this magnitude phased-in makes me nervous about the entire project being completed as currently proposed. I wish they were starting with the taller one, as I'm not convinced a second tower is going to get built.

GoldenBoot · #**145** Posted **Apr 25, 2019, 10:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

The City's websites for AULCC and pemits have been having some access issues this afternoon. Yes, the Phase II is the taller tower.

Are they still having issues? I still cannot get to the site to see the docs.

The ATX · #**146** Posted **Apr 25, 2019, 11:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by GoldenBoot

Are they still having issues? I still cannot get to the site to see the docs.

Not that I know of. The site was working well today. But it's an FTP site, so access is often restricted depending on where you are trying to access it from, i.e. an employer, hotel wifi, etc.

The ATX · #**147** Posted **Apr 26, 2019, 12:33 AM**

The first construction related permit was filed today, so they must be expecting the site plan to be approved in the near future. But this project still needs to go to the design Commission for the density bonus.

H2O · #**148** Posted **Apr 26, 2019, 10:36 AM**

I'm incredibly disappointed in this project. The interaction with Waller Creek and the parkland to the south are abysmal. Storage and screened parking garage podiums. I hope the Waller Creek Conservancy will be able to intervene. The fact that they need approval for the density bonus may be the mechanism.

The ATX · #**149** Posted **Apr 26, 2019, 7:22 PM**

Tower #1 is actually 52-stories because levels B1 and B2 are above ground on the South and West sides.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/AULCC_2019/FY2019/AULCC%20Agendas%202019/190509/

KevinFromTexas · #**150** Posted **Apr 26, 2019, 9:48 PM**

^^Good catch on that. I missed that.

I'm really wanting to see some renderings to have a better understanding of the layout and the appearance of the towers. I'm really hoping we get some with the design meeting documents when they go for their density bonus.

I've been working on a Google Earth model adding all of the proposed, under construction, and completed towers to downtown in Google Earth. The models are basically the same as what they draw for the Downtown Austin Blog articles, but I've color coded all of mine for the different development stages.

The site plan shows Phase I as being the tower on the west side of the property, while phase II is located east of it. The site plan also shows the footprint of each tower. Phase I roughly follows the same shape of the footprint of the former Villa Apartments. The site plan also shows the length and width of the footprints of the buildings. Since it follows the same shape the Villa Apartments did, it means that the footprint of the tower is not rectangular, but turns to the right to avoid the banks of Waller Creek. The south end of Phase I is square, but the northern part angles away from the creek. What I'm puzzled about is that the rendering we've seen so far and the elevations don't seem to reflect that angle. The tower appears to be pretty much square and there doesn't appear to be a setback where the tower steps away from the edge of the parking podium. My first model following that property line along the creek has made for a strange looking tower that ends up being trapezoidal in shape.

Urbannizer · #**151** Posted **May 30, 2019, 3:24 AM**

The ATX · #**152** Posted **Jun 9, 2019, 2:21 AM**

I really like the Quincy webcam. Here's the Travis Towers site from this afternoon. The site is almost cleared.

https://app.oxblue.com/open/endeavor/redrivertower

The ATX · #**153** Posted **Jun 21, 2019, 3:22 PM**

The City posted some pretty good project info online this morning. But all the Planning Commission and Design Commission backup file PDFs are corrupted and won't download/open. There is a huge amount of info about the Travis that should have plenty of renderings of both towers (when the files can be opened). There is also a huge presentation of a project called 17th & Guadalupe apartments.

Design Commission:
http://austintexas.gov/cityclerk/boards_commissions/meetings/22_1.htm

The Planning Commission has some backup files for Broadmoor and 211 S. Lamar that can't be opened:
http://austintexas.gov/cityclerk/boards_commissions/meetings/40_1.htm