Austin | Waterloo Park Hotel (12th & Red River) | 335 FT | 27 FLRS | Demo

[We vs us]

I didn't want to say anything, but they've put traffic barriers on the westbound turn lane along 12th street there. There's been a ton of utility work in the neighborhood, though, so hard to tell if this is specific to the hotel, or to, say, the Waller construction across the street.

[The ATX]

They filed for another site plan extension:

https://abc.austintexas.gov/public-s...rtyrsn=5112565

[Urbannizer]

[The ATX]

It's a race between this one and the Town Lake/East Ave Apt tower as to to which long suffering project actually breaks ground.

[agsatx88]

AE Design Intake for temporary power at 1201 Red River Street filed by GC Flintco. Could this be for construction of this project?

https://abc.austintexas.gov/public-s...rtyrsn=5112565

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by agsatx88

AE Design Intake for temporary power at 1201 Red River Street filed by GC Flintco. Could this be for construction of this project?

https://abc.austintexas.gov/public-s...rtyrsn=5112565

One would think so. We are now in a race to see which of the two longest stalled but recently resurrected projects (this & Town Lake Lofts) gets started first.

[Urbannizer]

https://www.virtualbx.com/bid-bullet...s-only-subbid/

[chinchaaa]

Dying to know what hotel goes here. A good hotel could really anchor the area.

[We vs us]

Originally Posted by chinchaaa

Dying to know what hotel goes here. A good hotel could really anchor the area.

Prior to COVID it was supposed to be a Curio by Hilton. So . . . definitely upscale, definitely boutiquey. But I haven't heard anything since then, so hard to say.

One way or another, Hilton is underrepresented in Austin, so IMO they'll probably push to move forward as Curio.

[agsatx88]

https://austin.towers.net/austins-wa...round-in-2023/

[MichaelB]

Walked thru that entire area over the weekend. It will be so good to have even more housing in that area and bring life to the streets.! I

[We vs us]

Originally Posted by MichaelB

Walked thru that entire area over the weekend. It will be so good to have even more housing in that area and bring life to the streets.! I

There's a lot of quiet-before-the-storm action going on in that part of town. Lots of stuff bubbling up in the next 2-5 yrs.

[The ATX]

A tower crane license permit was filed today. We get a little sign of hope every six months or so for this project.

https://abc.austintexas.gov/public-s...rtyrsn=5112565

[We vs us]

Originally Posted by The ATX

A tower crane license permit was filed today. We get a little sign of hope every six months or so for this project.

https://abc.austintexas.gov/public-s...rtyrsn=5112565

Does it give us dates, or am I looking in the wrong place?

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by We vs us

Does it give us dates, or am I looking in the wrong place?

The initial license permit almost never has dates. The dates will be on the next crane permit which will be for the installation ROW closures.

[We vs us]

Originally Posted by The ATX

The initial license permit almost never has dates. The dates will be on the next crane permit which will be for the installation ROW closures.

Gotcha. Still good news. Weird and piecemeal, but still good news.

[agsatx88]

Design intake for temporary construction power filed by GC Flintco.

https://abc.austintexas.gov/public-s...rtyrsn=6652324

[We vs us]

Originally Posted by agsatx88

Design intake for temporary construction power filed by GC Flintco.

https://abc.austintexas.gov/public-s...rtyrsn=6652324

My country for a formal start date!

[We vs us]

Visit Austin's newest hotel supply/pipeline report just dropped, and it had a number of interesting updates:

-- Waterloo Tower will be a Curio by Hilton, is in final planning stage, and is projected to open by 2026.

Makes me wonder, though . . . knowing we're seeing so many permits, whether this might mover faster than that.

[The ATX]

A demo permit was filed yesterday for the site, and towers has a good article with updated renderings.

https://austin.towers.net/demolition...en-pizza-site/




P.S. I hate how this site doesn't automatically resize photos.