April 5, 20196 yr What is crazy, is that the new construction projects are not commanding the highest rent, as they are having to compete against each other more-so than existing buildings, where existing vacancy is at a premium. Vacancy for Class A space downtown is sub 6%. Dirt is going for over $1000 psf for sites that can support office density.
April 5, 20196 yr 16 hours ago, Longhorn Al said: New renderings of Block 185. They've started pouring concrete for one of the piers... Edited April 5, 20196 yr by KaiserSoze
April 5, 20196 yr So either way, we’re smashing a champagne bottle on the cornerstone to christen her, ‘the flying wasp’
April 10, 20196 yr Author The Travis tower #1 https://www.genesisliving.com/projects Cambria Hotel (East Ave) https://austin.towers.net/two-new-hotels-headed-for-east-avenue-in-the-rainey-street-district/?agent=caitlyn@towers.net This one will be just south of that Van Halen lookin' hotel. Lady Bird Hotel (East Ave) This one will be just south of Cambria. Edited April 10, 20196 yr by Longhorn Al
April 10, 20196 yr My goodness, what the city could do to alleviate homelessness by selling the Lakeside Apartments. They could move the residents within central Austin and still have tens of millions left over to tackle housing issues.
April 10, 20196 yr And it would end up looking like any other vast “urban renewal” housing project from the 1950s. I recall those huge blocks in St. Louis back then..... infested with crime, trashy, ill- maintained, and eventually imploded a few decades later.
April 10, 20196 yr On 4/5/2019 at 8:23 PM, Armybrat said: They ought to dub that building as the “Spinnaker “. Gennaker imo.
April 11, 20196 yr Author Edit: This site just doesn't like showing large pictures. Edited April 11, 20196 yr by Longhorn Al
April 11, 20196 yr 44 minutes ago, Llano Estacado said: The 2 Travises of Travis county. She’s a beaut’ Clark. Brutal.
April 11, 20196 yr Author 3 hours ago, Neonmoon said: Travis tower looks ugly as fuck. Just seems out of place really. It's tall and skinny. It won't look out of place. There are a ton of similarly-sized towers planned for that area.
April 11, 20196 yr On 4/5/2019 at 12:04 PM, MAUFRAIS said: It’s a schooner you idiot. What?!?? Fuck OU!
April 11, 20196 yr The Cambria looks pretty cool. Wife and I stayed at the Cambria in the New Orleans warehouse district for our Sugar Bowl trip and thought it was pretty solid.
April 11, 20196 yr HEB going in at Randall's site on Lake Austin will actually be about twice the size of the current store (up to 80-85k square feet). With underground parking. That should make for a fun construction intersection for a few years. The ink for the two student housing facilities is about dry. And Muni is gone. They already drafted the "this is the best use of the resource for the benefit of students" MOU.
April 11, 20196 yr Not "gone", but everything has been done from the University/System/Regents side. It's a done deal for them. It's going to market. Final boxes will be checked in committee next month. It'll stay quiet for a few months, maybe even until the end of the year.
April 11, 20196 yr Muny is preferred spelling btw. Is under lease until 2020 by the city, Fenves renewed at slightly better rates for UT. SB-822 is in the house. It would transfer the property to TPWD. Not guarantee they wouldn’t immediately sell it to developers, but “historic public green space” may have better protection there than as part of the UT System
April 29, 20196 yr 48 East in the Rainey area has secured a construction loan and construction should start by summer. It's a 33 story tower with 249 condos for sale. It also has 274 parking spaces across nine levels, and high-end amenities including a rooftop pool, viewing deck and fitness facility. Units will be as small as 456 square feet and average about 851 square feet imgur> imgur> Edited April 29, 20196 yr by Pasken
May 1, 20196 yr Downtown Alliance Development report: http://daastaging.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IDA-VODT_Austin_Final.pdf You can see a summary on their site: http://downtownaustin.com/economic-development/state-of-downtown-2019/
May 1, 20196 yr Have noticed that a lot of the Austin skyline renderings are pretty outdated, with a number of now competed buildings missing. Same on the TV news & travel shows.
May 2, 20196 yr Author 10 hours ago, Armybrat said: That’s a tight squeeze for the demo. That's what she said.
May 16, 20196 yr Author The 3 projects NW of the Capitol that are in the pipeline. Photos from austin.towers.net. 17th Street Condos (27 fl - 319 ft) https://austin.towers.net/heres-our-first-look-at-the-condo-tower-headed-for-17th-and-guadalupe/?agent=caitlyn@towers.net Hilton Garden 17th Street Hotel (18 fl - 230 ft) https://austin.towers.net/west-17th-street-hotel-brings-height-to-downtowns-northern-gap/?agent=caitlyn@towers.net Travis County Civil & Family Courthouse (13 fl - 239 ft) https://austin.towers.net/heres-a-closer-look-at-travis-countys-new-downtown-courthouse/?agent=caitlyn@towers.net
May 21, 20196 yr On 5/15/2019 at 9:29 PM, Longhorn Al said: 17th Street Condos (27 fl - 319 ft) https://austin.towers.net/heres-our-first-look-at-the-condo-tower-headed-for-17th-and-guadalupe/?agent=caitlyn@towers.net Feels like Austin already has like 3 towers that look just like that. Architects out here just doing CTRL+C, CTRL+V.
May 22, 20196 yr 99 Trinity Site Faces Foreclosure Does anybody else ever wonder if World Class Capital, et al. is all smoke and mirrors? https://austin.towers.net/99-trinity-site-faces-foreclosure/?fbclid=IwAR3Gc9a55VlaEsyipjWPKzxFf8mc8aXm25Om8TwuiWSj0LOwESmLlcvO-tg
May 22, 20196 yr This is where the white building is set off Chavez, right? The one that looks like it musta been the exterior of the warehouse in “Reservoir Dogs”? appropriate given the fact somebody on the inside is gonna give somebody up.
May 22, 20196 yr 3 hours ago, DalTxHornFan said: 99 Trinity Site Faces Foreclosure Does anybody else ever wonder if World Class Capital, et al. is all smoke and mirrors? Yes.
May 23, 20196 yr 2 minutes ago, CleverNickname said: FWIW the gov signed the bill to (be able to) sell the Hobby building (SB 1349). Worst building in dt Austin.
May 23, 20196 yr 99 Trinity Site Faces Foreclosure Does anybody else ever wonder if World Class Capital, et al. is all smoke and mirrors?https://austin.towers.net/99-trinity-site-faces-foreclosure/?fbclid=IwAR3Gc9a55VlaEsyipjWPKzxFf8mc8aXm25Om8TwuiWSj0LOwESmLlcvO-tg There is something not right there with WC.
May 23, 20196 yr 13 hours ago, DalTxHornFan said: No love for World Class, et al. here either: None here, either. Fuck them for driving Encore Records out of business.
May 23, 20196 yr Worst building in dt Austin. Well, the rats love it. Ever think of them? No, you don’t think of the lowly rat.
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