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[Texas Hill Country]

Construction on the Austonian is up to the third floor or so now.  It's the tallest building under construction right now at 683'.  There is another proposal for a building that will be 830'

Edited by Texas Hill Country, 03 May 2008 - 03:58 AM.

[Texas Hill Country]

Here's a link to construction updates from the Austonian website:

http://theaustonian....20Report_31.pdf

[erdogs]

Here is another update from the Austonian website, the 10th floor is nearing completion. If I'm not mistaken, the tower portion will start after the 10th is done and will be structural steel. Can anyone confirm this?

http://www.theauston...20Report_39.pdf

[Texas Hill Country]

The 11th floor is the beginning of the tower.  And beginning with the 11th floor about one floor per week will be completed.  The tower is actually 60 floors with the last four housing mechanical equipment.

[Texas Hill Country]

Here's a 07/21/08 update on the construction progress from the builder in a pdf.  It has some good pictures.

http://www.theauston...20Report_41.pdf

[Texas Hill Country]

Here's a new rendering:


And here's a construction photo.  The 11th floor - the first residential floor - is currently under construction.  The highrise under construction behind the Austonion is the Ashton (formerly Altavida.)

Edited by Texas Hill Country, 01 August 2008 - 09:37 PM.

[erdogs]

Here is another update of the Austonian, they are already on the 14th floor. This thing is going up fast!

http://www.theauston...20Report_46.pdf

[The Voice of Reason]

erdogs, on Aug 25 2008, 07:25 PM, said:

Here is another update of the Austonian, they are already on the 14th floor. This thing is going up fast!

http://www.theauston...20Report_46.pdf

If this building were in Hartford I would be all over it.

Seems like its right in the heart of downtown, and the area should get pretty interesting with the other building going up across the street.

[Texas Hill Country]

The Austonion is officially topping out today.  Work is finishing on the 59th floor.  The top three floors are for mechanical systems, so it's officially a 56-story building.

[erdogs]

The Austonian makes a stark contrast in the distance to the skyline. Driving towards downtown from the south now looks like many of the other big city skylines I've had the pleasure of seeing. This is also a green building, something that is pushed for here in Austin.

[gsupstate]

Here is one I took last week from the Hyatt across the river.  Looks like they should be removing the crane soon.