Austin & Austin Metro Projects Compilation

[The ATX]

The power substation in the middle of the Seaholm development will remain.  This entire area will become a walkable area with retail and public spaces along with extensions of the street grid.  To "hide" the substation the city and developers are planning on this.  I like the colors, but those sculptures look giant turds.  

 

Photos and other information can be found at:  http://citygrammag.com/seaholm-state-of-the-art/

[The ATX]

Here's a larger picture of the location of the concrete pour taking place;  These quotes from BuildingATX put the scope of it in perspective:  

 

“[Concrete] trucks will start rolling in Friday (5/09/2014) at 11:00 p.m., and pour continuously for 24 hours."  

 

“They are pouring a massive 8000 cubic yards of concrete in one pour. To put that into perspective, that is as much concrete as one skyscraper project here will pour in an entire month. Other construction operations are actually halted because the local concrete plants are committed to this pour.”

 

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=6571540&postcount=80

Edited May 10, 2014 by Texas Hill Country

[The ATX]

A local news station is reporting that a convoy of 1,000 cement trucks is taking part in the pour.  I strongly suspect many of those are the same trucks that return with a "refill."

[The ATX]

Here's an update to the project  listed as "70 Rainey" in the proposed projects list.  It's a residential tower of course.   A site plan was filed with the city last week, and that's always a good sign that a project is moving forward. The elevation drawings are page 29 and 30 and it will be 31 stories and 383'.  

 

https://www.austintexas.gov/devreview/b_showpublicpermitfolderdetails.jsp?FolderRSN=10916451

 

 

Here's one of the elevation drawings:  

 

Edited May 15, 2014 by Texas Hill Country

[The ATX]

This is a photo of the former Green water treatment plant intake facility.  The Green Water treatment facility was of course demolished and is the site of multiple towers being built by Trammell Crow.  The city is currently in the process of working out a development agreement to re-purpose the building.  This is on the 10-mile hike and bike trail that goes around Lady Bird Lake. 

 

Photo by CorvairKeith at SSP: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=6577975&postcount=85

 

 

Here are some developer proposals:

 

Photos and article can be found here:  http://kut.org/post/slideshow-10-breathtaking-visions-seaholm-intake-structures

[The ATX]

The Colorado office building:  

 

Both photos are by CorvairKeith at SSP:  http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=6578074&postcount=322

Edited May 15, 2014 by Texas Hill Country

[The ATX]

The Catherine residential building (with the Colorado in the background):  

 

Both photos by CorvairKeith at SSP:  http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=6577887&postcount=92

[The ATX]

The Bowie residential building:

 

 

 

The Bowie with the 7 Rio residential tower in the background:  

 

 

 

The Bowie with the Seaholm and Greewater projects' cranes in the foreground:  

 

All Photos by CorvairKeith at SSP:  http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=6577968&postcount=331

Edited May 15, 2014 by Texas Hill Country

[The ATX]

This is where a bridge will be built over Shoal Creek as part of the 2nd St extension and will connect the Greenwater and Seaholm sites:  

 

Yet another excellent CorvairKeith photo at SSP:  http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=6562538&postcount=881

[The ATX]

Here are a couple pictures of the Seaholm cranes:  

 

Both photos are by LoneStarMike at SSP:  http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=6566203&postcount=883

[The ATX]

Here are a couple new renderings of the U/C Green Water residential tower #1.  It has some office space on the lower levels, and these are from the marketing brochure for the office space.  The street on the left is the future Nueces St. extension:  

 

 

 

This one is from the future intersection of the 2nd St (a.k.a. Willie Nelson Blvd) and Nueces St extensions:

 

http://f.tlcollect.com/fr2/514/89339/GreenWaterOffice_042214.pdf

[The ATX]

From this morning:  

 

[The ATX]

As the 38-story Green Water Residential Tower #1 above starts to go vertical, the 30-story Seaholm Residences tower on the other side of this development is also going vertical finally.  This is a shot of the retail and office space that is connected to the parking garage podium :  

 

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=6562538&postcount=881

[The ATX]

These photos are a few weeks old, but there's a cool bar on Rainey St made out of shipping containers across the street from the U/C 16-story Hotel Van Zandt:  

 

 

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=112800762&postcount=1577

[The ATX]

A permit request was filed Tuesday to add four more tower cranes to the Downtown Austin skyline.  These are for the first two buildings out of about 30 that will be constructed at the huge Dell Medical Center at the University of Texas.  

 

https://www.austintexas.gov/devreview/b_showpublicpermitfolderdetails.jsp?FolderRSN=11151900 

[The ATX]

Here's another tower crane permit request from this past Monday for the redevelopment of a building on Congress Ave that includes a new parking structure.  This will become the headquarters for Drop Box, a company that recently announced their move to Austin from California.  I posted a video somewhere on this forum a while back showing the demolition for this project.

 

https://www.austintexas.gov/devreview/b_showpublicpermitfolderdetails.jsp?FolderRSN=11150679

 

 

[The ATX]

Here's the video I previously posted about the demo at the site mentioned in my previous post.  This is the old parking garage that is being torn down for a bigger parking garage.  Awesome.   
 
http://youtu.be/0Ud5Y0rJib4 

  
The parking garage is adjacent to the building being redeveloped for Drop Box's headquarters.  At least this is a quality project as it turns an eyesore into something useful:
 
 
 

All images can be found here:  http://www.streamrealty.com/property/Austin/501-Congress

Edited May 22, 2014 by Texas Hill Country

[The ATX]

The City Council is scheduled to vote today on what would be the final approval for this 39-story, 452' residential tower called 5th & West.  There is no NIMBY outcry (which is unusual), so the vote should just be a formality.   This is by the Seaholm and Green Water developments where all the tower cranes are in the photos I have been posting in the U/C thread:  

 

http://media.bizj.us/view/img/2731831/fifthwest*600xx462-693-23-0.png

Edited May 22, 2014 by Texas Hill Country

[The ATX]

This restaurant on Congress Ave recently closed and a demolition permit was filed this week for the narrow block long lot with the restaurant and a small parking structure behind it.  From Google Streetview:  

 

 

The same developers who proposed this hotel project in ~2012 own the lot.  This project failed to win city approval due to setback requirements on Congress Ave.  Hopefully they have a redesigned project to announce soon:  

 

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff158/LoneStarMike/Renderings/804Congress01.jpg

 

[The ATX]

Another tower crane permit request was filed today.  This one is for Hotel Indigo that has site prep underway:

 

https://www.austintexas.gov/devreview/b_showpublicpermitfolderdetails.jsp?FolderRSN=11152926

 

http://i.imgur.com/2pkGnhV.png

[The ATX]

The Austin SkyHouse opened earlier this year.  Here's a view from the rooftop:  

 

SKYDECK3 by marclongoria, on Flickr

Edited May 27, 2014 by Texas Hill Country

[The ATX]

The city released it's latest Emerging Projects List for Downtown Austin.  Details like building height,- among other things - are often omitted or inaccurate based on other public info.  So the list isn't the end all, be all list of Downtown projects.  The link is for an ftp site, so it may not open depending on your network security.  

 

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/DowntownAustinPlan/Emerging_Projects/emerging_projects_2014-05-27.pdf 

[The ATX]

Here's the poster version with pictures of the projects:  

 

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/DowntownAustinPlan/Emerging_Projects/emerging_projects_poster_2014_may.pdf

[The Voice of Reason]

The only Precedent to this kind of boom in modern times is actually Miami (in America anyways)

 

I hope that Austin is not "ruined" by the expansive growth.

 

That being said, one mans ruin is anothers treasure.

 

 

 

By ruin, I will point you to London... its not nearly the cool city it used to be.  its lost so much of its charm to the point where new skyscrapers pop up everywhere.  Still Vibrant is every possible way, but somehow much less charming.  this transition happened in the last 10-15 years

Edited May 30, 2014 by The Voice of Reason

[The ATX]

The only Precedent to this kind of boom in modern times is actually Miami (in America anyways)

 

I hope that Austin is not "ruined" by the expansive growth.

 

That being said, one mans ruin is anothers treasure.

 

 

 

By ruin, I will point you to London... its not nearly the cool city it used to be.  its lost so much of its charm to the point where new skyscrapers pop up everywhere.  Still Vibrant is every possible way, but somehow much less charming.  this transition happened in the last 10-15 years

The growth is really changing things - and fast.  Austin being "ruined" with the growth like you said, is a huge local debate right now.  Austin has a long history of being anti-growth.  (I know that may be hard to believe.)  The city didn't even allow any significant high rise development until about 8 years ago.  But the weird thing about the debate is that it seems a lot of the people moving here want to be the last ones let in the door.  Comments/discussions on the topic have people who have only been here five years or so saying the "old" Austin was better.  The MSA population increase of 1.1K per week since 2010 is definitely changing things.  I personally think it's for the better.  But the traffic congestion here is now some of the worst in the nation and real estate prices have skyrocketed.  Austin has become the most expensive city to live in Texas among the Big Four.  The other three big MSAs (San Antonio, DFW and Houston) are booming as well, but their home prices haven't skyrocketed like Austin's. 

Edited June 4, 2014 by Texas Hill Country