Austin | 70 Rainey | 419' | 33-Stories | Complete 2019

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Taken yesterday.  From the developer's Facebook page.

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Plans for 70 Rainey's sister project located next door moved forward.  Documents were filed with the city two weeks ago for utility connections.  This project will preserve the two bungalows located on the site which will be bars/restaurants and a nine-story mixed use building will go up behind it.  At last word there is a below ground music venue planned for the nine-story building.  This will anchor the southern end of the Rainey St. Entertainment District.  It's great to see an effort like this to enhance the night life in the area as most of the real estate is being gobbled up for hotel and residential towers.

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Here's one of the drawings filed with the city.

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Here's an updated rendering of the 78-84 Rainey sister project to 70 Rainey.  We've known that the height increased to nine stories for quite a while,  but we didn't have an updated rendering until this week.

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Here it going up behind the Mexican-American Cultural Center.

Photo by Urbannizer

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These were taken yesterday by corvairkeith.  It looks like it's time to jump the crane.

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This photo by Geckos_Rule shows how the tower portion is turned on the podium to give the residents a better view looking west towards downtown.

 

Here's a view looking east down the river towards 70 Rainey. 

Photo by Arie on Flickr

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From the project's Facebook page.

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Here's a wider view.  The new 30-story residential tower 91-93 Red River that I just started a thread for tonight, will be going up at the vacant site at center-right at the edge of this photo.

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TOWERS got to tour this project, and these are some of the photos.

 

This one shows the just completed Fairmont - a big blue rectangle by day, but it has the ability to do an almost Vegas-like LED light show at night.

 

This one shows the ridiculous Homewood Suites Hotel that has been U/C for a long time.  Crane nerds should notice the seven or so cranes on each side of the Homewood suites building a plethora of mid-rises on the height restricted east side of I-35.

 

Here's a zoomed in view of that fabulous Homewood Suites paint job:  

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Here are a couple of screen shots from a drone video.

 

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Rainey in the morning.

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Here it is viewed from the Fairmont hotel.  The crane was raised last weekend for what should be the last time.

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One of my favorite current projects.  Five floors left to go.

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From this weekend by Urbannizer.

This is from the Congress Ave. bridge where crowds gather every night to watch the bats take flight.

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It's topped out.

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Two sides of the parking garage will be covered by vines sprouting from the planters seen in this photo.

Photo by corvairkeith

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The view from the Rainey St. Entertainment District where the early 20th century bungalows have been turned into bars and restaurants:   

Photo by corvairkeith

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This one is looking good.

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Here's a view from a drone video showing the base that will eventually be covered with vines.

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From the river:  

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I like how this tower stands out to the right from the web cam of some other nondescript project.

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Photos by Geckos_Rule at SSP.  It's good to see that the developer is following through  on the greenery on the side of the parking podium.

 

Hello, new neighbor.

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This is from the 70 Rainey website.  Move ins begin in early 2019.  This is the Rainey St. Entertainment District, and the strip of old homes turned into bars and restaurant is hidden under the tress in this photo.  There are about a dozen mostly residential towers planned for this small area, and at least five of them are proposed as 500' to 700'. 

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The greenery has been planted along the sides of the parking structure.  This project has one of the better looking parking podiums.

 

It has two levels of retail as well.

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I heard some move ins started, but can't verify it.  But I'm marking this one as complete because it looks done when I drive by.