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[The ATX]

The official groundbreaking is 10/29.

https://austin.towers.net/with-groundbreaking-later-this-month-44-east-avenue-is-25-percent-sold/

[The ATX]

Both this one and the new tallest 6 X Guadalupe had their official groundbreaking yesterday.  The location and height of both buildings will make a big impact on the skyline.  And there are more big ones coming soon. 

[The ATX]

Demo/site clearing is well underway, but I have no photos to post yet.

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Still no photos, but a couple days ago it looked like demo would be wrapped up shortly - if not already.  This tower is really going to stand out at the far SE corner of the skyline near where the Colorado River meets I-35.

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The site is rubble.  The crane is for the Natiivo Airbnb condo tower going up just inches away.

Photo by zrx99

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Photo by ATX Born.  44 East in front, Natiivo in the back with crane.

 

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I changed this one to site prep.

Photo by corvairkeith

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From the developer...

Intracorp Homes

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They have started on the columns.

Intracorp

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This project will have two Luffing cranes that should be going up soon.

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This is the one on the left.  Photos by g-man435.

[Flotex]

Amazing, thanks ATX for all the updates.
This is a really nice looking tower and will help to stretch the skyline more to the East.
Incredible how Austin is growing!

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[The ATX]

And there are at least five towers planned for the Rainey area that are taller than this one:  90 Rainey, Travis #1, Travis #2 and two of the We Company towers including Block 190.

[Flotex]

And there are at least five towers planned for the Rainey area that are taller than this one:  90 Rainey, Travis #1, Travis #2 and two of the We Company towers including Block 190.

With all the development in that area the downtown will stretch out nicely along the river, I remember years ago when all the tallest buildings where in the Congress ave area.
Something very interesting also is that the new buildings don't have a spire or antenna, buildings like 360 or Fairmont hotel are in the tallest buildings list at the top but they are not that tall.
In my opinion the Austonian and the Independent are the buildings that really make a great impact in the Austin skyline but with this 44 East, Guadalupe, Google, Hannover and Indeed etc we are adding a great improvement of 1st tier buildings that will put Austin skyline close to Houston or Dallas, you tell me that 20 years ago and I would laugh.




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On 2/24/2020 at 2:07 PM, Flotex said:

With all the development in that area the downtown will stretch out nicely along the river, I remember years ago when all the tallest buildings where in the Congress ave area.
Something very interesting also is that the new buildings don't have a spire or antenna, buildings like 360 or Fairmont hotel are in the tallest buildings list at the top but they are not that tall.
In my opinion the Austonian and the Independent are the buildings that really make a great impact in the Austin skyline but with this 44 East, Guadalupe, Google, Hannover and Indeed etc we are adding a great improvement of 1st tier buildings that will put Austin skyline close to Houston or Dallas, you tell me that 20 years ago and I would laugh.




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I think 360's height is legit.  The spire isn't too tall and is actually an architectural feature.  But the Fairmont spire is way too tall and looks like it was an after thought tacked on at the last minute.

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The two Luffing cranes will we going up the second and third week of April:  Permit.

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Progress update from the architect.  That's the Natiivo tower going up next door.

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The virus/weather caused postponement of the installation of the two Luffing cranes hasn't been rescheduled yet.  But they should be going up soon.  Here's a photo from last week: 

 

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[Flotex]

This is going up very fast, I guess because there is not underground parking in this building.

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Another update from the developer's Instagram.

 

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From today.  A little more progress has taken place since the last update.

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Earlier this month...This project is actually going up directly behind this one which is Natiivo.

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Finally, some vertical progress...

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[Flotex]

Finally, some vertical progress...

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I hope you come back, there are a lot of people that care about the growth of our city and enjoy watching Austin growing every day, I agree most of the politicians are retarded but there are a lot of good people out there that love Austin and how is growing.


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On 6/5/2020 at 9:29 PM, Flotex said:

I hope you come back, there are a lot of people that care about the growth of our city and enjoy watching Austin growing every day, I agree most of the politicians are retarded but there are a lot of good people out there that love Austin and how is growing.


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