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Glad they finally started on the Travis County Office Building.
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Thanks for all the updates ATX.
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Thanks... It's good to be back.
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Well done ATX! Diggin the past and current ACL Fest photos.
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Will have to try out that new Boiler Nine Bar & Grill. Also it shouldn't be to long before the tower cranes are erected at 500 W. 2nd St. which will be in April.
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That sucks, but atleast like you said other jobs are created.I'm of the opinion that this is not a good thing in terms of jobs. The merged company will still be run out of NXP's headquarters which means much of Freescale's management, financial and general Admin staff will eventually be let go. I also don't see NXP keeping the fab and manufacturing here long term. Currently Freescale is one of Austin's largest employers with around 5,000 workers. But I expect most of them to be gone over the next few years. There is a lot of chip design and software development talent in Austin, and I expect NXP to keep a fair amount of people here for that. But fortunately Austin's job growth is so strong that losing 4,000 or more jobs over the course of a few years will make no noticeable impact. There are 4,000 jobs created here every month.
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That's great news. The Freescale buyout could create more jobs for the area.
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I visioning 6th st. with 2 lanes and wider sidewalks. This needs to be our "2nd st."
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Excellent rundown The ATX! Really excited for The Independent to break ground this year. I'm also quite certain sales will go rather quickly like it did with Seaholm Tower.
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Thanks man, it feels good to be back.
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Thanks for all the updates ATX!
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Traffic congestion and water shortages are the two big roadblocks in the way of Texas' continued economic boom. Just today the Austin suburb of San Marcos, which has been named the fastest growing city in the country for the past two years by the Census Bureau, has implemented Stage 4 water rationing. This is serious. Where I live is currently in Stage 3, and will probably be in Stage 4 this week as well. San Antonio may also be entering in Stage 4 this week as well. The San Antonio Metro and southern suburbs of Austin get most of their water from an aquifer that is rapidly dwindling.
The water use restrictions in each of the 5 Stages varies by municipality. In my area Stage 3 means I can't do things like wash my car at home or water my lawn for more than a few hours at night/morning on one designated day per week. The city of Austin is on a virtually permanent Stage 2. This means restaurants cannot serve water unless the customer requests it, and watering is limited to night/mornings on two specified days per week.
Most people don't realize this, but as large as Texas is, there is not one single natural lake within the state's borders. The closest thing to a Texas lake is Caddo Lake which is partially in Texas and partially in Louisiana, but is more like a swamp IMO. All of the other "lakes" in Texas are river impoundments. The majority of the Austin Metro residents get their water from Colorado River impoundments, which are only in slightly better shape than the aquifer used by the southern 'burbs and San Antonio.
A scary situation indeed. Hoping we get a good rain storm here pretty soon. I would hate to see Austin and San Antonio struggle with water resources that are in dire need for every city.
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I just realized that they had already took off the construction elevator on the JW Marriott recently. The glass should be completed here in the next few months or so.
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Thanks for all the updates Hill Country.
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I do the best I can. I'm more of the "info"man as you can say. I was on this site years ago, about the time SSP was getting traction from other cities, but waited years before joining. I'll have to inform Kevin on facebook.
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Here you go Hill Country. From Rogers O' Briens website it appears the project had broken ground on March 24, 2014.Here's an example of Austin's sprawl. This is in the Hill Country which starts on the west side of Austin. Groundbreaking for the hotel (on the left) is next week. The office building might be under construction already, but I don't know for sure. At least much of Austin's sprawl is within the city limits, so the tax base can be captured.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=6534591&postcount=1
http://www.rogers-obrien.com/portfolio/all-projects/capital-ridge-office-complex-parking-garage.aspx
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