Austin & Austin Metro Projects Compilation

[The ATX]

The northern end of the trendy SoCo district is being demolished for several mixed use projects.  The apartments being demolished in the photo aren't that old.  For those worried about SoCo, this will greatly improve the street level activity on the northern end of the district.  That's the large Texas State School for the Deaf campus across the street.  That will remain a dead zone good for nothing but parking. 

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[The ATX]

The new towers in the current wave of construction are getting close to topping out.  There are a lot more that appear to be close to starting.  I'm working getting the updated tallest projects list ready to post later tonight. 

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[The ATX]

Just 'cause I like demo.  More SoCo:  

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[The ATX]

A site plan was filed today for a 204 room "17th Street Hotel" being developed by New Orleans based HRI.  The site is only 1/5 of an acre, so this could be ~20-stories depending on how the parking is structured.  HRI seems to focus on the Hyatt brand.  There are only three Hyatt hotels in downtown Austin that I can think of, so there's a good chance it may be a Hyatt brand.

Here's the site on Streetview.  Another surface lot bites the dust.

  

[The ATX]

More info about the "17th Street Hotel" was made public today.  It's not worthy of its own thread, but it's a good infill project at 18-stories.  This area needs more pedestrian activity.  Its somewhat of a dead zone between the 9-5:00 government building of the capitol complex and the West Campus/University area.  Projects like this help to further connect the areas.  No elevations yet, but here's the ground floor from the site plan:  

 

Site Plan

[The ATX]

Here are some new renderings of a senior apartment complex at the Domain.  The tallest of the three buildings is 11-stories.   The Domain is a small city onto itself with quite a few buildings between 10 and 20-stories either completed, U/C or proposed.  If/when development takes off at the adjacent 66 acre Broadmoor project site and the nearby 20ish acre McKalla site where the MLS stadium is proposed, this will definitely be Austin's Uptown District even though it's 12 miles north of downtown.  The final zoning change request for ~30-story towers at Broadmoor keeps getting delayed by the Planning Commission.  That vote is now scheduled for mid-June.  

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[The ATX]

The Maravilla apartment project in my previous posts is apparently U/C and has a crane up for it.  The city approved the Planned Unit Development known has 425 Riverside.  This office building is the centerpiece of the project.  It' only ~200' tall, but it's south of the river and helps extend the skyline south.

 

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[The ATX]

I like this B&W of the Hooters just South of downtown.  It's depressing and doesn't even show the full scope of the dusty parking lot it sits on.  A place like this deserves no existence in the middle of one of America's most rapidly growing downtowns.  This is the site of the just approved 425 Riverside project in my previous post.

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[The ATX]

The first Gensler designed MLS Stadium renderings are out:  

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[The ATX]

This is an unusual project.  A developer wants to build a marina with an 180' elevator that connects to a sky walk that goes to a high end hilltop restaurant.  This is on the section of the Colorado River known as Lake Austin located on hilly the West side of the city.

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Here's the site now:  

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[The ATX]

Here's another SXSW HQ update...

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[The ATX]

Here are some new renderings for the U/C Inspire apartments.

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[The ATX]

Here are photo updates from a trio of those 17/18-story West Campus student apartment buildings.

Here's the Inspire:  

Photo by Urbannizer

Here's the MUZE:

Photo by Urbannizer

This is the just completed Aspen Heights West Campus.

Photo by Urbannizer

[The ATX]

Here's another view of the now completed Aspen Heights West Campus (on the right).  The crane is for another apartment building called The Nine.  I don't recall how tall that one is, but it doesn't max out the 17/18-story height limit for the area.

Photo by Urbannizer

[Tenn2Tex]

On 12/20/2017 at 2:15 PM, The ATX said:

This is a zoomed in view from the Marriott convention center hotel construction webcam.  It shows a lot of cranes involved in the redevelopment of several blocks on the east side of I-35 downtown. 

  

https://app.oxblue.com/open/tournee/AustinMarriott

What exactly is going in across 35? I drive through there every Sunday and the site is just massive...

[The ATX]

It's two separate projects by Endeavor.  Strict zoning prohibits high-rises on the East side of I-35, but there are a lot of mid-rises going up there.  The one block project to the north is for a pretty cool office building:  

Endeavor

 

The second project to the South is a five block mixed use TOD called Plaza Saltillo.  The Red Line used to run through the center of the five blocks, but the tracks were moved to the edge of the site to allow for development.  It's a huge mixed use project that includes the second downtown Whole Foods store.

Endeavor

 

[The ATX]

This is the best Austin skyline video I've seen.  It was taken last fall from a drone that pans the skyline along the river.  The skyline has beefed up considerably since then - especially on the West side where the video begins.  The sunrise lighting with the soundtrack featuring a train and birds really add to it.  I wish the pano would have covered the entire skyline to the East to include the Rainey St. District.  But it is still incredible.

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[The ATX]

Here are some updates on the three Marriotts being built by White Lodging in West Campus.

The dual branded 11-story AC and Autograph Collection hotels are officially U/C as columns are rising in the pit:  

 

Photos by Urbannizer

 

The Marriott Moxy hotel is 100% designed, and a September groundbreaking planned after city approvals are granted: 

Austin AULCC

 

 

[The ATX]

A rendering has surfaced for the proposed "The Standard" student apartment tower.  It's across the street from the three 11-story University Towers that are being demo'ed for something most likely taller. 

Found on LinkedIn via Urbannizer at SSP

 

Here's the pit for the Villas on Nueces mid-rise:

Photo by Urbannizer

 

The crane will be going up soon for the Ruckus 2.0 mid-rise:  

Photos by Urbannizer

 

Here's the Nine @ Rio mid-rise.  I literally cannot keep up with all the West Campus construction.

Photo by Urbannizer

[The ATX]

The city REALLY needs to up zone West Campus again.  We're running out of land and airspace for apartments.  This is a good case in point.  This historical house is being moved closer to the curb in front of the house to create a larger backyard that will accommodate a 9-story apartment building.

The backyard apartment building is apparently planned to go up too fast for proper renderings to be done.  This is the actual rendering being shown to the Austin Historic Landmark Commission.  The resident's amenities level is apparently  yellow and underground. 

Austin Historic Landmark Commission

[The ATX]

It took a year and a half, but last night the City Council gave Brandywine final approval to build 360' towers on their 66 acre Broadmoor development in north Austin across Burnet Rd. from the Domain.   The site is currently an IBM campus with  6K employees.  But the parking lots and undeveloped land around IBM's office buildings will be developed into multiple mixed use buildings and towers.  Last night the City Council also finally approved a measure to move forward with the MLS stadium which is by the Broadmoor site.  This area is already booming with the Domain projects, but it's really going to take off now.  Here's the part of the site occupied by IBM:  

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[The ATX]

The 16-story Domain 11 office building in north Austin is topped out while the 17-story Domain 12 office building is getting underway next door.

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[The ATX]

In an effort to get some City support for a stadium, the Columbus Crew owner will build a four story affordable housing project on the site of one of the proposed surface parking lots.  The part of the lot not covered by apartments will now be a four story parking garage to make up for the lost spaces.

Austin Business Journal

[The ATX]

Here are some stadium renderings that I haven't posted yet.

 

Music venue outside the stadium:  

 

A concessions area:  

Statesman

[The ATX]

Here's the Inspire:  

Hoar Construction

 

Here's a screen grab from a promo video that can be found in the link below.

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