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26-Story “Congress Sliver Hotel” Approved by City Council

towers staff March 28, 2011 Comment

According to the Austin Business Journal, “Austin City Council on Thursday approved special zoning to allow the transformation of a historic Congress Avenue building into a boutique hotel.”

Under the new plans, developers will build a 26-story 130 room hotel and restaurant on top of a small 120-year-old Congress Avenue building. The project could begin construction as early as this summer and may take 18 months to complete. As the only hotel on Congress Avenue, the project will bring additional people and life to the most important downtown street.

Renderings of the new hotel tower proposed for 416 Congress Avenue
416_Congress.pdf_page_17_of_26-20110118-135014

As we have reported, the boutique hotel will integrate the 1893 Romanesque facade into a new 26-story tower designed by prominent Austin architect Dick Clark. The building is essentially a “sliver tower” — an extremely small footprint tall building designed to fit over a tiny lot occupied b a small building. In this case, the average floor plate will be just 3,500 square feet or 50 by 70 feet. Other cities, such as New York City, prohibit the construction of these sorts of towers. For Austin, which is eager to expand downtown development, to add downtown hotel capacty, and to revitalize Congress Avenue, the project will likely be attractive.

Austin has a number of successful boutique hotels such as the Hotel San Jose on South Congress. 416 Congress will be the first downtown boutique hotel and an important development for Congress Avenue. Last year, plans were cancelled for an unpopular Mariott mega hotel on Second and Congress.

The new hotel will be built on this site: 416 Congress Avenue
Congress Avenue Austin Boutique Hotel

Additional Schematics show how the new structure will integrate the existing facade
416_Congress.pdf_page_24_of_26-20110118-134932

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