A vaguely triangular piece of land created by the gradual confluence of a rail line with East Fifth Street sounds like a challenging choice of site for East Austin's next big development, but then again, constraint drives creativity -- making the office project bound for a 1.74-acre tract at 2700 East Fifth Street more interesting than most. The four-story ...
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A Record-Setting Tower’s Planned in Downtown Austin’s Northwest District
A 31-story office and retail building planned at the northwest corner of 14th and Guadalupe Streets by local developers Cypress Real Estate Advisors will raise the bar for its growing district in a very literal sense -- with a height of 427 feet and 10 inches, the project will become the tallest downtown tower north of the Texas State Capitol. City utility filings from ...
Central Austin Development Roundup: Super-Secret Mystery Building Edition
Today, we're taking a peek at some downtown Austin projects in the early planning stages -- so early, in fact, that we don't have many details or images for most of them, though we can make plenty of educated guesses and maybe one of those "green box" massings we love so much, meaning you'll at least have something to look at. You might consider these the buildings "they" don't ...
Here’s What’s Next at Symphony Square
Symphony Square, a mixed-use office and multifamily residential tower planned in the northeast corner of downtown Austin by global development firm Greystar, has bounced around the early stages of realization for several months at this point. The project's situated atop a roughly 1.7-acre land assembly including the Austin Symphony Orchestra offices at 1117 Red River ...
Downtown Austin’s Extended Stay America is Finally Coming Down
Two years after the announcement of 6 X Guadalupe, a 66-story mixed-use tower planned at the northwest corner of Sixth and Guadalupe Streets in downtown Austin, the '90s-era hotel currently occupying the site is finally, mercifully, waving goodbye. And hey, it's about time! This demolition arrived a little later than we thought, but on this foggy Tuesday afternoon ...
