Block 185 is an all-star tower. This 35-floor office building by national developer Trammell Crow Company, which broke ground last month in downtown Austin, is already leased in full by tech juggernaut Google, and features a striking sail-like design courtesy of “starchitecture” outfit Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. For such a stacked project, it’s kind of surprising how few renderings…
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Mueller’s First Boutique Hotel Takes Shape in the Aldrich Street District
Recently-launched hospitality brand Origin Hotel Collection plans to develop a five-story hotel with design from celebrated local architects Lake Flato atop an empty lot in the Aldrich Street District of Austin’s master-planned Mueller community, according to city filings from earlier this year. Called Origin Hotel Mueller in these documents, the project is situated on a 0.4-acre site at 1825 McBee Street, directly north of the…
Residential Project to Replace Bingo Hall in East Riverside’s Growing Corridor
UPDATE: Thanks to a tip from an intrepid reader, we’ve now got our hands on a selection of the 1919 East Riverside Drive project’s site plan, submitted to the city via engineering firm Stantec. Take a gander for yourself: Though this image doesn’t give us as much information as a rendering, it shows that the proposed…
Central Austin Development Roundup: New Views and New Towers
Like almost every week, it was a good week for towers in downtown Austin. This time around, we got a look at an all-new development in the Rainey Street District, plus progress updates for a few other projects — not to mention some extremely fresh new renderings. As they say in the old country, “bada…
Austin, It’s Time to Pick Your Favorite Design for Downtown’s New Substation
Hey, remember when we talked about Austin Energy’s new downtown substation — bound for 55 East Avenue smack in the middle of some pretty cool upcoming development — and how it doesn’t necessarily have to suck? We’ve arrived at the actually fun part of that process, voting on your favorite of three design options. These three configurations for screening and beautifying…
Meet Hanover Republic Square, Bringing 44 Floors of Apartments Downtown
We’ve been waiting for a while to get a better view of apartment developer the Hanover Company’s tower plan at the southwestern corner of Fifth and Lavaca Streets in downtown Austin, but the wait is over, y’all. Thanks to new city filings for the building’s inclusion in the Downtown Density Bonus Program, we’ve got our hands on the first renderings and other information on Hanover…