Austin’s KXAN is reporting tonight that an acute shortage of cranes and crane operators is complicating high-rise construction in Austin. We’ve heard numerous reports from developers that a scarcity of construction labor — and skilled general contractors and sub-contractors — is leading to escalating constructions costs, and higher condo prices in the end. According to the story: “There’s no…
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W Austin Condo Update
The W Hotel & Residences continues to make progress. They are now actively selling units ad have completed nearly 200 meetings for the 206 planned units in the 36 story tower. Supposedly, they have taken firm reservations for somewhere between 20-35% of the units. The W is offering 19 different floor plans ranging in size…
Monarch Switches to Condos
As predicted , Monarch has officially announced that they are switching their project from all-rental to all-condo. This is big news, It’s indicative of both the hot condo market and the weakness of the high-end downtown rental market. The 29-story building at 805 West fifth street, is located just a block from Whole Foods. The buidling,…
Strong Pre-Sales for Austin Four Seasons Condos
This just in: we confirmed today with the developers that 80% of the Four Seasons Residences on floors 14-32 have already been reserved after just 6 weeks on the market. As a result, they have now opened the lower floors – floors 6 to 13 — for reservations. Prices for the 166 unit-project start at $400K and top…
Waller Creek Project: An Important Investment in Downtown Infrastructure
In 1981, massive amounts of rain caused deadly and damaging flooding on Shoal Creek. According to experts, a similar flood could occur today on Waller Creek which passes through downtown just West of I-35. If this were to happen, there could be significant damage across more than 1 million square feet of prime downtown real…
East Avenue: $750M Development Near Downtown
A lot of money is being spent on downtown development — more than $2 billion in condo projects alone at last count. And while it is technically outside of downtown, it seems another $750 million mixed use development is about to break ground. The project will develop 2.75 million square feet across 22 prime central…