Paseo, the 557-unit downtown Austin apartment tower now rising on Rainey Street that just happened to receive its name from yours truly, has officially reached its maximum height. The building’s development team, including its general contractors at JE Dunn Construction and developers LV Collective, celebrated this “topping out” milestone last Friday, sending a flag up the tower crane and signing the…
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Home2 Suites Hotel Tower Planned at the North Edge of Downtown Austin
A 14-story hotel tower containing a Home2 Suites by Hilton is planned on the north edge of downtown Austin near the southeast corner of Guadalupe Street and West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, according to recent permit applications with the City of Austin. The project by Houston-based management firm PA Hospitality is expected to rise…
The Modern Austin Residences Tops Out in the Rainey Street District
The 56-story Modern Austin Residences condo tower project celebrated its official “topping out” this week, with the building now reaching its maximum structural height of 658 feet at the northeast corner of Davis and Rainey Streets on the north end of the Rainey Street District in downtown Austin. It’s just one of multiple tower projects currently redefining the skyline of this neighborhood, which already contains…
Fifth and Trinity Hotel Project Could Be Downtown Austin’s Next Groundbreaking
The 13-story hotel planned as part of Marriott’s Autograph Collection brand by local hospitality firm White Lodging could kick off demolition and construction at the southwest corner of East Fifth and Trinity Streets in downtown Austin before the end of the year, according to recent city permit documents, with demolition and site prep work currently scheduled to…
Michael Corcoran Never Stopped Believing in Sixth Street
After 40 years documenting the past and present of Austin’s music scene in publications like the Austin Chronicle, local journalist Michael Corcoran died last week at the age of 68. The passage of “Corky” into the pages of local history marks the end of an era in a city that never seems to stop ending eras — but as…
ATX Tower Topped Out a While Back. What’s ATX Tower? We’re Glad You Asked
You ever meet somebody who uses LinkedIn a little too much like Facebook? Downright haunting stuff, arguably some of the worst content ever posted. Us, we log in maybe once a quarter, and are hit within seconds by a wave of private messages inviting us to join various online executive MBA programs, at which point we log…