A demolition application scheduled to appear at the October 5 meeting of the city’s Historic Landmark Commission could point to a new tower development on the northwestern edge of downtown Austin. The permit, listed for consideration on the upcoming meeting’s agenda, indicates an applicant is seeking to demolish the building at 1800 Guadalupe Street, a former apartment building dating…
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Unfortunately, This New Downtown Tower Is Not Called “The Extraordinary”
With a general real estate bonfire and more specific downtown Austin condo and apartment tower boom well underway in Austin, there’s never been a better time to obsess over the names of new buildings. It might seem trivial to you, but the branding of these projects is something a lot of people think about —…
The Race Is On for Downtown Austin’s First Tower Groundbreaking of 2021
Though we saw plenty of construction progress on existing projects, no major downtown Austin tower plans have broken ground since the coronavirus kicked off in earnest last year. That cautious approach from local developers isn’t unique to Austin, but what might be unique is the speed of our rebound — as we and the rest of our colleagues have pointed out quite a…
Atlanta Might See This Austin Tower Before Austin, Somehow
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT UPDATE: In a classic twist of dramatic irony, mere hours after publishing this article the Republic tower project showed its first city permit activity in roughly two years — if we didn’t know better, we’d think it had something to do with us pestering the folks at Lincoln for this story all week….
Dreaming of a Downtown Austin H-E-B
Let’s say there’s a completely unsubstantiated rumor floating around that the H-E-B grocery company is working on building a store somewhere in downtown Austin. (There is.) That’s a great way to create some intrigue, since a project like this would absolutely change the game for downtown dwellers — yeah, we love Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s, but in…
Yes Indeed, Downtown Austin’s Block 71 Tower Has a New Name
Austin, it appears the office tower currently rising at 200 West Sixth Street has found a new name. Previously known only as Block 71 after its block number from Austin’s original downtown plan, the website for developer Trammell Crow Company, some other recent press releases, and the news coverage resulting from those press releases now all include the name Indeed Tower for the 36-story…