Years after our earliest news of the project and mere months after the first look at what we can confidently call downtown Austin’s bluest new building, the development at Symphony Square formerly also known as Symphony Square but now calling at least its residential tower side the Waller is officially under construction at the southeast corner of East 12th and Red River Streets….
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Meet T3 Eastside, Austin’s First Modern Timber Office and Residential Building
Houston-based international developer Hines will bring East Austin the city’s first example of a modern office and residential building constructed from sustainably-sourced heavy timber at 1201 East Fourth Street in a project known as T3 Eastside — that’s “timber, transit, and technology,” a brand Hines calls its prototype for the use of engineered wood in contemporary office developments,…
Offices With Downtown Views Head for an East Seventh Street Hilltop
A five-story, 110,000-square-foot office project with approximately 8,000 square feet of ground-level restaurant and retail space by local real estate firm Aquila Commercial is set to rise any day now on an East Austin hillside located at the northwest corner of San Marcos and East Seventh Streets, representing a transformative development for the unoccupied half-acre site at 924 East…
Downtown Austin’s Most Eligible Warehouses Hit the Market at 99 Trinity
A block of 1970s-era warehouses located at 99 Trinity Street, representing a low-density curiosity in a region of downtown Austin otherwise experiencing rapid growth, is listed for sale as of this week via commercial real estate giants JLL — and maybe it’s needless to say, but the possibility of development at this site is music to our ears. This prime 0.94-acre…
Block 185, Austin’s New ‘Google Tower,’ Officially Topped Out Downtown
Block 185, the 35-floor downtown Austin office tower bringing an instantly-iconic sailboat-inspired design to the skyline and reportedly set to be occupied by tech giants Google celebrates its official topping out today, according to developers Trammell Crow Company and investment firm MSD Capital. (Sharp-eyed readers might note that “MSD” stands for “Michael Saul Dell,” meaning this tower was made possible at least in part…
Five More Floors of Office and Retail Headed for East Austin’s Saltillo District
The demolition of a long-empty East Austin warehouse dating back to the 1960s kicked off late last month at 1300 East Fifth Street, working to clear the site’s approximately 0.88-acre site — comprising a half-block facing East Fifth Street between Attayac and Navasota Streets — for the development of a five-story office building with ground-level retail space…