A Cambria Hotel location in Southlake. We know the East Avenue location won't look like this -- it'll be taller and skinnier, owing to the smaller size of its lot. Let's just all agree right now that that's a very good thing. Image: Choice Hotels Well, well well. Just when we thought the Cambria Hotel bound for 68-72 East Avenue in the Rainey Street District was dead in the ...
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Remembering the Nahua Tower, Downtown Austin’s Unbuilt Icon
Judging by the handful of drawings available, the 35-story office development headed for downtown's Block 185 is worth getting excited about. Its curved, sail-like shape might be the most interesting skyscraper design we've seen in Austin since the Frost Bank Tower -- not that we're ignoring all the other competition around town. But when I came across these ...
Here’s 91 Red River, the Rainey Street District’s Next Tower
Hey, remember our sneak peak at downtown's most mysterious upcoming tower projects? It looks like we don't have to draw a big green box anymore for the building planned at 91-93 Red River Street, a rectangular .74-acre plot of land assembled from two adjacent addresses owned by entities associated with Austin-based commercial real estate firm Endeavor Real Estate ...
The View From the Top at 70 Rainey
70 Rainey, the 34-floor condo tower set to transform the skyline of downtown Austin's eastern edge as the Rainey Street District's tallest building, is officially "topped out" this month, with its highest floor poured and ready for finish-out. But even from the ground floor, the building is already an imposing figure on Rainey Street itself: To celebrate, ...
With Your Input, Austin Energy’s Downtown Substation Won’t Suck
Remember Austin Energy's plans for a new downtown substation at 55 East Avenue? The project's still a couple of years out from breaking ground -- dig the timeline below, champ -- but the city's utility provider is already hard at work on preliminary concepts for the station, and held the first of several community engagement meetings last night. If this type of ...
