Q: Since last month, there's been a bunch of work taking place at the Austonian. I see what looks like scaffolding and some other equipment up there. What's going on? A: It might look like window washing, but it turns out what's taking place at the Austonian is of a slightly more critical nature -- it's part of a project to correct a defect on some of the tower's ...
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Central Austin Development Roundup: It’s Tower Time, Y’all
Today, we're just going to casually chat about some towers downtown. That sounds nice, doesn't it? It's certainly a lot nicer than me trying to write an entire article about one of these projects, since the updates we're about to discuss are fairly small. Still, don't you like feeling informed? Of course you do. Hit it: Block 185 The mysterious Block 185 is back in the ...
Fun Facts on Downtown’s Upcoming Alexan Capitol Apartment Tower
We've been following the Alexan Capitol apartment tower planned by developer Trammell Crow Residential Company for quite a while, but things appear to be moving right along for this 30-story mixed-use project bound for a relatively sleepy corner of downtown at 700 East 11th Street. New city filings for the building have provided us with a few fun new pieces of ...
30-Story Tower Concept Could Rise at Fifth and Red River in Downtown Austin
Over the last few months, we've tried to make as much noise as possible regarding upcoming plans for a residential tower at 504 East Fifth Street, the former site of long-time Italian restaurant Carmelo's -- also known as the Old Depot Hotel if you're looking at the address from a historical perspective -- at the corner of Fifth and Red River Streets that was sold to ...
Chasing the Ghosts of Towers Past at Downtown Austin’s 308 Guadalupe Site
It's a little odd to imagine just how different the skyline of downtown Austin would look if only a few things had happened differently. Projects change, or simply die on the vine -- they fail to secure their financing, they get significantly redesigned or "value engineered" to the point of being nearly unrecognizable from the original concept, maybe they even fall through for ...