By all accounts, there is a 24-story tower under construction at the northeast corner of Fourth and Guadalupe Streets, just east of Republic Square Park. Still, there's a chance you may have forgotten all about the Hotel ZaZa / Gables Republic Square project underway on the half-block located at 401 Guadalupe Street, a mixed-use building that should bring 159 hotel ...
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Central Austin Development Roundup: Fresh Buildings Found Here
Hello, Austin! It's been wet the last few days -- did we all collectively forget what that felt like? Anyway, now that we're complaining about humidity instead of heat, I thought it was high time to hike through the streets of downtown and beyond to pick you up some fresh content. Don't ever say we don't sweat for our extremely classy, intelligent readership! 425 Riverside - ...
Downtown Austin Needs a Signature Tower, So This Guy Designed One
David Vaculin is not an architect. Thankfully, he's not letting that slow him down. After our article last month about the common, yet difficult-to-define notion of the "signature tower," Vaculin, who lives in Round Rock, contacted me with his own thoughts on the subject. He may not be an architect himself -- by day, he designs electrical systems for industrial ...
Mixed-Use Office Project Moves Forward at Employees Retirement System Site
The Employees Retirement System of Texas isn't wasting any time adding value to its office property located at 200 East 18th Street, which occupies a full block in the northeastern corner of the Texas Capitol Complex. Alongside the major changes taking place at the nearby Texas Mall section of the Capitol Complex Master Plan, the ERS plans to construct a ...
Downtown Austin’s Republic Office Tower Gets a Surprise Height Increase
New documents submitted to the City of Austin's Design Commission bring us an unexpected, but welcome piece of news -- the planned downtown office tower known as The Republic will be significantly taller than we thought. The tower's new application to the Downtown Density Bonus Program, submitted by developers Lincoln Property Company and Phoenix Property Company as ...