Texas' most acclaimed architecture studio could soon bring its tallest building yet to one of Austin's most famous streets. Rising 48 floors and 571 feet at the northeast corner of Rainey and River Streets in the heart of the Rainey Street District, the project currently known as the River Street Residences designed by San Antonio-based architecture firm Lake Flato would ...
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The Linden Condo Tower’s On Deck for a Growing Northwest Downtown Austin
The Linden, a 28-story downtown Austin condo tower project by New York development firm Reger Holdings with local design by the architects at Rhode Partners, could be only months from breaking ground at the corner of 17th and Guadalupe Streets in the formerly sleepy, now fast-growing northwestern corner of downtown. According to the developer, the tower has received approval ...
West 12th Residential Tower Plan Brings 31 Floors to the Downtown Time Forgot
Barring a few notable exceptions, in terms of development action and overall height the region of Austin directly west of the Capitol could be considered "the downtown that time forgot" -- despite being very much within the boundaries of downtown, convenient zoning limitations and other preservation-related protections keep this area pretty low to the ground, which is part of ...
Three Cheers for the Quincy, Topped Out in the Rainey Street District
As we've mentioned before, the name of the 30-story apartment and office project currently under construction in the Rainey Street District known as the Quincy has nothing to do with Quincy Jones, John Quincy Adams, or Quincy, Massachusetts -- or any local Quincys, for that matter. Instead, its developers at Endeavor Real Estate Group just liked the name, and that's fine by us. ...
City Plans Purchase of Two Downtown Blocks for Convention Center Expansion
Later this month, Austin's City Council is expected to authorize the first steps of an exclusive negotiation agreement with multiple property owners that would result in the city's purchase of two full adjacent downtown blocks for the planned expansion of the Austin Convention Center, according to documents prepared by the city's Office of Real Estate Services and confirmed by ...
