Like almost every week, it was a good week for towers in downtown Austin. This time around, we got a look at an all-new development in the Rainey Street District, plus progress updates for a few other projects -- not to mention some extremely fresh new renderings. As they say in the old country, "bada bing, bada boom:" 90 Rainey Street Local developer and Urbanspace CEO ...
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At San Jacinto Center, Austin’s ’80s Boom Built the Four Seasons Hotel
Though we're getting taller all the time, skyscraper development in Austin really boomed during the 1980s. Between 1980 and 1987, 12 buildings with 15 or more floors opened in the downtown area, including the cluster of earth-toned towers -- One American Center, One Eleven Congress, 100 Congress, 301 Congress, and San Jacinto Center -- that defined the "Old Austin" skyline ...
Meet Hanover Republic Square, Bringing 44 Floors of Apartments Downtown
We've been waiting for a while to get a better view of apartment developer the Hanover Company's tower plan at the southwestern corner of Fifth and Lavaca Streets in downtown Austin, but the wait is over, y'all. Thanks to new city filings for the building's inclusion in the Downtown Density Bonus Program, we've got our hands on the first renderings and other ...
The Villas on Town Lake are Coming Down in the Rainey Street District
After sitting vacant for more than a year, downtown Austin condo community the Villas on Town Lake, located at 80 Red River Street, is being torn down even as we speak. Seriously, we just took this -- and we're sorry for the WorldStar-style vertical video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CZGcXvqQWg Built in 1982 before the area's current residential ...
An Unexpected Tower Arrives in Downtown Austin’s Northwest Gap
The region of downtown Austin northwest of the Capitol, just east of the historic Judge's Hill neighborhood and labeled by Google Maps as the "North Side," is a bit of an odd duck. As we've covered in more detail before, this area's got different zoning rules than most of downtown, meaning its buildings generally don't go as high as you'll find elsewhere -- in fact, this ...