Everybody wants to announce they’re building a tower, but nobody wants to announce they’re not building a tower. That state of limbo is where we find a lot of projects unveiled between 2020 and 2022 but as yet unbuilt in downtown Austin, with a slowing market and some remarkably low occupancy numbers in the office sector
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The Republic Tower Is Here
More than four years and one pandemic after its first appearance, a tower project set to become one of downtown Austin’s most prominent additions to the skyline is finally moving forward. Today, national developers Lincoln Property Company and the Dallas-based Phoenix Property Company announced a partnership with California investment firm DivcoWest to develop
It Sure Looks Like the Republic Tower’s Breaking Ground This Spring
(You are standing at the southern edge of Republic Square in downtown Austin, gazing south across West Fourth Street at a massive parking lot. In your heart, you know this parking lot could be so much more. Someone starts playing a sad French accordion.) Ah, ze Republic. A tower like no other. She has many charms, non? Not ze…
Notice Anything Different About These Two Corners in Downtown Austin?
You’ll find towers in various stages of planning or building on corners throughout downtown Austin, but two really stand out this month as signs of upcoming change — the southeast corner of West Fifth and Colorado Streets; and the southeast corner of West Sixth and Guadalupe Streets. Let’s hike down there and see what’s cooking. West Fifth and…
New Downtown Austin Hotel Tower Planned at Fifth and Trinity Corner Site
The approval of demolition applications for two adjacent buildings in downtown Austin late last month by the city’s Historic Landmark Commission will clear the southwest corner of East Fifth and Trinity Streets for a new hotel tower project, according to development permits filed earlier this week. Occupying a quarter-block, the adjacent structures at 307 and 311 East…
Demolition Applications Could Signal Two New Towers in Downtown Austin
A list of demolition applications under review for consideration at the upcoming January 24 meeting of the city’s Historic Landmark Commission tells the story of two possible new tower developments headed for downtown Austin, if you look closely — actually, the clues are incredibly obvious. Let’s take a peek for ourselves: 307 – 311 East…