If developer Intracorp successfully brings its 51-story tower to life at 44 East Avenue, our definition of height on this side of downtown will change forever. Like we've mentioned before, this 330-unit Austin condo tower plan isn't just tall for the Rainey Street District, it's tall by the whole city's standards -- and along with plenty of other nearby projects in ...
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Our Fall Survey Results Are In, and Here’s What We’ve Learned
At the end of last month, we opened a little survey to learn more about our readers and their interests around Austin. The carrot to this survey's stick was the possibility of winning one of five copies of our recently-released Austin coloring book, and we'll be sending those out next week. For the time being, let's take a look at the results and see what we've ...
Welcome to the New East Avenue
At 51 stories, the recently-announced 44 East Avenue project could soon become one of the tallest Austin condo towers built so far. Although a tower project at this address, located on the south end of the rapidly-developing Rainey Street District, has been anticipated for quite a while, the sheer size of the planned building is more than we ever could have expected. 51 floors ...
Feast Your Eyes on the Official TOWERS.net Coloring Book
Ever wanted to put your own spin on downtown Austin? Do you wish we could get a gold building downtown? Do you have a kid who really likes skyscrapers? If so, we've got good news. Over the last few months, we've quietly put together the first official TOWERS.net Austin Coloring Book, with page after page of our favorite buildings and scenes from downtown ready to ...
Let’s Remember the Hotel ZaZa, Topped Out and Mysterious in Downtown Austin
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 ...