The Independent, a recently-completed downtown Austin condo tower that's currently the city's tallest at 58 floors and better known to many as the "Jenga Tower," is only a few short weeks away from switching on a long-rumored lighting system for the illumination of its crown. In fact, it turns out the actual lights were installed at the top of the building several months ...
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Here’s What a Decade of Growth Looks Like on Rainey Street
The boom of downtown Austin condo and apartment development in the Rainey Street District had already started by 2010, but the neighborhood really started rising in the last decade -- meaning that in 2020, the district is a full-fledged part of the city's skyline, with multiple buildings on the way that will push its heights even further. Flickr user Floyd Wilde was nice ...
Here’s 90-92 Rainey, a 53-Story Tower for Downtown’s Fastest-Growing District
Earlier this year saw the announcement of a mixed-use tower in the rapidly-rising Rainey Street District by local developer and Urbanspace CEO Kevin Burns, but since that news broke back in March we haven't heard much else about the project -- described at the time as a hotel, residential, and retail building with 50-odd stories headed for the corner of Davis and Rainey Streets ...
Meet Tower 5C, a 41-Story Office Project for West Fifth and Colorado
An office tower by national commercial developer Ryan Companies will rise 41 floors -- 633 feet and 11 inches, to be exact -- at the southeast corner of West Fifth and Colorado Streets in downtown Austin, according to recent city permit filings and statements from the developers. Occupying nearly a quarter-block, the project contains 463,723 square feet of offices and 1,722 ...
Hitting the Bricks at Downtown Austin’s Finest Masonry Residential Towers
One of the more common complaints leveled against the ongoing growth of downtown Austin condo and apartment towers is that the new buildings rising around us all look the same. General architectural trends and the material similarities of most modern structures have contributed to that argument, at least in some cases, but the criticism we hear the most about similar-looking ...
