• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

TOWERS

Austin city life since 2007

  • News
    • Condo Projects
    • Neighborhoods
  • Listings
    • Austin Condo Guide
  • Newsletter
  • Realty
Search
You are here: Home / Condo Projects / W Hotel & Residences Breaks Ground
Search suggestions: condos for sale • rainey street

W Hotel & Residences Breaks Ground

towers staff October 14, 2007 Comment

Another Austin project — the W Hotel & Residences — took an important step forward yesterday with a lavish ground-breaking ceremony. Not unlike the Austonian which created a pile of dirt to be shoveled for the ceremony, the Block 21 development team and a world-famous basketball player and investor (Magic Johnson) used unusual guitar-shovels for the ground-breaking. The theme of the event, as far as I can tell, was “Keep Austin Weird.”

Block 21, a former vacant lot in the heart of Austin’s Second Street District, is moving from planning to reality. Upon completion in early 2010, the new home of Austin City Limits, a 2,200 seat, state-of-the-art theater and music venue, will also incorporate the W Austin Hotel & Residences, a 35-story tower designed by Arthur Andersson with 196 condos, 250 guestrooms, spa and restaurant; plus approximately 47,000 square feet of ground and second floor retail. Unfortunately, the project will no longer contain the Austin Children’s Museum which pulled out of the project — an unfortunate loss for an otherwise great project. Supposedly, the developers made it very difficult for the Dell Children’s Museum to affordably create the sort of space they needed for the facility.

The $260-million project is seeking Platinum LEED Certification for its implementation of green building techniques, materials and operational standards under the guidance of Gail Vittori, Co-director of the Austin-based Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems. There are only a handful of mixed-use projects and hotels in the world that have achieved LEED Platinum Certification.

Here is the latest rendering of the project which will clearly have a huge, positive impact on the second-street district:

W Hotel & Residences Block 21 Austin Condos

Related

Filed Under: Condo Projects

About towers staff

Real estate, architecture, and city planning. Email: austin@towers.net

Austin Homes with Seller Financing available

Seller Financing in Austin
Previous Post: « Riverside Condo Proposal Rejected by Planning Commission
Next Post: Monarch Profile Added »

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

  •  Schedule a showing

FEATURED Listings

2804 Lafayette Avenue #2
Austin, TX
Photo of 2804  Lafayette Avenue #2, Austin, TX 78722 (MLS # 6466792)
$679,988
30
  • Lot Size
    2,178 sqft

  • Home Size
    953 sqft

  • Beds
    2 Beds

  • Baths
    2 Baths

210 Lavaca Street #2711
Austin, TX
Photo of 210  Lavaca Street #2711, Austin, TX 78701 (MLS # 9784437)
$1,475,000
26
  • Lot Size
    109 sqft

  • Home Size
    1,423 sqft

  • Beds
    2 Beds

  • Baths
    3 Baths

View Virtual Tour
301 West Avenue #5103
Austin, TX
Photo of 301  West Avenue #5103, Austin, TX 78701 (MLS # 5945580)
$1,894,900
33
  • Lot Size

  • Home Size
    1,474 sqft

  • Beds
    2 Beds

  • Baths
    2 Baths

360 Nueces Street #907
Austin, TX
Photo of 360  Nueces Street #907, Austin, TX 78701 (MLS # 3584447)
$598,500
40
  • Lot Size
    131 sqft

  • Home Size
    852 sqft

  • Beds
    1 Bed

  • Baths
    1 Bath

View Virtual Tour
501 West Avenue #3701
Austin, TX
Photo of 501  West Avenue #3701, Austin, TX 78701 (MLS # 9503524)
$3,299,000
40
  • Lot Size
    157 sqft

  • Home Size
    2,517 sqft

  • Beds
    3 Beds

  • Baths
    3 Baths

austin condo report

Featured Buildings

  • The Independent
  • Fifth & West
  • 360
  • Austin City Lofts
  • W Residences
  • The Shore
  • 70 Rainey

Footer

LEGAL NOTICE

TREC Information About Brokerage Services (pdf)

Texas Real Estate Commission Consumer Protection Notice


TOWERS realty

Austin Condos For Sale

Agents

Downtown Buildings

Luxury Towers

  • Four Seasons Residences
  • W Hotel & Residences
  • The Austonian
  • 5 Fifty Five at Hilton

Most Popular

  • The Shore
  • 360 Condos
  • Seaholm Condos
  • Spring Condos
  • Milago Condos

New Construction

  • The Independent
  • 70 Rainey
  • Austin Proper
  • Fifth & West

Loft Style

  • Austin City Lofts
  • Brazos Place
  • The Sabine
  • Plaza Lofts
  • Brown Building

Resources

  • Austin Condo Guide
  • Condos For Sale
  • Condo Buyer FAQ
  • Property Search

Featured

Archives

Newsletter · About · Contact Us · DMCA · Privacy Policy · SLAPP · Copyright © 2007-2022 TOWERS.net · All Rights Reserved