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There goes the neighborhood.

It takes a lot of apartments to make up for 21,000 being absorbed in a year.

I hope some of them are still affordable. A lot of UST students and recent grads live at Richmont Square.

If all the new apartments are luxury-priced, UST will need to build additional on-campus housing.

It has begun! From a coworker currently in the Binz garage (click for larger view):

Great shot. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks Luminare.

I wonder what that little building on Kirby will be. Any ideas?

That's a lot of new apartments!

It will have eight or nine restaurants, according to the article, and that on top of the retail space for the Marriott. That seems like a lot of space to me.

If they can pull it off and actually fill all that restaurant space, they will make the GRB much more appealing for out of town conventions.

Seriously. Don't they have a more urban format with roof top parking or something? Ugh..

Yes they use those at urban sites

That is a massive building, much bigger than I thought.

745,000 square feet

I know it's preliminary, but this looks ugly. So disappointing!

Yes, there are both labor and material shortages for RE construction projects. That's the downside of a boom.

Actually, after looking at the video, rendering, drawing and maps, it looks like it is the science and health building.

I'm confused. There are two different projects shown in the renderings and video. One is the performing arts center, the other is a center for science and health professions. Which is on the planning commission agenda?

Just to be clear, a hotel will go on top of this right?

It will be built so that the foundation can support a future hotel above, but it's not part of the original plan.

Where is this located?

That's the W in downtown Austin

An elegant box? LOL

Yes, an elegant box. 

I think it's good 60's design.

From Miami.

ehh...

W isn't always flashy or sexy. Austin's is a very simple and elegant box.

Another wrench!

Terrible sidewalk engagement.

I'm sure the developers of Cosmo had to of known that they weren't going to be the lone ranger for very long. I am sure that they did their homework and made sure to tell each new tenant that views aren't guaranteed for the duration of the lease agreement.

The Coso are condos, so it doesn't really matter if the developers knew. It's up to each individual owner to do their own due diligence before buying.

That looks SO out of place for that location. Who's the developer? Bet it's not midway

Looks nice!

It's funny though ... the name translates in Spanish to "we have a place"... :-)

You must be dyslexic, as well as whoever named the thread.

It would be awesome if they can activate the street like that. I think it will depend on the type of retail establishments they bring in.