Dakota79 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 (edited) Wow! Great looking building. I can see the link with the photos but when I attach it the subscription requirement shows. GRRR. They are saying it'll be the tallest residential west of the Mississippi. Shouldn't we have that? http://m.statesman.com http://www.mystatesman.com/news/business/seaholm-areas-rebirth-to-include-austins-tallest-t/nksBg/ Edited April 13, 2015 by Dakota79 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkp5 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 (edited) This is going to be great for Austin! Austin is definitely ahead of Houston in terms of high rise residentials in downtown. I hope Houston can eventually get something like this. http://www.independentaustin.com/ Here's a screenshot from their video showing the building in the skyline. You can see that Austin already has a lot under construction in this area. Larger rendering. Edited April 13, 2015 by fkp5 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 While I am personally not a fan of the design, this tower is great for Austin! Estimated start date? Did I miss it or was it not discussed in the article? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted April 13, 2015 Author Share Posted April 13, 2015 Here is another link:http://lm.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fkxan.com%2F2015%2F04%2F13%2Fthe-independent-to-be-tallest-condo-tower-west-of-mississippi%2F&h=6AQHw7kii&s=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkp5 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 While I am personally not a fan of the design, this tower is great for Austin! Estimated start date? Did I miss it or was it not discussed in the article? It was originally planned to start in the fourth quarter of 2015. More recently, the developers of the project have said that they expect to announce a groundbreaking date and construction timeline within a few months, once financing is lined up. So we should be getting more details pretty soon. http://www.mystatesman.com/news/business/seaholm-areas-rebirth-to-include-austins-tallest-t/nksBg/?ecmp=statesman_social_twitter_2014_sfp#08671b4c.3432329.735700 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I don't like the design either looks like a LEGO box. 58 floors is does not look that tall. I wish there could have been a better design. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Other than the shape and height, it's not impressive. Pretty run of the mill high-rise design. Take away the setbacks and it's any bland residential building in the world. fkp5 - Downtown Austin is ahead of every other city in Texas for high-rise residential Downtown. A majority of their skyline is residential. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-TownChris2 Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I think the main reason that it looks like a lot of construction is because it's very open, unlike our Downtown where it's covered massive buildings. Just my opinion... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDawgATX Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I think the main reason that it looks like a lot of construction is because it's very open, unlike our Downtown where it's covered massive buildings. Just my opinion...Actually the reason why it looks like a lot of construction is because it is a lot of construction. About 9 city blocks with multiple highrises are being added to DT that was once taken up by a power plant and water treatment plant. That is just one area of DT seeing massive construction. Austin is in its largest building boom in the city's history and it's not slowing down anytime soon. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 (edited) Yeah, Austin didn't have a massive boom in the 80s like Houston. I feel sorry for its residents and the traffic they'll surely have to continue enduring. Edited May 1, 2015 by cloud713 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDawgATX Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Yeah, Austin didn't have a massive boom in the 80s like Houston. I feel sorry for its residents and the traffic they'll surely have to continue enduring.Austin did boom in the 80s like the other Texas cities. In fact most of the office towers we had until recently were built during the 80s oil and financial boom but we didn't overbuild which in the end helped us recover much faster. As far as traffic goes it's been bad for a long while so it's nothing new for us. The reason why the city is building up rather than out is to get people living close to where they work and play. We are in a transitional akward phase. We've come a long way from even just 8 years ago, but we still have a good ways to go. Mass transit is the key and that will be the next challenge to overcome but if we do it right, Austin's core will be built up more like the cities of the northeast U.S. than a Texas sunbelt city. This process will take time though but it's amazing to see the city transform the way it has. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDawgATX Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Looks like things are going well, at least in terms of reservations. Latest info is about 300 units have been reserved and their sales office has only been open for a few days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Other than the shape and height, it's not impressive. Pretty run of the mill high-rise design. Take away the setbacks and it's any bland residential building in the world. fkp5 - Downtown Austin is ahead of every other city in Texas for high-rise residential Downtown. A majority of their skyline is residential. Actually Miami is building more residential towers than Austin. Take a look at Brickell Ave. They have not learn the lesson when they over builded in the 90s. As of now Panorama Tower 831 feet with 83 floors. Ten more 599 feet 52 floors, 550 feet 51 floors, Paraiso Bay Twin towers 548 feet 55 floors. Brickell Heights 529 feet 52 floors, Brickell House 524 feet 46 floors. And much more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 In 10 years Austin may surpass Dallas in population. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 In 10 years Austin may surpass Dallas in population. You're joking right? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 He, also, seems to believe that Miami is a Texas City. So... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 You are joking? 2013 Population estimates Dallas 1,257,676, Austin 885,400. In the year 2000 Dallas had 1,188,580 and Austin had 656,562. Please don't include Forth Worth, Arlington. Plano, just the cities. Houston has 4 high rises Downtown and 5 in the Galleria area. The 2929 40 floor 2929 Weslayan is almost complete. Look it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Everyone likes charts! According to these super rough projections, Austin should surpass Dallas sometime in 2035. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDawgATX Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Well per the,recent census update from July 2013 to July 2014 Austin is 912,000 but again these numbers are already nearly a year old. There have also been some discrepancies since the original count in 2010. Taking those into account and the growth since July 2014 Austin's current population as of right now is very likely close to 960K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 If you want 58 story residential towers in Houston implement zoning and only allowed towers downtown. We might get 80-story towers. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D F W Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Austin may take longer than 2035 to pass Dallas providing the suburbs don't as grow as fast and run out of area to grow. I also think Austin will eventually be mostly land locked but not as bad as Dallas. Austin's largest potential growth area is towards the southeast. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDawgATX Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Austin may take longer than 2035 to pass Dallas providing the suburbs don't as grow as fast and run out of area to grow. I also think Austin will eventually be mostly land locked but not as bad as Dallas. Austin's largest potential growth area is towards the southeast.Austin doesn't need to grow out to gain population. The city is increasing the density within the city limits over the next 25 to 30 years. Under the Imagine Austin Plan, the city expects to add an additional 750,000 people within the city limits. There is plenty of space to do so without having to spread out farther. Having said that there will definitely be some spread out and of course the suburbs will continue to expand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestUdweller Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 (edited) Ground has been broken on "The Independent" http://www.independentaustin.com/ Edited January 11, 2016 by WestUdweller 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Ground has been broken on "The Independent" http://www.independentaustin.com/That is great news for Austin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 690 feet The Independent Austin - https://www.facebook.com/independentaustin/photos/a.1514914542122456.1073741828.1511718099108767/1701225826824659/?type=3&theater 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 It is pretty amazing that tall highrise condos come out of the ground in Austin easily but, smaller ones here in Houston seem to struggle a bit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 On 5/1/2015 at 1:17 PM, cloud713 said: Yeah, Austin didn't have a massive boom in the 80s like Houston. I feel sorry for its residents and the traffic they'll surely have to continue enduring. If Austin does not a have a twenty year transportation plan it will choke itself. I was there recently and the traffic is horrible. It took me 2 hours to get from the airport to downtown. They may be building highrise apartments downtown but what about corporate corporations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Austin failed to keep up with infrastructure issues and are now paying the price. 35 is totally useless except for parking and Mopac isn't any better. They have no east west major thoroughfares and the only way to get across town in a hurry are either 183 in the north or Ben White to the south. Koenig 2222 is stop and go. Back in the 80's they put a moratorium on growth and this is what they have to show for it. I will say that they are in a bigger boom than Houston is right now. Went to the Domain and spent time around the Van Zandt with all of the bars. The place is hopping. Also the reason their buildings come out of the ground quicker is they have a shallow bedrock, something houston doesn't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 I wonder if car ferries on lady bird lake would be faster than going on 183... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 https://www.workzonecam.com/projects/balfourbeatty7/theindependent/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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