JDawgATX Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 Monday May 15th, 2006, workers will start the Lot clearing phase of the Spring Condo Tower in the West End District in Downtown Austin. There will be no official groundbreaking ceremony due to the high profile battle between the developers and the residents of the Old West Austin Neighborhood Association who were not happy about a building its height being built so close to the edge of downtown. Clearing should take a few weeks and then they will begin ground work. The Building will be 36 stories and will rise between 400 and 450 feet high. Here is a Rendering... This is just one of many projects set to break ground within the next 3 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 Is that park real, or just an imaginary feature created by the illustrator? I'm continually surprised by the number of people who will move into a condo tower simply because it's on a park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDawgATX Posted May 14, 2006 Author Share Posted May 14, 2006 There may be some open area or park-like landscaping around the building though I am not too sure exactly what the design for that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDawgATX Posted May 15, 2006 Author Share Posted May 15, 2006 Ooops I actually got the building wrong. Its not the Spring its 360 wich is 44 stories and will be 580 feet tall. Way off on this one, though Spring should start within the next few months so either way its going up soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddleman Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 that's not Spring or 360, it's a building in Vancouver by the same architect and/or developer, Spring is supposed to be very similar though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 I was going to say...thats not very Austin-esque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDawgATX Posted May 16, 2006 Author Share Posted May 16, 2006 From what I hear its pretty much going to be the same design give or take a few differences. Overall thats what we will be expecting. I do know that it is a rendering of another building but its the only rendering we have here for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDawgATX Posted June 13, 2006 Author Share Posted June 13, 2006 Here is the official rendering for the Spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 I was going to say...thats not very Austin-esqueI agree - it doesn't look "organic" enough for Austin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.