LOL they freakin did it:
https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n..._news_headline
"Elsewhere in West Campus, construction is expected to start in May on a 17-story student-housing tower that will wrap around a
historic two-story structure called the
Kenney House at the corner of Rio Grande and West 22nd streets, development consultant Mike McHone said. Rogers-O’Brien Construction Co. LTD is the general contractor."