AUSTIN | Project Updates Thread Part II - Page 426

Urbannizer · #**8501** Posted **May 18, 2023, 1:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by paul78701

Also, that would likely mean 6,000+ new residents in downtown. The future stats are a very significant increase over the numbers cited in the 2022 downtown report (13,648 residents, 9,447 residential units):
https://downtownaustin.com/state-of-...n-report-2022/

New report is out:

https://downtownaustin.com/state-of-downtown-2023/

https://communityimpact.com/austin/c...elopment-boom/

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Austin's central business district is home to a large share of the city's residents, jobs, entertainment centers, and cultural and park space. According to the Downtown Austin Alliance, the area is home to:

Around 14,300 residents, up from 13,648 estimated in last year's report

At least 117,000 employees, up from 106,500 last year

At least 14,000 hotel rooms and 10,500 residential units, up from 13,514 hotel rooms and 9,447 units last year

Projections from the Downtown Austin Alliance show the buildings that are underway will bring more than 11,000 new residences and 3,000 hotel rooms to Austin's core.

clubtokyo · #**8502** Posted **May 18, 2023, 2:22 AM**

But I thought Austin is dead? That article says we are #40! Lol. These are impressive numbers, thanks for sharing.

Urbannizer · #**8503** Posted **May 18, 2023, 9:30 PM**

cvillehorn · #**8504** Posted **May 19, 2023, 4:49 PM**

Mulva Hall

KevinFromTexas · #**8505** Posted **May 19, 2023, 6:38 PM**

It'll go nicely with fallopian tube grandstands at DKR.

Urbannizer · #**8506** Posted **May 20, 2023, 10:43 PM**

Dougherty Arts Center

New building on the DC agenda.

https://services.austintexas.gov/edi....cfm?id=408912

Maximusx1 · #**8507** Posted **May 21, 2023, 6:39 PM**

Cool, have been looking forward to this.

However, I wish they could incorporate the closing of Riverside west of Lamar into this project. Build a large enough parking garage so that parking for this and Zach can use it and dump those cars onto Toomey. Closing Riverside west of Lamar would make for a better park entrance and remove a light cycle from the bottleneck that is Riverside and Lamar. Just my two cents.

chinchaaa · #**8508** Posted **May 21, 2023, 7:37 PM**

What will happen to the existing building?

Urbannizer · #**8509** Posted **May 24, 2023, 8:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

The One American Center will probably be getting signs soon.

https://services.austintexas.gov/edi....cfm?id=397290

https://services.austintexas.gov/edi....cfm?id=397309

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lakef...ium=member_ios

ILUVSAT · #**8510** Posted **May 24, 2023, 8:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Guess they should have sliced Wilson in half.

We vs us · #**8511** Posted **May 24, 2023, 8:59 PM**

I like the idea of it opening out on to the sidewalk. We need more of that in general in this city.

KevinFromTexas · #**8512** Posted **May 24, 2023, 10:56 PM**

I still love the One American Center. Inside and out, it's still one of our best.

Urbannizer · #**8513** Posted **May 30, 2023, 5:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Engineering Discovery Building

https://coarchitects.com/projects/sc...ry-building-2/

https://coarchitects.com/projects/sc...ry-building-2/

Dariusb · #**8514** Posted **May 30, 2023, 5:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by Urbannizer

New report is out:

https://downtownaustin.com/state-of-downtown-2023/

https://communityimpact.com/austin/c...elopment-boom/

That skyline view will really be a killer on a few years!

Novacek · #**8515** Posted **May 30, 2023, 11:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by Dariusb

That skyline view will really be a killer on a few years!

So how close are we getting to downtown being “full”, once all the current planned and proposed projects are done? Where the vast majority of lots are already developed in a manner where it’s unlikely any will be redeveloped again soon (ie no one is tearing down the Frost to rebuild it higher)

DougRockstead · #**8516** Posted **May 30, 2023, 12:31 PM**

Dolores Hall??

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Originally Posted by cvillehorn

Mulva Hall

bobbywest87 · #**8517** Posted **May 30, 2023, 12:46 PM**

|V|ULVA Hall

We vs us · #**8518** Posted **May 30, 2023, 2:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by Novacek

So how close are we getting to downtown being “full”, once all the current planned and proposed projects are done? Where the vast majority of lots are already developed in a manner where it’s unlikely any will be redeveloped again soon (ie no one is tearing down the Frost to rebuild it higher)

Funny you say that. All the green buildings are planned in the last underdeveloped districts in DT. After that -- in the 2030s, maybe? -- the city's going to have some hard decisions to make.

Though one caveat -- if the I-35 CVCs go away, we'll all the sudden have a new district to obsess over.

Tyrone Shoes · #**8519** Posted **May 30, 2023, 2:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by bobbywest87

|V|ULVA Hall

AusTex · #**8520** Posted **May 30, 2023, 3:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by We vs us

...Though one caveat -- if the I-35 CVCs go away, we'll all the sudden have a new district to obsess over.

The I-35 CVC will Have to be reevaluated once the freeway reconstruction is completed. The land owners will see to that. The Capitol will no longer be visible from many of the existing points along the highway. However, by then Austin my not be boom town any more.