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drummer · #**221** Posted **Sep 14, 2015, 3:13 AM**

Seems accurate given their Facebook description. Man, the folks with west-facing windows will have an unbelievably sweet view.

jbssfelix · #**222** Posted **Sep 14, 2015, 1:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

This project is both apartment and condo now? I never noticed this on this on their Facebook page before:

https://www.facebook.com/SeventyRainey

It's just a Facebook-determined category that it falls under, like "Professional Services" or "Automotive Dealership".

Example:

wwmiv · #**223** Posted **Sep 15, 2015, 12:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by jbssfelix

It's just a Facebook-determined category that it falls under, like "Professional Services" or "Automotive Dealership".

Doesn't Facebook have all three of "Apartment Building," "Condo Building," and "Apartment & Condo Building" to choose from, though?

Syndic · #**224** Posted **Sep 15, 2015, 4:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by wwmiv

Doesn't Facebook have all three of "Apartment Building," "Condo Building," and "Apartment & Condo Building" to choose from, though?

No. Just "Apartment & Condo Building".

drummer · #**225** Posted **Sep 15, 2015, 6:59 AM**

Seems like that should be a simple enough fix given that apartments and condos are actually different and would likely appeal to different markets in most cases.

wwmiv · #**226** Posted **Sep 15, 2015, 7:05 AM**

Wow, Facebook needs to get with the times.

The ATX · #**227** Posted **Sep 15, 2015, 11:00 AM**

It really seems silly that they require an often incorrect category label on the cover photo. The Independent and Fifth & West went with the "Real Estate" category.

The ATX · #**228** Posted **Sep 21, 2015, 6:37 PM**

I was feeling pretty good about this project after the last ABJ article. But the website is down (hopefully temporarily) and their Facebook page hasn't been updated going on six weeks which is strange since site prep is underway with a November start of construction per the article. I would think their marketing would be ramping up by now.

EDIT: The website outage was temporary.

ivanwolf · #**229** Posted **Sep 24, 2015, 8:11 PM**

There is no site prep. The parking area which will be the proposed park is still there and the food trucks have not left. The prep your seeing is the COA and their water/wastewater something project. I think this was pre-planned as an improvement in the area and not directly related to this building.

KevinFromTexas · #**230** Posted **Sep 28, 2015, 7:26 PM**

Crane permit for the FAA. The listed height is 511 feet.

https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external...62548989&row=0

AustinGoesVertical · #**231** Posted **Sep 28, 2015, 7:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Crane permit for the FAA. The listed height is 511 feet.

https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external...62548989&row=0

Why does it list this one as a 41-story tower in the details of the permit? Is that because they include the mechanical penthouse?

KevinFromTexas · #**232** Posted **Sep 28, 2015, 7:47 PM**

I'm not sure. I guess that's a possibility.

The ATX · #**233** Posted **Oct 7, 2015, 7:57 PM**

Sackman got a demo permit issued today for their 80 Rainey property.

https://www.austintexas.gov/devrevie...erRSN=11422736

KevinFromTexas · #**234** Posted **Oct 7, 2015, 9:13 PM**

They also posted the site plan and utility plans to the city's FTP site.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...tial_PLANS.pdf

The ATX · #**235** Posted **Nov 18, 2015, 3:29 PM**

They just made the first post to their Facebook page in over three months! I'm starting to worry a little about this one.

https://www.facebook.com/SeventyRainey

The ATX · #**236** Posted **Nov 19, 2015, 2:42 PM**

LoopNet has a listing for a site at 74 Rainey that would make an ideal location for a highrise development. It says the property is off the market now. This is a rendering:

LoopNet:http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/15979...-St-Austin-TX/

Downtown_Austin · #**237** Posted **Nov 21, 2015, 3:58 AM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

LoopNet has a listing for a site at 74 Rainey that would make an ideal location for a highrise development. It says the property is off the market now. This is a rendering:

I believe that's an old conceptual rendering to show what was feasible on the site. Probably 5-6 years old, even from before Riverside Resources owned the dirt and subsequently sold to Sackman (70 Rainey).

KevinFromTexas · #**238** Posted **Nov 21, 2015, 5:55 AM**

Come to think of it, that does remind me of one of the earlier renderings we saw.

I sure hope this one happens. I think it'll be a very nice building.

drummer · #**239** Posted **Nov 21, 2015, 11:29 AM**

I hope so, too. The west-facing views would be hard to beat also.

KevinFromTexas · #**240** Posted **Nov 26, 2015, 6:32 AM**

From their Facebook page - it looks like they're planning a balcony for the gym.

70 Rainey Luxury Condominiums - https://www.facebook.com/SeventyRain...type=3&theater