AUSTIN | Projects & Construction III

[JoninATX]

The Hotel Granduca Austin starts April 14

By Jan Buchholz
April 10th 2014

A prominent Houston developer will build an Italian-inspired luxury hotel on a high bluff overlooking Austin and the Hill Country, alongside a new office building project.

Giorgio Borlenghi, founder of Interfin Cos. LP and a native of Milan, Italy, will build the Hotel Granduca northwest of the corner of Capital of Texas Highway and Bee Cave Road.

“The Granduca is different from any other hotel in this country with its fine Italian elegance,” Borlenghi said. “We manage it ourselves because the type of service we provide can’t be replicated. Only we can do it.”

Austin-based Riverside Resources owns the land and is building an office building alongside the hotel. Principals for Riverside Resources did not respond to a request for comment about its partnership with Interfin or more information about the office project.

Borlenghi said some site work has been initiated, but the official beginning of construction of the 194-room, nine-story hotel is April 14. Ludlow & Associates Construction LLC of Houston is the general contractor. That company handled construction of the first Granduca.

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/bl...yle-hotel.html

[KevinFromTexas]

Originally Posted by JoninATX

Thanks for sharing Kevin. It's funny, I also see the guy on the unicycle from time to time. Btw that 2nd to last shot is incredibe, that you can clearly see IBM and the Arboretum.

Those are actually those two office midrises at 183 & Mopac, but they're still a good 11 to 12 miles away from where I was atop the South Austin Hospital parking garage. That other midrise in the background is maybe another half mile further north along Mopac north of 183. I have been able to see the Aboretum Buildings from that spot, though just west of there. There's also a huge water tank at Mopac just north of Howard Lane. It's actually just inside of Williamson County. I've been able to see it from that spot as well. It's almost 17 miles away from that spot. And I've always been able to see those huge concrete elevator towers in Buda about 11 to 12 miles to the south down in Hays County. So from atop that parking garage it's possible to see into at least two other counties, and that's without considering some random water tower in Bastrop County. This camera I got is pretty good. It's a Nikon Coolpix l820. It has 30x optical zoom which is almost three times as much as my last camera. I was playing around with it tonight while waiting in line at Dan's Hamburgers, and shot a photo of the moon and easily picked up craters.

[JoninATX]

That's impressive. I gotta save up for a camera like that.

[ChopChop]

This site mentions that 21C is back. Now set for East 6th.

http://eastaustinnews.tumblr.com/pos...plode-in-78702

[wwmiv]

Originally Posted by ChopChop

This site mentions that 21C is back. Now set for East 6th.

http://eastaustinnews.tumblr.com/pos...plode-in-78702

Well, we know it won't be a skyscraper because of the location. Hopefully it'll still be an awesome design. This version was my favorite design period of anything proposed for or built in Austin:



I'm still crying at night that it wasn't built.

[corvairkeith]

Originally Posted by wwmiv

Well, we know it won't be a skyscraper because of the location. Hopefully it'll still be an awesome design.

I'm just happy there isn't going to be a Walmart built on that site.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/daily...-tex-mex-site/

[wwmiv]

Agreed.

[JoninATX]

Tower crane is up at the Forest Park Medical Center.

https://m.oxblue.com/open/a-p/forestparkmc

[JoninATX]

Check out this amazing image that I found on Lamar Union facebook page.



https://m.facebook.com/pages/Lamar-U...169831969&_rdr

[KevinFromTexas]

Sweet. Here's the larger version.


Lamar Union Apartments - Via Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=3&theater

[hookem]

^^^ Amazing. Hard not to look at that photo and think a little about London, or Paris... I know we are a long way off. But still, imagining Seaholm and Green Water in there, along with the density occurring "organically" all around... wow, just wow.

[ahealy]

SOOOO happy for 21C!!!! Lord knows we need a push for more museums in this great city

[JoninATX]

Originally Posted by hookem

^^^ Amazing. Hard not to look at that photo and think a little about London, or Paris... I know we are a long way off. But still, imagining Seaholm and Green Water in there, along with the density occurring "organically" all around... wow, just wow.

Just thinking about how nicely The Fairmont, and 99 Trinity will fill in on the eastern part of the skyline.

[MichaelB]

Originally Posted by ahealy

SOOOO happy for 21C!!!! Lord knows we need a push for more museums in this great city

Agreed. THis re-think fits so much more with where there heart is as a brand.
I've played at and stayed at the original in Louisville many times.
Glad to see it.

[KevinFromTexas]

One of the cranes is up for GreenWater Block 1 Residential.

It's the blue one on the left here.

[The ATX]

That's only the SW corner of Downtown. In the near future the cranes in the SE corner may top the number in the SW corner.

[KevinFromTexas]

Yep. Fairmont will have 3, 99 Trinity Tower should have at least one, and each of the three towers in Waller Park Place should have one each. There's also 70 Rainey Street which will probably need one.

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Yep. Fairmont will have 3, 99 Trinity Tower should have at least one, and each of the three towers in Waller Park Place should have one each. There's also 70 Rainey Street which will probably need one.

...and the Millennium will have 2, the Hilton on East Ave. will have 1, Hotel Van Zandt has 1...

[KevinFromTexas]

7th & Rio Grande







Gables Park Tower





Colorado Tower





The Catherine

[shakman]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

This pic will be amazing when the exterior of the Colorado Tower and the Marriott are complete.