Austin | 6th & Rio Grande (701 W. 6th) | 610 Feet | 53 Floors | Proposed

[H2O]

Originally Posted by The ATX

"Administrative approval of a site plan" is not something I have ever heard of. I'm not sure what that means. There have administrative approvals of density bonuses when the DC doesn't like a project.

Edit: I guess "administrative approval of a site plan" just means that no zoning change is needed for the project.

Almost all site plans are administratively approved. There are a few circumstances where a site plan in an overlay district need approval from the Planning Commission, but they are rare. Site plans never need Council approval, unlike zoning applications.

[kingkirbythe....]

West Sixth and Rio Grande’s Getting Taller, but Watch That View Corridor!

https://austin.towers.net/west-sixth...view-corridor/

Either way, our rough estimate puts the tower at anywhere between 585 to 640 feet depending on individual floor height, not as tall as the Independent a few blocks away but still a pretty substantial piece of infill for the district. With record-setting towers like Sixth and Guadalupe rising nearby — also a Kairoi project, you might note, and not the developer’s only effort to push the limits of height in the city — it’s kind of astonishing that a project like this doesn’t represent dramatic change quite the way it used to. 50 floors or so is starting to become downtown’s new normal, even though this tower likely would have set a new height record in the mid-2000s.

[KevinFromTexas]

With this being next to 5th & West, there's going to be some unique views of these two. Their capitol view corridor side facades will line up next to each other. From 5th & Rio Grande, they'll create a wall diagonally across their block, and from 6th & Rio Grande you'll be able look straight down the face of their facades that front the CVC.

[The ATX]

Another confirmed 600 footer here @ 610'.



https://abc.austintexas.gov/public-s...ertyrsn=128840

[resansom]

Originally Posted by The ATX

Another confirmed 600 footer here @ 610'.



https://abc.austintexas.gov/public-s...ertyrsn=128840

Holy crap - is that a 600' concrete wall, from the west?

[StoOgE]

Jesus - we do not need a blank 600' tall elastomeric concrete wall. Unless something is 100% going in next to that wall in the next 5 years its going to be an eyesore the level of the Verizon building in NYC before it got renovated.

[We vs us]

Wild!

[Echostatic]

This has got to be the best tower:podium ratio of any skyscraper in the city.

[Sigaven]

Something's off about these. What's up with the difference in width between the north and south elevations?

[resansom]

Originally Posted by Sigaven

Something's off about these. What's up with the difference in width between the north and south elevations?

CVC slicing...

[myBrain]

Heard you guys liked 44 East, well here it is as a triangle with a 600 foot blank wall facing the direction it will be most-photographed from.

[The ATX]

The blank west wall is on the edge of the property line. So they apparently expect something tall to be built on the current Dogwood and Concrete Cowboy sites.

[We vs us]

Originally Posted by The ATX

The blank west wall is on the edge of the property line. So they apparently expect something tall to be built on the current Dogwood and Concrete Cowboy sites.

Adios, west 6th. it's been grand.

[papertowelroll]

Originally Posted by We vs us

Adios, west 6th. it's been grand.

Other than Rock Rose I suppose (which is really just West 6th north), West 6th is by far our most generic nightlife district. I do like going there to watch sports and whatnot but in general it won't be missed that much. What I do like on West 6th is all the great patios, hopefully the new retail spaces can maintain that component.. perhaps the CVCs help here? Otherwise I wonder if you start to see the bars move north or west?

[SproutingTowers]

Originally Posted by StoOgE

Jesus - we do not need a blank 600' tall elastomeric concrete wall. Unless something is 100% going in next to that wall in the next 5 years its going to be an eyesore the level of the Verizon building in NYC before it got renovated.

Perhaps Austin will have the world’s tallest mural.

[kingkirbythe....]

That would be nice. Or they could paint windows on it.

[The ATX]

Here's a Chinese residential building with painted windows:




Here's a hint if it wasn't obvious which ones were fake:

https://www.businessinsider.com/fake...-viral-2013-10

[H2O]

Or go all out and clad it in back-lit glazed units. That is really all curtain wall is, and nobody considers it a blank wall.

[GoldenBoot]

OR...since that is the elevator & stairwell shafts, why not glass, at least, the elevators?

[dilliam]

Detroit actually has a few murals on the blank side of buildings. This one would be massive, but it's definitely not out of the question.