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AUSTIN | Shoal Creek Walk | 208 FEET | 15 FLOORS
Construction cam
http://shoalcreekwalk.com/construction/ http://downtownaustinblog.org/2009/1...-walk-concept/ Quote:
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I believe this was a project description presented to the City of Austin by the developer.
http://downtownaustinblog.org/2009/1...-walk-concept/ Quote:
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Because the property has a Capitol View Corridor (CVC) slicing through it, it will require the tower to be set at an angle to miss that corridor (view of the Capitol dome).
Renderings of the conceptual design that were presented to the City of Austin. http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/1...alk350feet.jpg http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/9...alkrender2.jpg http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6...alkrender3.jpg Diagram showing the CVC and how if affects the the property. http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2...alkrender4.jpg |
Very nice!!!
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Damn I hope all these towers go through, Austin is exploding again.
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Ooo I like this one. I knew it was only a matter of time that land would be used for something. Plus it gots some height so it would be great for the density of the area. Very Kewl...
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Another nice one!
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This project has gone through some changes. It was originally being called "Shoal Creek Walk" and was proposed as a 350 foot office tower with 28 floors.
Whole Foods later expressed interest in expanding their headquarters (their main building is across the street). The project now looks like it'll be 20 floors with a 4 or 5-story retail building nearby. A Capitol View Corridor runs through the southern portion of the lot, so that is limiting the height of what can go there. The north end has no height restriction. So this will probably be shorter than the 350 foot height we heard about at first, but it'll probably still be around 300 feet tall. And with the size change, I'm sure the design is changing also. So I would expect something different than what those images above show. The map in the link below shows the site. It's number 5 in the map (west side of downtown). http://paulsellstx.com/wp-content/up...r_oct_2011.pdf http://www.statesman.com/business/ev...inglePage=true Quote:
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New rendering. Originally this tower was proposed as a 350 foot 28-story office tower, then downsized to 20 floors, and now they're planning 18 floors and 325,000 square feet. Whole Foods had expressed interest in the project for more corporate office space. It'll still be a 200 footer, and I would estimate around 225 feet basing it off the old plan. The reddish building in the rendering to the right is Whole Foods' existing headquarters and flagship grocery store.
http://www.sdcaustin.com/ShoalCreekWalk.html Quote:
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Between 311 Bowie, Gables II and now this, the area around Lamar Blvd will be a great and substantial cluster. Such a rapidly-evolving skyline.
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That'll be 7 highrises within 1,200 feet of each other that did not exist before 2004. And 5 of them are residential.
Spring - 427 FEET - 42 FLOORS 311 Bowie - 423 FEET - 37 FLOORS The Monarch - 323 FEET - 29 FLOORS Shoal Creek Walk - 225 FEET - 18 FLOORS Gables Residential II - 223 FEET - 18 FLOORS Austin City Lofts - 180 FEET - 14 FLOORS Whole Foods Headquarters - 136 FEET - 8 FLOORS And there are 7 more highrises planned just east of there. |
I love the design of the new rendering even though it has been downsized. :yes:
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This project has been through many changes. It was originally planned as a 350 foot office tower with 28 floors. It was then scaled down to 20 floors and then again to 15 floors. Then again to 18 floors. Now they're filing for their third site plan with a 24-story design that seems to be between 300 to 320 feet tall.
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/pr...ole-foods.html Quote:
http://i.imgur.com/26ftG3s.jpg The taller building to the left is The Monarch. That building is 323 feet tall. The new office building seems to be close to The Monarch's height. http://i.imgur.com/gtmIx8m.jpg The red triangle through the site is showing where the Capitol View Corridor slices through the property. The property also borders one of Austin's two downtown creeks as the project's name suggests. The new tower is shown to the left of the red triangle. The building to the right in the foreground is Spring. That building is 427 feet tall. The shorter L shaped midrise to the left is Whole Foods' world headquarters. It is 136 feet tall. The other skinny midrise shown to the right of the triangle is Austin City Lofts, which is 180 feet tall. http://i.imgur.com/aIILgGZ.jpg |
This is the best design that they've had by far and will make a great addition to downtown.
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This is still alive.
https://www.austintexas.gov/devrevie...erRSN=11224354 Quote:
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It's nice. Of course, I wish it were taller, but I'm not really upset about it all that much.
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Yeah, it would have been nice to see it be mixed use like The Bowie and Northshore are with office and apartments, but whatever.
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It'll fit in well despite not being taller.
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It's better than the gigantic surface parking lot that always floods during periods of heavy rain.
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