AUSTIN | The Otis & AC Hotels | 144 FEET | 11 FLOORS | COMPLETE
Splitting this one into its own thread. With all the fast-food restaurants on this stretch of MLK the area is so alluring for redevelopment. :tup:
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Such great news for this area! All the suburban minded, auto oriented uses up there. When I saw the brand new Hate-fil-a built and designed perfectly for a highway interchange in anywhere USA I teared up a little. Fingers crossed that we'll scrape all the low slung, low-density development along MLK and see them replaced with walkable, sustainable, charming dense development.
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Chick-fil-a is so delicious.
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Judging from this angle, it certainly doesn't look "wide" enough to expand all the way to Guadalupe, but it seems too wide to only take up the existing McDonald's frontage on MLK. Assuming it only extends in width to the alley between SA and Guadalupe, that certainly means all or most of the Catholic School would be destroyed, i.e. take the length of the building all the way to 21st. (Likely very worthwhile for the church still on Guadalupe) It would also leave the motley collection of Domino's, Chase, etc. standing between it and the new business school building... http://projects.dpr.com/utrbrh/asset...nter/night.jpg ...which I can't imagine would last too long. This is a very interesting project! |
I emailed the Catholic school and asked. :D
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But just looking at the picture, it looks twice as long as it is wide. That would put it just on the McDonald's lot and not encroach on the school.
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Look at the "Plans" attachment on the original "MLK Hotel" filing and you will see how this fits on the site:
https://www.austintexas.gov/devrevie...erRSN=11545708 |
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For the record, here's the site plan for the "AC-Autograph Hotel" that was filed on 08/01. There's no building info attached to it yet.
https://www.austintexas.gov/devrevie...erRSN=11574861 |
This is no big update, but seven drilling permits were filed by the same contractor yesterday, and they all appear to be for this project and the Marriott @Cesar Chavez. It's just further evidence that White Lodging gets things done after they announce a project.
On another note, the McDonald's currently on the AC/Autograph site failed their last health inspection. That's unusual for a big chain restaurant from what I've seen. But maybe they just stopped giving a shit after they found out they were being demo'ed. |
I was told by the employees the McDonald's will close before the year ends.
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I mean, it's really semantics whether or not West Campus is downtown but I still think it could cater to a different group than downtown currently does, which is mostly made up of older professionals, some families, and retirees. At the very least, West Campus isn't currently in the CBD. |
The site plan is now available. It's about 110', and the elevations begin on page 20.
ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...20St_PLANS.pdf |
What page did it show it at 110 feet? The highest height I could find on page 20 is 142 feet 11 1/2 inches to the mechanical penthouse roof. The 11th floor, which is the amenity deck on what is really the main roof, is 115 feet 5 1/2 inches.
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