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Old Posted Jun 25, 2011, 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas View Post
We could be talking about a new tallest. Our current convention center hotel is 377 feet tall with 31 floors. This hotel would have 20 more floors plus a spire. It could end up being 550 to 600 feet to the roof and 650 to 700 feet to the spire.
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Originally Posted by ndirishdad View Post
How tall it will be? It stated 50 floors .. 600 feet?

This additional will blast out Austin skyline for sure!

COOL!!!
51 floors, according to Kevin's count. The Austonian is 56 floors at 683'. So 650' at minimum to the roof is a safe bet. Given that this thing has a spire that looks to rise about a quarter more than the building, I'd say it's a safe bet to state that this building will be at least 800 feet - I.E. a new tallest.