AUSTIN | Moon Tower (2204 San Antonio) | 188 FT | 18 FL | Complete

[KevinFromTexas]

Originally Posted by AustinGoesVertical

September/October groundbreaking

The soil retention plans were posted again on Wednesday to the city's website, and it says it's 100% designed and lists the construction schedule as 10/1/18 through 2/28/20.

[Urbannizer]

Fencing already up:


2204 San Antonio by Darius Fontenette, on Flickr

[Urbannizer]

1 day later


2204 San Antonio by Darius Fontenette, on Flickr


2204 San Antonio by Darius Fontenette, on Flickr

[The ATX]

They don't mess around in West Campus. Things go up as fast as the city approves them. The demand for student apartments must be so great that developers don't waste time with upzoning requests. But I just wish that at least one developer would seek up zoning. 21 Rio was the only to do so I believe. I'm hoping the 611 W. 22nd St. project is the start of an upzoning request trend since sites with the 175' zoning are becoming scarce.

[mumu]

Originally Posted by The ATX

They don't mess around in West Campus. Things go up as fast as the city approves them. The demand for student apartments must be so great that developers don't waste time with upzoning requests. But I just wish that at least one developer would seek up zoning. 21 Rio was the only to do so I believe. I'm hoping the 611 W. 22nd St. project is the start of an upzoning request trend since sites with the 175' zoning are becoming scarce.
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There are a lot of vacant rooms still for rent this school year in West Campus, something that hasn't happened since the recession.

The amount of money pouring into West Campus looks like a classic bubble. There are only so many students at UT and unless builders think they can market the units to non-students, it looks like a localized rent price crash will happen by next summer.

In addition, the dramatic expansion of high frequency buses on the main routes of Capital Metro (that go through the UT area) might entice more students to live (slightly) away from campus, in areas that were underserved before. I'm thinking bout the #20 and #18 lines especially.

[Urbannizer]

2204 San Antonio by Darius Fontenette, on Flickr

[_Matt]

Originally Posted by mumu

There are a lot of vacant rooms still for rent this school year in West Campus, something that hasn't happened since the recession.

The amount of money pouring into West Campus looks like a classic bubble. There are only so many students at UT and unless builders think they can market the units to non-students, it looks like a localized rent price crash will happen by next summer.

In addition, the dramatic expansion of high frequency buses on the main routes of Capital Metro (that go through the UT area) might entice more students to live (slightly) away from campus, in areas that were underserved before. I'm thinking bout the #20 and #18 lines especially.

I agree there is a lot of housing being built, but it's literally the developer's job to direct funds towards projects that will be profitable. Don't you think they've done the math?

[427MM]

As I understand it we're only housing around 20% of UT students in West Campus currently. Talking to a local person deeply engrossed in UNO politics recently he shared with me that the demand for housing in the area is well north of double existing existing capacity! Bubble--not likely. Small corrections--always.

[wwmiv]

Originally Posted by 427MM

As I understand it we're only housing around 20% of UT students in West Campus currently. Talking to a local person deeply engrossed in UNO politics recently he shared with me that the demand for housing in the area is well north of double existing existing capacity! Bubble--not likely. Small corrections--always.

If that figure is accurate, I doubt that West Campus could double its student housing capacity ... ever. Eventually that development is going to start to spill outside the bounds of West Campus elsewhere. Currently, only downtown is zoned for the kind of density these projects need, so I'd assume we'll see the far reaches of "Uptown" start to fill in with some student housing in the next 5-10 years. I'd prefer these projects head northward toward the Triangle, however, as that would greatly expand the urban core in a way that doesn't add appreciably to traffic volumes in the surrounding neighborhoods. Sadly, the zoning isn't quite there yet for those corridors apart from VMU/BRT-TOD.

[Urbannizer]

2204 San Antonio by Darius Fontenette, on Flickr

[KevinFromTexas]

FAA permit is saying 186 feet.

https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external...2531085&row=13

[Urbannizer]

2204 San Antonio by Darius Fontenette, on Flickr

[KevinFromTexas]

The site plan was posted to the AULCC site.

The elevations start on page 35.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...F2_PLAN_03.pdf

The heights shown are 186 feet 1 inch to the mechanical penthouse roof. 178 feet 7 inches to the main roof parapet. 175 feet 1 inch to the main roof slab. 164 feet 10 inches to the 18th floor. Also, the elevations show a dip of -2 feet at the street level, which I think is actually the sidewalk level. So, you can add 2 feet to each of those heights above.

[the Genral]

That seems a bit lower than average for floor height, less than 10ft between floors, or is that about average. The rooms would have at best 8 foot ceilings. Maybe I'm spoiled because I had my house built with 9ft ceilings. The extra foot makes a huge difference.

[Urbannizer]

2204 San Antonio by Darius Fontenette, on Flickr

[The ATX]

Here's another rendering from the ABJ. The article amounts to a primer for current West Campus projects.


https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n...s-densest.html

[KevinFromTexas]

Well, that's better. The first rendering had me kinda feeling a bit "meh" over it. This isn't too bad. Sort of a modern twist on what the Hotel Zaza did the opposite of.

Also, is that James Bond?

[Vexal]

I like how they got a scooter in the render.

[Urbannizer]

https://www.lincoln-ventures.com/pro...04-san-antonio

[the Genral]

I think I like it.