Austin | Block 185/Google Tower #2 | 594 Feet | 35 Floors | Complete - Page 34

Jdawgboy · #**661** Posted **Jan 29, 2019, 3:31 AM**

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Originally Posted by the Genral

I just want to know how a piece of the Independent's crown ended up on the ground of the excavation site...

Must have blown off. Guess the twisty ties aren't strong enough to keep it attached to the stake poles... Looks like Viking Fence was the contractor for the Independent crown, now they are using the left overs to fence in Block 185..

wwmiv · #**662** Posted **Jan 29, 2019, 4:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by the Genral

Really excited to see all this activity happening so quickly. This is the last high-rise to go up next to the water. I just want to know how a piece of the Independent's crown ended up on the ground of the excavation site...

The two parcels straddling City Hall will eventually be redeveloped, IMHO. They’re vastly underutilized.

The ATX · #**663** Posted **Jan 29, 2019, 4:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by wwmiv

The two parcels straddling City Hall will eventually be redeveloped, IMHO. They’re vastly underutilized.

Key word is "eventually." It won't happen any time soon because Silicon Labs is in the process of a multi-million dollar Gensler remodel of both buildings. In fact they spent $400K on a video screen for the lobby in one of the buildings. The only screen bigger in Austin is the one at Memorial Stadium. But If the chip business goes south, I can see them selling one of the buildings in the future.

Sigaven · #**664** Posted **Jan 29, 2019, 7:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by wwmiv

The two parcels straddling City Hall will eventually be redeveloped, IMHO. They’re vastly underutilized.

Didn't someone mention on this forum that those buildings have infrastructure that would allow a tower to be built on top of each one in the future?

I know those buildings are short and stubby but they are so nicely detailed compared to some of the newer stuff we see downtown - esp. the parking garage sections. I'd hate to see them go.

Austin_ez_wider · #**665** Posted **Jan 29, 2019, 7:50 PM**

Don’t get to excited with the rapid progress. Ranger excavation moves quick, the upcoming site prep will take some time.

the Genral · #**666** Posted **Jan 29, 2019, 7:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by Austin_ez_wider

Don’t get to excited with the rapid progress. Ranger excavation moves quick, the upcoming site prep will take some time.

Party pooper

corvairkeith · #**667** Posted **Jan 31, 2019, 7:15 PM**

View from the Downtown Library today.

claustrum · #**668** Posted **Jan 31, 2019, 8:50 PM**

ATX Real Estate News confirmed today (thanks to a Brandywine quarterly report) that Google is leasing the whole building.

The ATX · #**669** Posted **Jan 31, 2019, 9:05 PM**

Here's their link to Brandywine's report. It's on page 10. I would feel better about this if Trammell Crow confirmed it. That report also says construction starts on 405 Colorado in the 1st Qtr., and basically says there is nothing planned right now for Broadmoor.

https://seekingalpha.com/article/423...des?app=1&dr=1

The ATX · #**670** Posted **Jan 31, 2019, 9:53 PM**

It's (almost) official about Google. And we have renderings from the Statesman.

https://www.statesman.com/news/20190...owntown-austin

The ATX · #**671** Posted **Jan 31, 2019, 9:57 PM**

Another one...

wwmiv · #**672** Posted **Jan 31, 2019, 10:05 PM**

The parking podium is going to be atrocious and the green features will be value engineered out of the final product.

resansom · #**673** Posted **Jan 31, 2019, 10:16 PM**

That sure doesn't look like 589' to me... or is it just that the 360 is depicted as being taller in that rendering than it actually is?

We vs us · #**674** Posted **Jan 31, 2019, 10:17 PM**

That's a crazy looking building.

I'm less sold on it than I was.

Azul · #**675** Posted **Jan 31, 2019, 10:26 PM**

The building is sweet; far, far from the typical glass boxes popping out of the ground. From what I heard a while back here's what we can probably expect as a timeline for this project:
- Excavation and site prep into 2019-Q4
- Construction out of the ground around 2020-Q1
- Finish out to begin about 2021-Q3
- Completion sometime 2022-Q1

It feels pretty weird to be thinking about projects being completed in 2022 already.

smith_atx · #**676** Posted **Jan 31, 2019, 10:29 PM**

Love the top and dislike the base. At least hide the parking on the lake facing side please.

futures · #**677** Posted **Jan 31, 2019, 10:30 PM**

Is this the final design? Because these renderings match the old plans.

Post 574 shows two different buildings, and these renderings match the older one...

KevinFromTexas · #**678** Posted **Jan 31, 2019, 10:47 PM**

I like it, but the west and south facades really should have been switched. I'd rather have the tall side facing south, which will be more photogenic from the river. Plus, those terrace levels on the south side would complement Shoal Creek better by creating the illusion that the building stepped up out of the creek.

Either way, this is going to be our most iconic building.

the Genral · #**679** Posted **Jan 31, 2019, 10:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by We vs us

That's a crazy looking building.

I'm less sold on it than I was.

Me too.

the Genral · #**680** Posted **Jan 31, 2019, 10:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by smith_atx

Love the top and dislike the base. At least hide the parking on the lake facing side please.

I agree.