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Originally Posted by We vs us
I've been mentally trying to build my list of "next wave" highrises, and I think the next area of heat is going to be all along I-35 -- Rainey, Waller Creek, up Red River to Brackenridge. We'll see onesie-twosies happen throughout downtown -- mostly on marquee redevelopment blocks. But IMO if Austin keeps booming, the 2020's are all going to be about the East side of downtown.
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We can essentially eliminate West Campus and the Capitol Complex from actual high-rise development. They'll both develop at the higher end of mid-rise. The current plans for south of the river are mostly the higher end of mid-rise as well.
The non-Rainey areas along Waller Creek will have sporadic high-rises (with one notable potential cluster in the old hospital district), but most of the development will be mid-rise, as significant portions are covered by CVCs (even after accounting for potential removal of the I-35 CVCs), has historic architecture, and/or is land that isn't developable. The new CVCs hinder this problem even more.
Honestly, I think what we'll see is sporadic high-rises throughout ancillary areas, but increased high-rise density in the areas that are already booming while mid-rises continue to dominate the core.
Where do I think high-rises will start popping up next? The Domain/North Burnet.