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

[masonh2479]

Originally Posted by Geckos_Rule

My inside sources tell me that a big company just signed on to pre-lease 300k square foot in this building.

So seems like it's going to get going pretty quickly.

That’s exactly what we need to get this thing rolling! That’s good news!

[urbancore]

Originally Posted by Geckos_Rule

My inside sources tell me that a big company just signed on to pre-lease 300k square foot in this building.

So seems like it's going to get going pretty quickly.

Once again confirming why this is my go to source for all things CBD Austin! Hell yeah!

Thanks for the heads up.

What percentage of the building is 300k sqft, approx?

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by dcbrickley

once again confirming why this is my go to source for all things cbd austin! Hell yeah!

Thanks for the heads up.

What percentage of the building is 300k sqft, approx?

42.176%

[ILUVSAT]

Originally Posted by loonytoony

Some whispers going round the real estate circles on this one. As currently planned we'd see office only with height just over 400'. I've not seen renders but design sounds really nice.

If this is true, and the 70-degree setback angle would allow for a tall, slender 900' tower...wouldn't it also allow for a shorter, fatter 700k RSF office building?

This would be disappointing...another 400'-500' square squatter.

[masonh2479]

Originally Posted by ILUVSAT

If this is true, and the 70-degree setback angle would allow for a tall, slender 900' tower...wouldn't it also allow for a shorter, fatter 700k RSF office building?

This would be disappointing...another 400'-500' square squatter.

Lets here this out, if it is another 400-500 footer that has attention to detail that the proper has I won't be mad at all.

[Sigaven]

Originally Posted by masonh2479

Lets here this out, if it is another 400-500 footer that has attention to detail that the proper has I won't be mad at all.

Same here, I'd prefer our taller towers be set back from the river for a softer stepping-upwards effect into the core of downtown. I think of how the original WTC towers used to be right up against the Hudson, before the WFC was built - to me it looked a lot better with the towers tucked behind the WFC than right up against the river with nothing in front.

As I mentioned earlier, I'm skeptical the 70 degree angle setback rule will even allow anything taller than 500'.

[chundercracker]

fwiw, I have it on pretty good authority that the Block 185 building will max out around 420'.

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by chundercracker

fwiw, I have it on pretty good authority that the Block 185 building will max out around 420'.

Do you know if the 700K + sq ft of office got reduced?

EDIT: If it's only 420', the 700K + sq ft of office space must include the parking unless it was reduced. At least it won't be a rectangle with setbacks on two sides.

[chundercracker]

Originally Posted by The ATX

Do you know if the 700K + sq ft of office got reduced?

EDIT: If it's only 420', the 700K + sq ft of office space must include the parking unless it was reduced. At least it won't be a rectangle with setbacks on two sides.

No word on that. The description was a tower similar in dimensions to Northshore on the northeast corner but "nicer". Perhaps the underground parking eats up some of that square footage without adding to the height?

[Sigaven]

Not unexpected - I think the setback planes limit the height to about that. Hopefully it will be as nice or nicer than the proper

[loonytoony]

Originally Posted by chundercracker

fwiw, I have it on pretty good authority that the Block 185 building will max out around 420'.

That's the exact height I heard as well. Design was to be pyramid-esque. This was when Gensler was architect though.. Believe a different one is involved now so who knows

[KevinFromTexas]

420 feet is what I've always heard for the Block 185 tower and it's even about what I've estimated the height to be for several of the design versions we've seen for that lot. That height has been around pretty much since the redevelopment of Green Water has been.

[Jdawgboy]

Yea I feel that the city purposly capped the height for all of Greenwater. C'est la vie, what that area doesn't make up in height, makes up in density. This is one of those situations where we should think about how there was a time when any building over 400 feet was a big deal lol. Now they are a dime a dozen. My how things have changed...

I just hope that any future building that could go up on the Ballet Austin lot hopefully would be taller than the others.

[Sigaven]

Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

Yea I feel that the city purposly capped the height for all of Greenwater. C'est la vie, what that area doesn't make up in height, makes up in density. This is one of those situations where we should think about how there was a time when any building over 400 feet was a big deal lol. Now they are a dime a dozen. My how things have changed...

I just hope that any future building that could go up on the Ballet Austin lot hopefully would be taller than the others.

and hopefully one day that parking garage!

[We vs us]

Originally Posted by Sigaven

and hopefully one day that parking garage!

That parking garage is going to happen at some point, mark my words. That land will shortly be waaaay too valuable.

[KevinFromTexas]

God, I hate that electrical substation. I was down there last night riding around taking pictures. I wish they could get rid of it. It's so brutally ugly among some other things that are not. That's a great area of downtown, but there are some real unfortunate things holding it back a bit - the substation and the State of Texas garage especially.

[the Genral]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

God, I hate that electrical substation. I was down there last night riding around taking pictures. I wish they could get rid of it. It's so brutally ugly among some other things that are not. That's a great area of downtown, but there are some real unfortunate things holding it back a bit - the substation and the State of Texas garage especially.

Unfortunately, our children's children will be saying the same thing, and about the duddlebug poopsie sculpture, the over ambitious way underachieving fence,
all the overhead wires, the monster next to Proper, 801 Barton Springs, the spire on the Fairmont, the Fairmont, and will they ever fix those leaking pipes, 405 Colorado, the Aloft, the hour it takes to get from 183 to Riverside on I35, and even longer on 130, how UT still hasn't won a national title except in swimming, how Austin still doesn't have a professional sports team and ABIA still only has 40 gates and no Asian route and still waits for Delta's major announcement, and still no 900 ft tower plans in sight to offset the dozen new 400 footers sitting on cinder block covered 10 story parking garages,....whew, I'm done, please disregard my entire totally uncalled for negative rant.

[Sigaven]

Originally Posted by the Genral

Unfortunately, our children's children will be saying the same thing, and about the duddlebug poopsie sculpture, the over ambitious way underachieving fence,
all the overhead wires, the monster next to Proper, 801 Barton Springs, the spire on the Fairmont, the Fairmont, and will they ever fix those leaking pipes, 405 Colorado, the Aloft, the hour it takes to get from 183 to Riverside on I35, and even longer on 130, how UT still hasn't won a national title except in swimming, how Austin still doesn't have a professional sports team and ABIA still only has 40 gates and no Asian route and still waits for Delta's major announcement, and still no 900 ft tower plans in sight to offset the dozen new 400 footers sitting on cinder block covered 10 story parking garages,....whew, I'm done, please disregard my entire totally uncalled for negative rant.

You forgot to mention, they'll be working on the 43rd draft of CodeNEXT and light rail will still be 15-20 years in the future.

[SkyPie]

Originally Posted by Sigaven

You forgot to mention, they'll be working on the 43rd draft of CodeNEXT and light rail will still be 15-20 years in the future.

And still talking about how I35 through downtown may someday cut and cap.

[the Genral]

.....and, will Austin promote the interim police chief to official police chief. He may be too old by then...