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East7thStreet · #**281** Posted **Sep 12, 2017, 4:32 PM**

The parking garage will be an eyesore no doubt... but as long as the street level interaction is good that should be more important.

May be a chance for a giant mural?

austlar1 · #**282** Posted **Sep 12, 2017, 6:14 PM**

If this huge garage will just offer after hours in and out reasonably priced HOURLY parking with an attendant in a booth taking real money as well as credit/debit cards, I am all for it going forward. I might even start going downtown again for a meal or what have you. Too many other garages downtown either close up shop or charge a hefty flat fee for after hours parking. They are frequently very difficult to use or hard to locate. The strange building on top will probably become "iconic" before too very long.

the Genral · #**283** Posted **Sep 12, 2017, 6:48 PM**

It will probably be know as the "If only Tower", as in, if only the tower portion was taller and the parking garage shorter, at least inside the SSF society. That's my main beef. Frost is another "If only tower". And I could even get behind this building if the parking garage stayed the same, but the office portion was at least 10 floors higher. I think it may become more of a landmark structure than iconic, and all for the wrong reasons. I do agree that it would nice if there was after hours affordable parking. I might use it as destination parking if they did and visit DT more often...to park and walk.

MichaelB · #**284** Posted **Sep 12, 2017, 9:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by austlar1

If this huge garage will just offer after hours in and out reasonably priced HOURLY parking with an attendant in a booth taking real money as well as credit/debit cards, I am all for it going forward. I might even start going downtown again for a meal or what have you. Too many other garages downtown either close up shop or charge a hefty flat fee for after hours parking. They are frequently very difficult to use or hard to locate. The strange building on top will probably become "iconic" before too very long.

Yep... that was a big deal for several downtown organizations. Kinda flys in the face of not requiring parking. ( And , of course I agree about the top)

On a side note... there are now apps to locate best priced parking downtown.
Sorry I've only passed them and not paid attention to who they are.

drummer · #**285** Posted **Sep 13, 2017, 3:40 AM**

I hate the garage portion but like the street interaction in the rendering we saw way back when. I think the top portion is interesting. I still hate the garage portion. Count me as 0.26 or something rather than 1. Given that it's probably happening and I can't do a dang thing about it, I might as well be hopeful that it'll turn out better...........

The ATX · #**286** Posted **Sep 13, 2017, 1:43 PM**

This one is good to go now. Brandywine already got the FAR increase sometime between their last Design Commission meeting and last night's Planning Commission meeting. The Planning Commission was only deciding on public use of the parking garage and aerial encroachments of the building. The vote for approval was 12-0-1.

Speculator · #**287** Posted **Sep 13, 2017, 7:53 PM**

Hope the parking lot isn't quite the tight squeeze 5th and Colorado is.

The ATX · #**288** Posted **Nov 4, 2017, 5:40 PM**

Oh, the irony. Brandywine tweets "Austin is a great city for car-free living, especially around our downtown development, 405 Colorado."

https://twitter.com/BrandywineREIT?lang=en

chinchaaa · #**289** Posted **Nov 4, 2017, 7:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

Oh, the irony. Brandywine tweets "Austin is a great city for car-free living, especially around our downtown development, 405 Colorado."

https://twitter.com/BrandywineREIT?lang=en

Is there a reason we can't build underground parking garages in this city? I've never seen a city with no many parking structures above ground like this. It's getting ridiculous.

We vs us · #**290** Posted **Nov 4, 2017, 8:51 PM**

High water table? Too much limestone? Laziness?

I don’t know if I’ve seen this rendering before, but it’s the first time that I was able to clearly see that it’s not actually 4th and Congress, it’s 4th and Colorado, right across the street from Truluck’s. The parking lot that’s actually at 4th and Congress isn’t part of the development at all.

GoldenBoot · #**291** Posted **Nov 4, 2017, 9:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by We vs us

High water table? Too much limestone? Laziness?

It's not laziness. There is no mandate to do so and it's very costly.

We vs us · #**292** Posted **Nov 4, 2017, 9:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by GoldenBoot

It's not laziness. There is no mandate to do so and it's very costly.

The laziness part was about 70% tongue in cheek. The remaining 30% was a mix of snark and grudging acceptance.

the Genral · #**293** Posted **Nov 4, 2017, 10:50 PM**

I really like shit....er it...This and 801 Barton Springs. They're gonna be awesome. I can't wait for this one to break ground.

KevinFromTexas · #**294** Posted **Nov 6, 2017, 7:06 PM**

It's like a woman walking out of a convenience store with everything on aisle 3 under her skirt while muttering something about shoplifting being bad.

The ATX · #**295** Posted **Dec 16, 2017, 9:50 AM**

Here's a new Design Commission presentation for this project for the Monday 12/18 meeting. I don't know why this going back to the Design Commission because they seemed to have all the approvals they needed back in September from the Planning Commission.

http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=290169

Jdawgboy · #**296** Posted **Dec 16, 2017, 5:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

Here's a new Design Commission presentation for this project for the Monday 12/18 meeting. I don't know why this going back to the Design Commission because they seemed to have all the approvals they needed back in September from the Planning Commission.

http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=290169

4 words. Huge podium parking garage... Or I would hope that's the sticking point. That is my biggest problem with the project and I hope they push to reduce the size of it. Parking is not on short supply DT by any means.

clubtokyo · #**297** Posted **Dec 16, 2017, 10:44 PM**

Why does this parking garage seem so tall? Is there example of a parking podium this tall elsewhere in Austin? Seems so weird.

The ATX · #**298** Posted **Dec 16, 2017, 11:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by clubtokyo

Why does this parking garage seem so tall? Is there example of a parking podium this tall elsewhere in Austin? Seems so weird.

It seems unusually tall because:

(1) It is accentuated and not hidden by the design
(2) There are no underground parking levels like most office towers
(3) Extra parking was added because Brandywine is planning to make money on public parking. They apparently own public parking garages in other cities, and that's part of their business model.

the Genral · #**299** Posted **Dec 16, 2017, 11:50 PM**

Ah....hmmmm.... I......never mind.

Jdawgboy · #**300** Posted **Dec 17, 2017, 4:38 AM**

The extra parking is not needed. There's parking structures within a block or two of that location and none of them get to capacity even on busy nights. One garage that I frequently park at used to be open on Thursday night's but they've since stopped within the last 6 months because there's not enough demand. We don't need an overabundance of underused parking garages DT. If Brandywine thinks they will make money with parking, I suggest they go around and take a look at surrounding garages first because they won't.