Austin | Domain/North Austin

[AusTxDevelopment]

Originally Posted by OU812

How many stories are 225 and 285 feet? My math sucks lol

In general, from a developer's standpoint the height of each floor follows the below rule of thumb. This is a generalization and sometimes you have different heights - for example Third + Shoal's top floors are double height so that they can have mezzanine floors added if the tenant wants that.

Deck-to-deck means the physical measurement between the ceiling (bottom of the upper floor) to the floor (top of the lower floor). You also have to account for about 6-8 inches of concrete - depending on the floor load - on each floor to get the actual height.

And again, these are generalizations:

Parking garage floors - 8.5 to 11 feet deck-to-deck (you want a minimum 7-foot clear, taking into consideration the beams and the fire sprinklers) Shorter floors mean more parking.
Residential floors - 9.5 to 12 feet deck-to-deck
Office floors - 12 to 14 feet feet deck-to-deck

The reason office floors have a higher deck-to-deck height is because of all the stuff that has to go in the ceiling. From A/C to cabling to fire sprinkler systems to whatever. A/C vents in residential buildings are much smaller & thinner.

[Syndic]

So, I know this is old news but that huge weird abandoned apartment construction project off of Howard Lane is being developed into a mixed-use development. With a pond.

https://www.parmeraustin.com/recent-...rtheast-austin

3M is relocating over there. And General Motors, Home Depot, Natera Inc., Allegran and Blue Apron already have offices there.

This is really close to my new house so I have a rooting interest in it. Will be cool to see what comes of it. Right now, it's just this weird post-Soviet-esque hobo resort. Right in the middle of an otherwise-prosperous area.

[clubtokyo]

Originally Posted by Syndic

So, I know this is old news but that huge weird abandoned apartment construction project off of Howard Lane is being developed into a mixed-use development. With a pond.

https://www.parmeraustin.com/recent-...rtheast-austin

3M is relocating over there. And General Motors, Home Depot, Natera Inc., Allegran and Blue Apron already have offices there.

This is really close to my new house so I have a rooting interest in it. Will be cool to see what comes of it. Right now, it's just this weird post-Soviet-esque hobo resort. Right in the middle of an otherwise-prosperous area.

Great news! Tired of seeing that dump.

[Riverranchdrone]

Glad this area is building up. Sounds similar to this project just up the road. https://communityimpact.com/austin/n...tech-corridor/

[We vs us]

I think we might have already known about this, but I came across the formal announcement today. No indication from the announcement where it will finally be built, though . . .

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) today announces the development of three EVEN Hotels properties in Michigan, North Carolina and Texas – EVEN Hotel Ann Arbor, EVEN Hotel Charlotte and EVEN Hotel Austin. All three properties are expected to open before the first quarter of 2020.

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EVEN Hotel Austin – The 123-room, five-story hotel will be located in The Domain area of Austin, close to the city's prominent technology corridor, which includes a strong concentration of high-tech companies such as Dell, IBM, Amazon, Apple and Hewlett-Packard. This new-build hotel will have 2,500 square feet of meeting space, a business center, Athletic Studio and onsite parking. Expected to open in Q1 2020, the EVEN Hotel Austin is owned by Mopac Hotel Development LP, which also owns the Holiday Inn Austin Airport. This will be the first EVEN Hotel to open in Texas.

https://www.hotelnewsresource.com/article101833.html

[Dream Sequence]

Originally Posted by We vs us

I think we might have already known about this, but I came across the formal announcement today. No indication from the announcement where it will finally be built, though . . .





https://www.hotelnewsresource.com/article101833.html

This is going to be north of Fry's....

[atxsnail]

Originally Posted by We vs us

I think we might have already known about this, but I came across the formal announcement today. No indication from the announcement where it will finally be built, though . . .





https://www.hotelnewsresource.com/article101833.html

Here's a resubdivision filing from last month from the local owner, MOPAC Hotel Development. If this is the address (13313 Burnet Rd), they have been very generous in defining the geographic footprint of The Domain. Wells Branch/Scofield doesn't have the same cachet I guess.

http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=303976

[Novacek]

Originally Posted by atxsnail

Here's a resubdivision filing from last month from the local owner, MOPAC Hotel Development. If this is the address (13313 Burnet Rd), they have been very generous in defining the geographic footprint of The Domain. Wells Branch/Scofield doesn't have the same cachet I guess.

http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=303976

Yeah, that looks to be the location.

https://communityimpact.com/austin/n...moves-forward/

Edit: Actually, those room counts don't match. So maybe that's not it.

Edit2: Jinx

[We vs us]

Originally Posted by atxsnail

Here's a resubdivision filing from last month from the local owner, MOPAC Hotel Development. If this is the address (13313 Burnet Rd), they have been very generous in defining the geographic footprint of The Domain. Wells Branch/Scofield doesn't have the same cachet I guess.

http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=303976

Hm. Interesting. Found some coverage from Community Impact from late Aug that says the building was going to be almost twice the announced size.

A new hotel just south of the Wells Branch Parkway exit off North MoPac is moving forward following approval from a city land use commissionTuesday.

The 244-room hotel is planned for a 6.5-acre lot at 13313 Burnet Road. Austin’s Zoning and Platting Commission approved a resubdivision of the lot Tuesday night. The case does not need to go in front of City Council.

According to case manager Cesar Zavala from the city’s planning department, applicant MOPAC Hotel Development now needs site plan approval.

Ted McConaghy of Doucet & Associates, an agent representing MOPAC Hotel Development, did not return calls for comment.

According to city documents, initial plans for the hotel date back to November 2017.

https://communityimpact.com/austin/n...moves-forward/

[Dream Sequence]

Originally Posted by We vs us

Hm. Interesting. Found some coverage from Community Impact from late Aug that says the building was going to be almost twice the announced size.



https://communityimpact.com/austin/n...moves-forward/

Same developer is doing 2 hotels on one site. A Holiday Inn Express and Even.

[We vs us]

Originally Posted by Dream Sequence

Same developer is doing 2 hotels on one site. A Holiday Inn Express and Even.

[masonh2479]

Originally Posted by Dream Sequence

Same developer is doing 2 hotels on one site. A Holiday Inn Express and Even.

Didn't see this link posted yet but here is some info on the EVEN.
https://www.hospitalitynet.org/annou...el-austin.html

[The ATX]

The city has completed their review of the Development Assessment filed by HPI for the construction of the 24-story Domain 3 and Domain 4 towers and the 23-story residential tower. The city found that the three proposed buildings would be in compliance with the North Burnet Gateway Regulating Plan if some relatively minor building design and streetscape guidelines were followed. Here's a rendering and location map previously posted by AusTxDevelopment.



Original post:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=904

Development Assessment:
https://abc.austintexas.gov/web/perm...ertyrsn=137115

[Syndic]

Man, those are really going to change the look of the Domain from Burnet.

I wish they could figure out some way to develop the grassy patch sandwiched between these buildings and Burnet, though. My guess is it's some kinda drainage area or something.

[We vs us]

Originally Posted by Syndic

Man, those are really going to change the look of the Domain from Burnet.

I wish they could figure out some way to develop the grassy patch sandwiched between these buildings and Burnet, though. My guess is it's some kinda drainage area or something.

You're right, they're drainage pools/ditches. Probably not going anywhere, unfortch.

[Novacek]

Originally Posted by We vs us

You're right, they're drainage pools/ditches. Probably not going anywhere, unfortch.

Once the city puts in the sidewalk/shared use path along Burnet in that section, it'll be a nice little wooded/shaded walk to add variety.

[We vs us]

Originally Posted by Novacek

Once the city puts in the sidewalk/shared use path along Burnet in that section, it'll be a nice little wooded/shaded walk to add variety.

Yeah I'm sure you're right.

I'm not opposed to drainage structures per se, it's just that 1) they keep us from developing more sweet sweet skyscrapers and 2) end up turning in to smelly swamp pits in pretty short order.

I guess on the pro side, they keep us from being destroyed by flash floods, so there's that.

[clubtokyo]

What does Domain tower 2 look like? I haven’t seen that one.

[KevinFromTexas]

I seem to remember seeing these here, but only once. I couldn't find the post either. I came across these again while looking around for some other stuff, and I didn't even have them saved originally.

Another rendering in the link shows Domain 11 and 12, but it's calling them "Domain Northside". Was this the old name for those two buildings or a new project?

Aerial renderings of The Domain NORTHSIDE, whose urban design — not the individual buildings — creates a new experience among the car-centric sprawl of North Austin. Image courtesy Gensler.

https://txamagazine.org/2017/07/05/drive-thru-density/

[Vexal]

Is anyone else worried the city will implode in on itself eventually unless we get a train or subway or gondola or something. Getting to the domain isn't easy, especially if you have to drive up 360 -- the light is timed such that only a couple cars in a line of hundreds get through at rush hour, and nobody knows how to accelerate on the 360 hills. I live near the 2222 and 360 intersection and the domain feels "far" to me because of how stressful it is to drive up 360. I work in an office on 2222, but my company is one of the "lucky" ones moving adding an expansion office in one of the new domain towers, and I'm terrified my team will be one of the ones assigned to it.

I love that this city is growing bigger, but I am also worried.