New building development projects in Austin

[Armybrat 40850]

Coming soon at 600 Guadalupe - Austin's tallest - 842', 65 floors, office/residential:

 

Edited May 1, 2018 by Armybrat

[David Dennison 18894]

Edited April 30, 2018 by David Dennison

[thrillhammer 684]

is there a skyline pic or diagram anywhere that identifies austin buildings?

[Doc Holliday 199]

I heard recently that some residential development is going into the old first Honda location off of 2222.   Anyone know more about it?

[Ben Tobin 374]

 

The so called Jenga Building is coming together

[Deej 76811]

That rendering makes it look like it has a lean. 

[South Austin 52515]

3 hours ago, Doc Holliday said:

I heard recently that some residential development is going into the old first Honda location off of 2222.   Anyone know more about it?

It's about time.  That site has been deserted for years and it's a pretty good location for it to just sit there for so long. 

[Armybrat 40850]

13 hours ago, thrillhammer said:

is there a skyline pic or diagram anywhere that identifies austin buildings?

Do the Search for Austin:

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/

Edited May 1, 2018 by Armybrat

[Armybrat 40850]

In my OP pic, I'd like to have the apartment with the pool on that top step deck. Bet it would be a helluva view.

[Iowa Horn 55]

Has anyone been tracking the Grove at Shoal Creek mixed-use development project?   

http://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/the-grove-at-shoal-creek-project-approved-after-three-years/1182605087

https://thegroveatx.com/

Prime piece of land.  Will it be successful?

[bolverk 29683]

News about what's going on at Block 71, which is the site of the building implosion from a month or so ago.

Exclusive: Indeed launches major expansion that will add up to 3,000 workers in Austin
To accommodate the hiring surge, Indeed has signed two leases — one downtown and one at the Domain — totaling more than 615,000 square feet.
Posted May 17th, 2018

Internet job search company Indeed said Thursday it is launching a new wave of growth that could add as many as 3,000 new jobs in Austin over the next several years.

Indeed, which currently has 1,600 employees in Austin, has been one of Central Texas’ fastest-growing Internet companies and has been one of the more active recruiters of engineering talent.

The company describes Austin as a “global technical hub” for its operations, with a “high concentration of engineering and product teams.” It also has employees here in the finance, legal, sales, marketing, corporate development, client success and human resources fields. The company will be hiring in all areas, said Chris Hyams, Indeed president.

The company declined to give more specifics about its timeframe for the planned workforce expansion. The expansion would eventually bring Indeed’s Central Texas workforce to roughly 4,500 employees, making it one of the largest tech employers in the Austin metro area.

“While we have expanded all over the world, Austin has really been the bedrock of that growth,” Hyams said.

Indeed is keeping Austin on the fast-track for job creation “for the same reasons we think it was a great home for us when we first started,” Hyams said. “It has an incredibly strong and diverse talent pool, and it continues to be a really attractive place for people from all over to come to and move to.”

To accommodate the hiring surge, Indeed has signed two leases — one downtown and one at the Domain — totaling more than 615,000 square feet.

Indeed has signed a lease for about 307,000 square feet in a 36-story tower under construction on a prime downtown block.

The site, at West Sixth and Colorado streets, is called Block 71 and is owned by the University of Texas System. It is being redeveloped by Trammell Crow Company in a joint venture with Principal Real Estate Investors. A name has not yet been selected for the new tower.

The high-rise will include office, restaurant and retail space. The first phase of the 709,000-square-foot building is expected to be ready in 2021.

Indeed will occupy the top 10 floors, and the building will bear Indeed’s name.

In addition, Indeed late last year leased all the space in a new 11-story office building at the Domain in North Austin. Domain Tower is being built at the entrance to the Domain, the mixed-use development off MoPac Boulevard in North Austin.

Domain Tower is due to be completed this summer and Indeed is expected to occupy the 310,000-square-foot building in late 2018.

“These two offices together will give us space to have another 3,000 employees in Austin,” Hyams said. “We’re doing that because we believe that the business as a whole will continue to grow, but also that Austin will continue to be a great home to support that growth.”

Indeed is the latest in a wave of large, fast-growing companies to sign significant office leases downtown and in the Domain, including for buildings still under construction. Others include Facebook, Google Inc., HomeAway and Parsley Energy.

Mike Rollins, president of the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, said Indeed is an example of “yet another well-known technology brand recognizing that our region is a place where current and future employees want to be.”

“Indeed continues to further embed itself in Austin at a very rapid pace and the continued expansion reinforces that we have a great combination of talent and quality of life necessary to meet the need,” Rollins said.

Mike Kennedy, principal in the Austin office of Avison Young, a commercial real estate services firm, said Indeed’s planned expansion “is a milestone in its size and commitment to Austin — right up there with Apple and Oracle.”

Indeed aggregates job listings from thousands of websites, including job boards, newspapers, trade associations and company career pages. Job seekers can search millions of jobs on the web or mobile in 60 countries and 28 languages. More than 200 million people each month search for jobs, post resumes or research companies on Indeed.

Indeed was founded in Austin and Stamford, Conn., in 2004. It was acquired by Japan’s largest recruitment firm, Recruit Co., in 2012 for an undisclosed price.

Under the deal, Indeed retained its name and operates as an independent unit of Recruit. It employs 6,100 people globally.

Indeed’s main campus is at the Champion Office Park on North Capital of Texas Highway (Loop 360), which it built in 2015. The company outgrew the 220,000-square-foot space and now has additional space nearby at the Reserve at Bull Creek on North Capital of Texas Highway.

The company also has a 57,000-square-foot office downtown at West Fifth Street. When the Block 71 tower is complete, Indeed will move employees at its current downtown space to the new office.

Hyams said the decision on where in Austin to expand was made with mobility issues in mind. Indeed employees will be able to choose a work location based on what works best for them, he said.

The new offices will also have access to public transportation, which isn’t the case at the Champion Office Park campus, he said.

“We believe that spreading things out over multiple locations is partially a way to help ease some of the traffic and commute time, both for our employees and also for the city as a whole,” Hyams said.

Kennedy said Indeed follows HomeAway, Facebook and Apple in having a multi-office strategy to accommodate employees’ varied commuting, housing and other preferences.

“Indeed’s downtown and Domain location choices reflect the tech community’s clarity of purpose in having to be able to attract employee talent to compete in their business model,” Kennedy said. “With a 3 percent unemployment rate (in the Austin region) and significant in-migration of population, talent has a choice.”

Renderings galore:

[bolverk 29683]

On 4/30/2018 at 10:17 AM, Ben Tobin said:

 

The so called Jenga Building is coming together

I think they just officially topped out the building a day or so ago.

Does anyone know if that single floor that sticks out a little bit midway up will be a public observation deck, restaurant, or something?

[Michael Knight 12981]

[Stunns38 3505]

Back to the future

[Guest Lobo]

Anybody know when the hotel at One American Center will be delivered?  I'd like to secure my room for SXSW.  

Look for a major announcement by Hyatt in downtown Austin in the next couple of months.  It'll be on a property of their newest brand and it'll be a very interesting location.  

[Pasken 1309]

On 5/17/2018 at 4:17 PM, bolverk said:

I think they just officially topped out the building a day or so ago.

Does anyone know if that single floor that sticks out a little bit midway up will be a public observation deck, restaurant, or something?

It’s amenities for the condo owners. No public access.

[Texas Jeff 1945]

On 5/17/2018 at 4:17 PM, bolverk said:

I think they just officially topped out the building a day or so ago.

Does anyone know if that single floor that sticks out a little bit midway up will be a public observation deck, restaurant, or something?

I think it is an amenities floor (the 34th floor of the building):

http://www.independentaustin.com/the-building/

A fitness center, board room, theatre, outdoor lounge, owners lounge ... for residents only.

[Dbeasy 15053]

Does anyone know the situation with the excavation areas just off Anderson Mill road north of 620? It’s been there forever, on each side of Anderson mill road. I keep thinking those are temporary sites

[Armybrat 40850]

6x (600 Guadalupe) well underway for completion in 2022 - only about 60 more floors to go.

From the Skyscraper forum...

Edited January 13, 2021 by Armybrat

[Armybrat 40850]

On 5/16/2018 at 9:44 AM, Iowa Horn said:

Has anyone been tracking the Grove at Shoal Creek mixed-use development project?   

http://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/the-grove-at-shoal-creek-project-approved-after-three-years/1182605087

https://thegroveatx.com/

Prime piece of land.  Will it be successful?

From the Skyscraper forum:

 

[bolverk 29683]

@ArmybratThe development stuff has all been relocated to the 6th Street Journal sub-forum. Here's the downtown one: