Many of these commercial or residential projects were announced or in progress last year. Here’s what is happening now.
Mayor Steve Adler (center) helps break ground Jan. 11 on The Independent condos.[/caption]
1. The Independent, a 370-unit condominium tower anticipated to be Austin’s tallest building, broke ground Jan. 11 and is slated for completion by May 2018. The 58-story structure will also include a dog park, spa, theater and conference rooms as well as about 14,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. 512-645-1245.
www.independentaustin.com
2. Work is nearly complete at 810 Red River St. on a joint project that includes Hotel Indigo, a 133-room hotel that faces Ninth Street, and Holiday Inn Express, a 167-unit hotel to be accessed via Neches Street. The earliest guests can book rooms at the Holiday Inn Express and Hotel Indigo is April. 512-481-1000.
www.ihg.com
3. Ground broke in late 2014 on The Fairmont Austin, a 37-story, 1,066-room project at 101 Red River St. that will become Austin’s largest hotel when it opens in spring 2017. Developer Manchester Texas Financial Group also worked with the Waller Creek Conservancy to help plan an anticipated skybridge that will connect the hotel to the Austin Convention Center. 800-257-7544.
www.fairmont.com
4. White Lodging Services Corp. is working on two hotels, Aloft—278 rooms—and Element—144 rooms—on the corner of downtown Congress Avenue and Seventh Street. The project broke ground in August, and both hotels are scheduled to open in early summer 2017, according to White Lodging. The project also includes 5,400 square feet for a restaurant and bar. 512-491-0777.
www.whitelodging.com
5. Owners Mark Vornberg and Shelly Leibham have nearly completed construction on Hotel Eleven, 1123 E. 11th St., a 14-unit boutique hotel scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2016. The project will also include a bistro-style cafe and a bar open to locals. 512-496-3746.
www.hotelelevenaustin.com
Preleasing at Burnet Marketplace apartment complex begins in February or March.[/caption]
6. Luxury condominium tower 5th + West, 501 West Ave., broke ground in September in anticipation of opening by fall 2017. The 39-story, 154-unit tower will include a resort-style pool, residential lounges, a chef’s kitchen, pet veranda, yoga studio, fitness center and event spaces once complete. 512-872-6616.
www.5thandwest.com
7. Cypress Real Estate Advisors is nearing completion on Burnet Marketplace, a mixed-use project located at 6701 Burnet Road, the former Pour House Pub location. Pour House Pub is anticipated to relocate to the ground floor of the building, which is scheduled to open by the end of April. 512-267-5223.
www.burnetmarketplace.com
8. Construction on the Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas topped out in November, keeping the $250 million teaching hospital on pace to be complete by 2017. The work coincides with development of the 515,000-square-foot University of Texas Dell Medical School campus, which will be complete by May before classes start this summer.
http://futureofcare.supportseton.org, http://dellmedschool.utexas.edu
9. The Grove at Shoal Creek, a planned-unit development at 45th Street and Bull Creek Road, is on indefinite hold while City Council debates new regulations on PUDs. The project’s developer, ARG Bull Creek, is also working with neighborhood residents from the Bull Creek Road Coalition, but no plans have been finalized as of mid-January. 512-553-9188.
www.thegroveatshoalcreek.com
10. Efforts to build One Two East, a proposed high-rise apartment complex at the corner of I-35 and East 12th Street, continue amid residential efforts to stop the 15-floor, 185-foot-tall project. The building, if approved as is by the city, would include 363 apartment units, 297 senior adult units and a 70,000-square-foot supermarket.
11. Summer 2017 is the anticipated completion date for Robert B. Rowling Hall on The UT campus. The 220,000-square-foot academic building at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Guadalupe Street will house the McCombs School of Business graduate school programs and offices. The project also includes a 50,000-square-foot expansion of the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center as well as a 525-space parking garage.
www.mccombs.utexas.edu/rowlinghall
