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In an Austin American-Statesman article, the developers were quoted as saying that it's currently 62 floors, but that they might push it to the "mid 70s". That would put the height to around 1,040 feet tall.
Skyscrapers can look cool, but I always prefer to focus that density on the street level. Especially in sun belt cities where less parking lots and more continuous blocks of activity are needed to make them feel more cohesive.
Same thing with even Philly. We have a lot of great walkability and street activity. But we often get a big tall, shiny building that replaces one of three parking lots.
Skyscrapers can look cool, but I always prefer to focus that density on the street level. Especially in sun belt cities where less parking lots and more continuous blocks of activity are needed to make them feel more cohesive.
Same thing with even Philly. We have a lot of great walkability and street activity. But we often get a big tall, shiny building that replaces one of three parking lots.
That seems to be the fad now. Surface lots are disappearing all over the sunbelt. The amount Nashville has gotten rid of in the last ten years is staggering. In Atlanta, one developer wants to get rid of what seems like all of the surface lots downtown so people will be forced to take MARTA or walk.
Dallas, Houston, and Austin are on pace to build a total of nearly 130,000 new homes in 2017, based on a Trulia analysis of building permits. That's more than 10 percent of all new construction expected in the U.S. this year, and enough to put all three metropolitan areas in the top five for permitting activity. New York and Phoenix round out the group.
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