#TALLEST SKYSCRAPER IN AUSTIN PSP#
The new project, headed by development partners Lincoln Property Company and Kairoi Residential with equity partner PSP Investments, is slated to have over 350 residential apartments, 700,000 square feet of office space and a 251-room hotel. In Austin, the tallest building is currently the Independent, a residential tower that sits at 690 feet tall. The former Texas Commerce Tower stands at 1,002 feet. Waterline will eclipse the JP Morgan Chase Tower in downtown Houston - the current tallest building in Texas, until this one is built. The new building, which has been named Waterline, is slated to open in late 2026. The mixed-use building is planned to be 1,022 feet tall and will be located at 98 Red River Street, overlooking Lady Bird Lake. The first and second floor will include an office lobby, a hotel lobby, and retail space, with a 1,780-space parking structure occupying three levels below grade and 12 levels in an above-ground podium, likely above the ground-floor lobby.A 74-story building coming to the Austin skyline will also be regarded as the tallest building in the state.Ĭonstruction has begun on the new downtown Austin skyscraper - and new details have finally been revealed about the project, according to the Austin American-Statesman. Even if not, our supertall confirmation means the building will be taller than anything in Dallas.Īccording to the original post containing information about the building and generally confirmed by its developers, the project will be a mixed-use tower containing a 240-room hotel, 25 floors of office space, and 34 floors of residential space containing 363 total units. Remember, the tallest building in Texas at the moment is the JPMorgan Chase Tower in Houston at 1,002 feet - so, even if you fudge the numbers, it’s looking very possible that Waller Creek will take the crown as Texas’ new tallest.
#TALLEST SKYSCRAPER IN AUSTIN FULL#
Downtown Austin itself is about 450 feet above sea level in this area, so subtract that height from the big number above and you’re looking at a building that could be, very roughly, 1,024 feet tall.Ī full illustration of the tower, showing many of its architectural details - the heights shown here are above sea level, by the way. The plans posted earlier this week include a height of 1,474 feet for the tower, but that’s describing its height above sea level.
The question of this tower’s exact height is even more important than usual - because the building could very easily become the tallest in Texas, full stop.
We’ve confirmed with Seth Johnston, a senior vice president for Lincoln’s Austin office, that the details of the tower posted online and seen here are “relatively accurate” and generally reflect the developers’ current plans for the site - and although the project’s exact height isn’t entirely clear, Johnston also confirms that the building will indeed qualify as a “supertall” tower of 984 feet (300 meters) or taller. Looking east towards the tower and its surroundings from Lady Bird Lake. The 3.3-acre western tract, with Waller Creek running down its west boundary, is where this tower’s headed - the other 1.4-acre site east of Red River Street (and just north of the Quincy project) is currently a parking lot, and expected as the site of another tower project by the WeWork folks sometime in the future. were pursuing tower development in this area, having purchased 4.7 total acres on opposite sides of Red River Street back around the beginning of last year. We’ve known since 2019 that coworking outfit WeWork and its Japanese parent company SoftBank Group Corp. Don’t freak out yet, but here’s everything we’ve learned about the project called Waller Creek.Ī current view of the project site at 98 Red River Street.
After 20 years of unrealized development plans for the approximately 3.3-acre property at the southwest corner of Cesar Chavez and Red River Streets near the Rainey Street District of downtown Austin, the latest contender for a tower at the site would be the first in the city to qualify as a “supertall” skyscraper - the tallest in Austin by a country mile, but possibly also the tallest building in Texas.
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