Yeah, the Rundberg area is pretty bad. My wife's office was on LaPosada by 35 & 183 behind the Doubletree. It wasn't too far up to Rundberg.

It ended up working out alright though b/c we toured Austin Beerworks and Adelbert's both of which are up on the north side there.

I pass that hotel when traveling downtown, that place is a mess with prositution, and drug dealing. But glad your trip was worth it.

Mandalay Digital moves to Austin, changes name


By Christopher Calnan
January 20. 2015

Mandalay Digital Group Inc. is changing its name and moving to Austin.
The Los Angeles-based company (Nasdaq: MNDL) is re-branding as Digital Turbine Inc. and relocating its headquarters to 1300 Guadalupe St. on Tuesday, according to a company announcement.

Mandalay Digital moves to Austin, changes name - Austin Business Journal (http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/techflash/2015/01/mandalay-digital-moves-to-austin-changes-name.html)

Austin Proper 35 Floors Start date this year

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By Jan Buchholz
February 2nd. 2015

Kelly Wearstler, one of the most highly lauded interior designers in the world, will handle the interiors of the new Austin Proper Hotel — a distinct new hospitality brand that will be part of the redevelopment of the Green Water Treatment Plant downtown.

Adam Nims, principal of Trammell Crow in Austin, confirmed that California development and real estate company The Kor Group will build the 35-story hotel — which will include private residences — in an exclusive interview with the Austin Business Journal.

Austin Proper Hotel is in schematic design, the developers said. Construction is projected to begin late this year.

In addition to the 250 rooms, there will be 120 condominiums for sale. The size and price range have yet to be determined. Right now, Green said, a list of interested buyers is being compiled.

The hotel will have a 12,000-square-foot ballroom, retail spaces, a restaurant, a spa and other amenities.

International design icon tapped for the next big Austin hotel - Austin Business Journal (http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/real-estate/2015/02/international-design-icon-tapped-for-the-next-big.html)

The Independent Sales Office will open this Spring.

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For those of you who don't know, The Independent will be one of the tallest residential building west of the Mississippi once completed. The building height hasn't been determine, but will likely hit the 700 ft. mark.

Cranes!!!

5th & Colorado
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Dell Medical School
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The medical school is going to be huge for Austin. That has to be one of the biggest cities in the country, if not the biggest, without one.

Dam, Austin is really kicking ass already this year.

Austin Proper 35 Floors Start date this year

International design icon tapped for the next big Austin hotel - Austin Business Journal (http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/real-estate/2015/02/international-design-icon-tapped-for-the-next-big.html)

LOVE this.

That and a good Museum. Austin lacks many big city amenities compared to cities it's size. In Austin case it can become competitive do to the fact San Antonio is only an hr away.

For instance:
Austin lacks: Better infrastructure, Museums, Historic sites, Theme Parks, & Pro Sports.
San Antonio lacks: Commuter Rail, Skyscrapers, Formula 1, & a Music & Film festival known as SXSW.

So both cities like to play tug a war with one another. I on the other hand don't mine if one city has this or that, just gives me a reason to drive 1 hr south. :)

Austin at sunrise.

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For instance:
Austin lacks: Better infrastructure, Museums, Historic sites, Theme Parks, & Pro Sports.
San Antonio lacks: Commuter Rail, Skyscrapers, Formula 1, & a Music & Film festival known as SXSW.

So both cities like to play tug a war with one another. I on the other hand don't mine if one city has this or that, just gives me a reason to drive 1 hr south. :)

The Austin vs. San Antonio debate really reminds me of a major city version of OKC vs Tulsa, with OKC being San Antonio and Austin being Tulsa. The cities compliment each other, each having things the other lacks.

Google Tower site prep

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I always have thought Oklahoma cities reminded me of Austin & San Antonio. It's great seeing competition between the 2.

Austin new JW Marriott will open this Friday the 13th.

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Austin new JW Marriott will open this Friday the 13th.

Thanks to Priller for taking this photo.
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Great shots man!!

Thanks man, but I have to give credit where it's do. :)

BTW, I'm moving out to Cali in early April and on the way there, I am going to take a little detour down through Austin and then check out San Antonio. I am going to be in Austin Friday night. April 10th, and arrive there around 10-11 pm. What would you recommend for a good restaurant there around that time? I might even do some late night exploring, I'm not sure.

BTW, I'm moving out to Cali in early April and on the way there, I am going to take a little detour down through Austin and then check out San Antonio. I am going to be in Austin Friday night. April 10th, and arrive there around 10-11 pm. What would you recommend for a good restaurant there around that time? I might even do some late night exploring, I'm not sure.

I would recommend The Hula Hut on W. 6th street. It's actually between downtown and the hill country, but isn't to far off your track to visit San Antonio. Since you are visiting in April before it gets really hot check out, I would recommend you to take the 360 loop through the hill country as well as checking out Mt. Bonnell.

Also good luck in California. It sure is a beautiful state to live in. :)

A few California pictures when I lived there back in 2013

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I would recommend The Hula Hut on W. 6th street. It's actually between downtown and the hill country, but isn't to far off your track to visit San Antonio. Since you are visiting in April before it gets really hot check out, I would recommend you to take the 360 loop through the hill country as well as checking out Mt. Bonnell.

I went there when I visited Austin back in 2007. It's a pretty cool restaurant.

Austin at sunrise.

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This picture simply amazes me. I literally can't stop looking at it without being in awe and what I wish for OKC to be. I would love to see OKC get more and more buildings built up and look something like this. It blows my mind just how much Austin has going on right now as much as it pains me to say that.

This picture simply amazes me. I literally can't stop looking at it without being in awe and what I wish for OKC to be. I would love to see OKC get more and more buildings built up and look something like this. It blows my mind just how much Austin has going on right now as much as it pains me to say that.

OKC will get there, taking it 1 step at a time.

This is an old statesman article that I retrieve back in 2012. It tells about the rapidly growing skyline.

Brace yourselfs, this was Austin back in 1997. That was the year that I moved to Austin.

http://projects.statesman.com/then-and-now/images/aerial1997.jpg

Interactive: Austin's skyline, then and now | www.mystatesman.com (http://www.mystatesman.com/interactive/news/local/austin-skyline/then-and-now/)

This is an old statesman article that I retrieve back in 2012. It tells about the rapidly growing skyline.

Brace yourselfs, this was Austin back in 1997. That was the year that I moved to Austin.

http://projects.statesman.com/then-and-now/images/aerial1997.jpg

Interactive: Austin's skyline, then and now | www.mystatesman.com (http://www.mystatesman.com/interactive/news/local/austin-skyline/then-and-now/)

Wow- that is amazing. Thank you for sharing that. Would love to see the OKC like that in the near future.

Austin has three things going for it that has enabled it to become what it has in my opinion. First, it has a major university right in downtown. Imagine if OU was in downtown OKC and was adding to the urban fabric and culture of the city. Second, Austin is home to a booming high-tech economy. High-tech attracts a young, diverse, and educated group of people. Oil & gas can do so as well but not on the scale that high tech does. Third, the city is one of the nation's five or six "capitals of cool." People want to live there. Austin is on the radar of people everywhere nationwide. It's viewed as a progressive bastion where everyone is welcome, even though its in one of the reddest states in the union. This is where I think OKC's hyperfundamentalist politics especially at the state level really handicaps it.

I think OKC could become an Austin but it would have to start growing a lot faster.

Austin has three things going for it that has enabled it to become what it has in my opinion. First, it has a major university right in downtown. Imagine if OU was in downtown OKC and was adding to the urban fabric and culture of the city. Second, Austin is home to a booming high-tech economy. High-tech attracts a young, diverse, and educated group of people. Oil & gas can do so as well but not on the scale that high tech does. Third, the city is one of the nation's five or six "capitals of cool." People want to live there. Austin is on the radar of people everywhere nationwide. It's viewed as a progressive bastion where everyone is welcome, even though its in one of the reddest states in the union. This is where I think OKC's hyperfundamentalist politics especially at the state level really handicaps it.

I think OKC could become an Austin but it would have to start growing a lot faster.

I totally agree with what you said but I need to elaborate. It isn't as much OKC politics as it is Oklahoma politics. In fact, I would say the city of OKC is trending the other way in some regards. With more people moving here, it is changing. Austin is as you described in a huge red state. OKC can become somewhat that way (never will be to that degree) and become a cool and hip place on people's radar if things continue to grow and we make some right decisions.

Austin has three things going for it that has enabled it to become what it has in my opinion. First, it has a major university right in downtown. Imagine if OU was in downtown OKC and was adding to the urban fabric and culture of the city. Second, Austin is home to a booming high-tech economy. High-tech attracts a young, diverse, and educated group of people. Oil & gas can do so as well but not on the scale that high tech does. Third, the city is one of the nation's five or six "capitals of cool." People want to live there. Austin is on the radar of people everywhere nationwide. It's viewed as a progressive bastion where everyone is welcome, even though its in one of the reddest states in the union. This is where I think OKC's hyperfundamentalist politics especially at the state level really handicaps it.

I think OKC could become an Austin but it would have to start growing a lot faster.

I would add the terrain/climate in there as a positive as well. The Hill Country is unique so close to and within a city in this part of the country, and the nearby lakes are nice. It would be like having Grand Lake or Tenkiller (clear rock bottom lakes) a 15 min drive out of town. Plus the climate is fairly mild during the winter though the summer is longer and more miserable than anything in Oklahoma. While it's not a particularly nice beach you can drive to one in 3 hours.

I totally agree with what you said but I need to elaborate. It isn't as much OKC politics as it is Oklahoma politics. In fact, I would say the city of OKC is trending the other way in some regards. With more people moving here, it is changing. Austin is as you described in a huge red state. OKC can become somewhat that way (never will be to that degree) and become a cool and hip place on people's radar if things continue to grow and we make some right decisions.

I agree, but the city of OKC is nowhere near the contrast to the state politically as Austin is to Texas. In fact some of Oklahoma's worst legislators represent OKC. Austin is a dark blue city in a red state. OKC is a pink city in a dark red state.

I would add the terrain/climate in there as a positive as well. The Hill Country is unique so close to and within a city in this part of the country, and the nearby lakes are nice. It would be like having Grand Lake or Tenkiller (clear rock bottom lakes) a 15 min drive out of town. Plus the climate is fairly mild during the winter though the summer is longer and more miserable than anything in Oklahoma. While it's not a particularly nice beach you can drive to one in 3 hours.

This is true as well. Austin has an outdoor recreation advantage OKC will never have. The beach is also a day trip away rather than a flight away like it is from OKC. This is a big deal. A lot of people underestimate the amount of outdoor recreation Oklahoma offers, but unfortunately most of it isn't near OKC.

Austin has three things going for it that has enabled it to become what it has in my opinion. First, it has a major university right in downtown. Imagine if OU was in downtown OKC and was adding to the urban fabric and culture of the city. Second, Austin is home to a booming high-tech economy. High-tech attracts a young, diverse, and educated group of people. Oil & gas can do so as well but not on the scale that high tech does. Third, the city is one of the nation's five or six "capitals of cool." People want to live there. Austin is on the radar of people everywhere nationwide. It's viewed as a progressive bastion where everyone is welcome, even though its in one of the reddest states in the union. This is where I think OKC's hyperfundamentalist politics especially at the state level really handicaps it.

I think OKC could become an Austin but it would have to start growing a lot faster.

I would add the Texas State Capital is downtown also. Austin is amazing. But, oh, the traffic.

I agree with all of what's stated. But I must admit, Austin is not the only city in the state that's blue. Dallas Houston, & San Antonio are blue as well. The only big city in Texas that's still Republican is Fort Worth, in which this isn't a bad thing either. Texas as a whole is switching from red to purple if it hasn't already now.

I agree with all of what's stated. But I must admit, Austin is not the only city in the state that's blue. Dallas Houston, & San Antonio are blue as well. The only big city in Texas that's still Republican is Fort Worth, in which this isn't a bad thing either. Texas as a whole is switching from red to purple if it hasn't already now.

From my understanding, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio are blue but aren't as socially liberal as Austin. What makes a place "hip" or "cool" is not how Democratic it is, but how accepting an area's culture is to individualism and different lifestyle choices. Social liberalism defines cool today. Those places almost always tend to vote Democratic in this day and age. Dallas and Houston are heavily Democratic but for different reasons than Austin is. If you are gay, vegan, or a worshipper of the pagan goddess, the perception is you will be more at home in Austin. Austin is blue in the same way San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle are while Dallas and Houston are more like Atlanta, Charlotte, and many of the other Democratic cities in the Southern United States. Please correct me if I am wrong.

From my understanding, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio are blue but aren't as socially liberal as Austin. What makes a place "hip" or "cool" is not how Democratic it is, but how accepting an area's culture is to individualism and different lifestyle choices. Social liberalism defines cool today. Those places almost always tend to vote Democratic in this day and age. Dallas and Houston are heavily Democratic but for different reasons than Austin is. If you are gay, vegan, or a worshipper of the pagan goddess, the perception is you will be more at home in Austin. Austin is blue in the same way San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle are while Dallas and Houston are more like Atlanta, Charlotte, and many of the other Democratic cities in the Southern United States. Please correct me if I am wrong.

A good way of putting it.

I would add the terrain/climate in there as a positive as well. The Hill Country is unique so close to and within a city in this part of the country, and the nearby lakes are nice. It would be like having Grand Lake or Tenkiller (clear rock bottom lakes) a 15 min drive out of town. Plus the climate is fairly mild during the winter though the summer is longer and more miserable than anything in Oklahoma. While it's not a particularly nice beach you can drive to one in 3 hours.
The difference is Grand or Tenkiller usually have water. The last time that I flew into Austin the Pedernales River was nothing more than a stream. We watched Travis go down most of the time that I lived there with the occasional rain that would make a difference. We looked at land off/on in Apache Shores and Lago Vista, so we saw it happening to the point that the AYC had a hard time sailing out of their harbor and that was before this recent extended drought.

I really like Port Aransas/Corpus, I would have moved down there if my wife had chosen the beach over the mountains.


I agree with all of what's stated. But I must admit, Austin is not the only city in the state that's blue. Dallas Houston, & San Antonio are blue as well. The only big city in Texas that's still Republican is Fort Worth, in which this isn't a bad thing either. Texas as a whole is switching from red to purple if it hasn't already now.
The big cities proper may be blue, the suburbs surrounding the them are a deep, dark red for the most part and in some cases are larger than the cities. That is one way the metros and cities diverge in philosophy. That is true all over, not just Texas.

Austin is still somewhat more conservative than the coastal "liberal" meccas. Many of my friends there who came from the Bay Area, LA, NYC, Chicago, Boston, DC or other places like that always made the comment that "they thought Austin was supposed to be liberal". One guy that I worked with in Sacramento was an avowed Conservative Christian family but his daughter found out that coastal conservatism is different than middle of the country conservatism. She went to a small bible college in Springfield, Missouri on a softball scholarship. She found out their brand of conservative was much different, basically the church they went to would be considered a "liberal church" in the middle of the country. She went there one year and then back to Sacramento.

She found out their brand of conservative was much different, basically the church they went to would be considered a "liberal church" in the middle of the country. She went there one year and then back to Sacramento.

You make some good points. You can say the same thing about the east coast compared to the middle of the country. I went to a Baptist church for a while in Charlotte that would be considered left of center here in Oklahoma but was conservative there. Most people from the Northeast consider Charlotte to be conservative while it is liberal compared to the heartland. The biggest difference between coastal conservatism and heartland conservatism, from my experience, is religion and politics are much more intertwined in this part of the country than they are on the coast.

I 2nd that. How one views Austin determines there views on religion and or politics. A person from Kansas may call Austin a very liberal city, while someone from San Francisco will call Austin conservative.

I was thinking how many tower cranes will be rising in Austin this year, excluding the ones that are already up. I counted atleast 13.

Downtown Area
The Fairmont - 3 cranes
Homewood Suites at East Ave. - 1 crane
Hotel ZaZa - 1 crane
Google Tower - 2 cranes
UT System Headquarters - 2 cranes
Aspen Heights Tower - 1 crane
Austin Proper - 1 crane
Fifth + West - 1 crane
Shoal Creek Walk - 1 crane

Total 13

UT Campus Area
Crockett School of Engineering - 2 cranes
University House - 1 crane
McCombs School of Business - 2 cranes

Total 5 cranes.

Domain Area

Domain 1 - 1 crane
Domain 8 - 1 crane

Total 2 cranes.

In all there will be approximately 20 new tower cranes rising over Austin this year!

There are already 18 tower cranes over Austin right now. Now add 20 more. :)

Damn. 38 cranes soon. That's awesome.

Awesome view of the Austin skyline. Thanks to LoneStarMike on SSP. :)

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Transwestern Development Breaksground

The Arnold apartments
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AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Transwestern Development Co. today announces its plans to develop a mixed-use project at 1621 and 1645 E. 6th St. in Austin, Texas. Transwestern Development Co. and its partners have broken ground on the two-building project situated on a 4.2-acre site at the intersection of E. 6th Street and Comal Avenue. The first building is a 94,500-square-foot creative office building, which is scheduled for completion in January 2016. The second building, called The Arnold, is slated for delivery in July 2016 and consists of 346 apartment units with 9,600 square feet of specialty retail at three key intersections of the property. Transwestern Development Co. Associate Vice President Josh Delk is leading the development team.

Transwestern Development Co. To Develop Mixed-Use Project In Austin, Texas, Totaling 445,952... -- AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- (http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/transwestern-development-co-to-develop-mixed-use-project-in-austin-texas-totaling-445952-square-feet-300036166.html)

I see that Transwestern used Houston and Dallas firms to do this project. The companies that I worked for in Austin and STG used to do a lot of work for Transwestern and the Transwestern PM on this development.

Austin doesn't have alot of Transwestern projects. Although Boka Powell one of my favorite architects does great projects around the world. Seems like since the great recession, they slow down quite a bit.

70 Rainey St. Tower moving forward

http://i1.wp.com/downtownaustinblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/70-Rainey-condos-rendering1.jpg?resize=567%2C389

Floor plans and more renderings in March. Onsite sales center will open in April.
https://mobile.twitter.com/jboyenter...84104214949888

Crane for the Aspen Heights Tower has been erected

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http://downtownaustinblog.org/2015/0...in-news-bites/

211 S. Lamar moving foward

http://i.imgur.com/Fk2HwGD.jpg

The current site, where a Taco Cabana sits at will be demolished soon to make way for this new condo development

New renderings of UT System Headquarters which is currently U/C

http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l511/ihatethisplacenothingworks/New%20U.T.%20HQ%20Render.png

FAQs | University of Texas System (http://www.utsystem.edu/sites/new-building/faqs)

Aloft Hotel & Element moves forward

wholly Cow Burgers closing to make way for new hotels


Feb. 27th. 2015

This will be the last weekend to chow down at the Wholly Cow Burgers restaurant on Congress Avenue, as Coventus Corp and Finley Co. are set to demolish the building to make way for a new 32-story Aloft & Element Austin Downtown hotels.
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/real-estate/2015/02/wholly-cow-burgers-set-to-close-downtown-store-new.html?full=true

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/lzppjb/Austin%20Projects/AloftStreet.png~original

http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=206616

211 S. Lamar moving foward

http://i.imgur.com/Fk2HwGD.jpg

The current site, where a Taco Cabana sits at will be demolished soon to make way for this new condo development
Well I guess you might call that an upgrade lol

A big upgrade at that. :)

The new Aloft/Element hotel will put Austin to the test. What will be different about this hotel is that there will not be a parking garage, you will have to find an alternative way to get there (taxi, pedicab, bus, or by walking.) I'm really excited because Austin is pushing the envelope on projects such as these. Less parking more alternative usage.

UT/ Capital / Dell Medical Center. Just north of downtown.
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Downtown Austin
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It's that time of year again. From March 13 - 22

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Home | South by Southwest 2015 Music, Film and Interactive Festivals - Austin Texas (http://sxsw.com)

Pirelli World Challenge Championship March 6 - 8.

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https://www.facebook.com/CircuitofTheAmericas?fref=ts

Austin doesn't have alot of Transwestern projects. Although Boka Powell one of my favorite architects does great projects around the world. Seems like since the great recession, they slow down quite a bit.
Yeah, when everything cratered in 2008 we had quite a few projects with them in different stages in Austin and San Antonio, we did more work for others than TW. The first firm that I worked at did more Transwestern work in Austin and Houston. That firm sold out a couple of years after I left and the principals moved over to BokaPowell for awhile after they transitioned out.

Had another pretty solid weekend in Austin. Didn't get to do everything I was wanting to bc I got put to work doing wedding errands, but got my Snack Bar fix and stayed at the Austin Motel. Crazy to see all those cranes in that city. Construction happening around every turn.

My only fake complaint was that it was 40 and rainy all weekend while it was 70 and sunny up north in Omaha the whole time. Can't control that though.