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Some great news out of Austin! They just voted in favor of the mass transit expansion. I really hope OKC follows suit soon.

“ Austin voters overwhelmingly approved two transportation-related ballot measures on election night, investments that promise a lasting transformation of the region’s infrastructure.

Proposition A, which would raise property taxes in the City of Austin to help pay for the Project Connect transit improvement plan, had close to 60% of the vote as of about 11:30 p.m.

The expansion includes two new light rail lines, a new commuter rail line and a new bus rapid transit line that would run in its own right-of-way so it doesn’t mix with traffic. A new downtown transit tunnel would also be built. The plan includes three new MetroRapid limited stop bus routes, as well as more park-and-rides and neighborhood connectors.

The plan also includes $300 million in investments to prevent people from being forced out of their homes and neighborhoods by potential development sparked by new transit stops. ”

https://www.kut.org/post/2020-election-results-austin-voters-overwhelmingly-approve-transit-related-ballot-measures

74 St. Supertall planned for Austin

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https://austin.towers.net/downtown-austins-first-supertall-tower-plan-arrives-at-waller-creek-site/

The official height will be 1,021ft making it the tallest tower in the State of Texas as well as making it our 2nd 1,000 footer.

I'm so happy that both prop A & B passed!

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This is what we have foward looking to. :)

What an impressive thing to pull off right now considering the stigma with public transportation given the ongoing pandemic.

That super tall is a knockout. Austin is just killing it in every category.

https://www.skyscrapercity.com/attachments/20201106_082417-jpg.703763/

What an impressive thing to pull off right now considering the stigma with public transportation given the ongoing pandemic.

That super tall is a knockout. Austin is just killing it in every category.

Imagine Austin in 5 yrs. The transformation of this city is mind-boggling.

What an impressive thing to pull off right now considering the stigma with public transportation given the ongoing pandemic.

That super tall is a knockout. Austin is just killing it in every category.
Most transit packages passed around the country.

TxDOT really needs to get on the ball with a high speed rail system connecting SA-Austin-DFW.

Same picture and photoshopped once Block 185 & 6 X Guadalupe gets completed.

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Another vantage point.

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Oracle is moving from the Bay Area to Austin:

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2020/12/11/software-giant-oracle-relocating-its-headquarters-to-texas-governor-says/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=snd&utm_content=ksat12&fbclid=IwAR0SxQA5OEJP8mGhjhcpOMsGl-pD-rBs0Xtkh1gCJc1EuRW4s3zv-e_8DxQ

The rich get richer..........

If Oklahoma’s education system wasn’t so bad maybe we could get just one of the moves Texas is getting.

That would require being able to raise some additional tax revenue. Property taxes are dirt low in OK, and the system should be realistic on what it takes to raise them.

Dp

Texas is on a roll!! Oracle, Hewlett-Packard Enterprises, Tesla, CBRE Group, MeKesson Corp, Core-Mark relocated from California to the Lone Star State! I really would hope Oklahoma could attract some Cali business! The biggest hurdle for Oklahoma is their poor education and poor image from outsiders.

Texas is on a roll!! Oracle, Hewlett-Packard Enterprises, Tesla, CBRE Group, MeKesson Corp, Core-Mark relocated from California to the Lone Star State! I really would hope Oklahoma could attract some Cali business! The biggest hurdle for Oklahoma is their poor education and poor image from outsiders.

And lack of air flights.

Texas is on a roll!! Oracle, Hewlett-Packard Enterprises, Tesla, CBRE Group, MeKesson Corp, Core-Mark relocated from California to the Lone Star State! I really would hope Oklahoma could attract some Cali business! The biggest hurdle for Oklahoma is their poor education and poor image from outsiders.

Give it another decade and companies will start to move operations outside TX as it gets too expensive. Oklahoma will play the role Arizona has been playing to California. Mark my words there are big things on the horizon for our state.

We're moving up with the drone contracts -

https://oklahoman.com/article/5671835/kratos-grows-okc-drone-production-as-it-competes-for-massive-air-force-contract

BG918, I do agree and share your optimism that Oklahoma is going to see some amazing things ahead. I really feel like this state is going to boom and not just the obvious players like Tulsa and OKC. I feel like if the cards were played right places like Lawton, Ardmore, and Durant could really take off in the coming decades and become sizable players in the state.

I will say traffic in Oklahoma City has really picked up since I left back in 2015. I’ve become used to dealing with the LA traffic so it doesn’t bother me but the reason I bring this up is it shocked me over the last few weeks how much traffic I’ve seen on the roads and freeways. This is during a pandemic no doubt with many likely still telecommuting and vacancy rates are relatively high in downtown unless things have changed. I think OKC will start to see its first experience of real, big city type traffic issues if/when the city experiences a boom again akin to early 2010s or greater.

One thing about traffic here I noticed is rarely do I experience gaps of traffic in the freeways like I did before. Throughout the entire day I’ve watched various points of the freeways here and noticed the traffic is non-stop. It’s not bumper to bumper outside rush hour but it’s a steady flow whereas there used to be gaps between groups of cars pretty often.

BG918, I do agree and share your optimism that Oklahoma is going to see some amazing things ahead. I really feel like this state is going to boom and not just the obvious players like Tulsa and OKC. I feel like if the cards were played right places like Lawton, Ardmore, and Durant could really take off in the coming decades and become sizable players in the state.

I will say traffic in Oklahoma City has really picked up since I left back in 2015. I’ve become used to dealing with the LA traffic so it doesn’t bother me but the reason I bring this up is it shocked me over the last few weeks how much traffic I’ve seen on the roads and freeways. This is during a pandemic no doubt with many likely still telecommuting and vacancy rates are relatively high in downtown unless things have changed. I think OKC will start to see its first experience of real, big city type traffic issues if/when the city experiences a boom again akin to early 2010s or greater.

One thing about traffic here I noticed is rarely do I experience gaps of traffic in the freeways like I did before. Throughout the entire day I’ve watched various points of the freeways here and noticed the traffic is non-stop. It’s not bumper to bumper outside rush hour but it’s a steady flow whereas there used to be gaps between groups of cars pretty often.

I moved here in 2013 and I can attest to increased traffic. It's a lot more than it used to be.

Here is a story about me and the lovely tech people of Austin! funny ****....

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/austin-luxury-high-rise-tenants-swiped-left-on-bumbles-code

48 East breaking ground in 2021

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Austin base Amazon Whole Foods expansion

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https://austin.towers.net/whole-foods-is-growing-up-a-second-office-building-in-downtown-austin/?pro=caitlyn@towers.net

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We're moving up with the drone contracts -

https://oklahoman.com/article/5671835/kratos-grows-okc-drone-production-as-it-competes-for-massive-air-force-contract

That's good.


Give it another decade and companies will start to move operations outside TX as it gets too expensive. Oklahoma will play the role Arizona has been playing to California. Mark my words there are big things on the horizon for our state.

Oklahoma will likely benefit from the Texas boom later on. As great as it to see Austin, San Antonio, Dallas and Houston grow it will likely slow down in the distance future as our resources become strain.

300 Colorado

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Parsley Energy was set to move in but with the current economy they decided to nixed their Austin location. Now its up for lease with rumors Facebook may take over.

Elon Musk has moved everything except Tesla HQ's to Austin

Elon Musk himself
The Musk Foundation
The Boring Company

Elon Musk's The Boring Co. grabs industrial space in Pflugerville, documents show


Kathryn Hardison, Staff Writer
Dec 15, 2020, 3:08pm CST
The Boring Co., a tunnel construction company, announced last month that it was hiring in Austin and hinted that it may be planning an underground transit system in Central Texas. Now, it appears that it's grabbed space a short drive from where Tesla is building a car factory.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2020/12/15/elon-musks-boring-co-leases-space-in-pflugerville.amp.html

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218 S. Lamar Blvd

Council approved the rezoning of a 1.2-acre site at 218 S. Lamar Blvd. to a planned unit development, which will allow developer Generational Commercial Properties to exceed a 60-foot height limit for its 96-foot office tower on the site of a closed Schlotzsky's restaurant.

The 190,000-square-foot project has been in the pipeline for several years now — reports first surfaced in 2018 — and ran into opposition from the Zilker Neighborhood Association.

https://archive.is/N5L6t

Tesla Update


https://youtu.be/quSP8o_cJ-c

Austin City Council approves zoning changes for controversial 97-acre “urban village” on East Riverside.
https://communityimpact.com/austin/central-austin/development-construction/2019/10/17/austin-city-council-approves-zoning-changes-for-controversial-97-acre-urban-village-on-east-riverside/

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Took a few pics today. Whole Foods Amazon expansion has started (foreground).

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Texas sunrise over Austin

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Yesterday hike and drive in west Austin.

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^

Thanks.

Such a beautiful city.

Thanks, Austin never keeps amazing me.

COVID-19 hospitalizations trigger 50% capacity limits in Austin and surrounding areas


AUSTIN (KXAN) — Sunday Texas’ Trauma Service Area O, which includes 2.3 million people in the Austin area, reached the COVID-19 hospitalization rate which automatically triggered additional restrictions for the area under state guidelines.

Under the new restrictions, which went into effect Sunday, businesses and retail establishments in the Austin area must reduce their operations to 50% occupancy. Per state rules, hospitals must also stop elective surgeries must across the area.

Under an order issued by Texas Governor Greg Abbott in October 2020, the 50% occupancy limitations go into effect when more than 15% of overall hospitalizations in any trauma area are COVID-19 hospitalizations for seven consecutive days. Trauma Service Area O, which includes Austin, has exceeded that 15% threshold from January 3 through January 9.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.kxan.com/news/local/most-local-businesses-must-operate-at-50-occupancy-after-hitting-covid-19-hospitalizations-rate/amp/

I posted an article above just in case if any of y'all are planning to come down to Austin or any where in Texas for that matter. Now is not a good time unless you absolutely have to.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/kwij0c/just_a_beautiful_morning_in_austin/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Tesla Update


https://youtu.be/quSP8o_cJ-c

To think, this would have been a major game changer for Tulsa and Oklahoma...

To think, this would have been a major game changer for Tulsa and Oklahoma...

It would have been a game changer for sure.

Austin new MLS Stadium

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https://twitter.com/AustinFC

Another day another multi billion dollar tech expansion for Austin

https://austin.culturemap.com/news/innovation/01-25-21-samsung-10-billion-for-new-factory-in-austin/?fbclid=IwAR2reDhSn3rhl695i8aYlg-VxX6zn-JU-1AqQZmO-GIEPnrfIX44tO7320U

Good thing OK values education so much. 🙄

For real.

The space force just announced it chose Alabama for its HQ which Oklahoma getting it was a long shot but it’s so disheartening to see all these other places get these major projects and Oklahoma barely gets by with scraps.

For real.

The space force just announced it chose Alabama for its HQ which Oklahoma getting it was a long shot but it’s so disheartening to see all these other places get these major projects and Oklahoma barely gets by with scraps.

Oklahoma was not a location that they ever considered ...

The six locations include Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, Offutt AFB, Nebraska, Patrick AFB, Florida, Peterson AFB, Colorado, Port San Antonio, Texas, and Redstone Army Airfield, Alabama.

these are all home to space command assets ... which is why they were the 6 candidates

I understand that but Oklahoma does have an underutilized space port and the state should have tried something.

I understand that but Oklahoma does have an underutilized space port and the state should have tried something.

Oklahoma doesn't have NASA or US space command assets there was nothing for them to do

Oklahoma was not a location that they ever considered ...

The six locations include Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, Offutt AFB, Nebraska, Patrick AFB, Florida, Peterson AFB, Colorado, Port San Antonio, Texas, and Redstone Army Airfield, Alabama.

these are all home to space command assets ... which is why they were the 6 candidates

It was Colorado's to lose as Peterson AFB is the interim HQ. Alabama getting it over Colorado is totally a political move.

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hequals2henry

Another 800 footer to rise in Austin, 80 Red River(Phase II)

https://i.imgur.com/smaPWg6_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium


Plans for development of a 64-Story, approximately 802-foot-high tower that will forever
change the Austin skyline. Total Project square footage is approximately 1,100,000+ square feet and
will be comprised of 250 Luxury Branded Rooms / Suites; 150 For Sale Condos; 170 Multi-Family
Rental Units, 6000 square foot Spa, 30,000 square feet of Meeting & Banquet area, 10,000 square
feet of Supporting Retail, a 550 space Structured Parking Garage and a Signature Roof-Top
Restaurant.
http://www.m2developmentpartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Austin-Luxury-Branded-Hospitality-Mixed-Use-Project-Overview.pdf

Okay you can stop now LOL!

Is there anywhere in Austin that is or will be developing a second skyline outside of downtown? Austin is just an incredible city. I believe Joe Rogan is considering ditching LA and moving to Austin with some of his celebrity friends. I am not sure if they will bring the Laugh Factory with them or start a new gig but it’s amazing to me how Austin is basically becoming LA 2.0.

It was Colorado's to lose as Peterson AFB is the interim HQ. Alabama getting it over Colorado is totally a political move.

one of the big choices the dod makes in locating things is total cost (land personal ect) I'm sure the the springs didn't hold up well in any of these metrics ...

Okay you can stop now LOL!

Is there anywhere in Austin that is or will be developing a second skyline outside of downtown? Austin is just an incredible city. I believe Joe Rogan is considering ditching LA and moving to Austin with some of his celebrity friends. I am not sure if they will bring the Laugh Factory with them or start a new gig but it’s amazing to me how Austin is basically becoming LA 2.0.

I will say The Domain is Austin "2nd downtown "with shops, residential & office space. Btw Joe Rogan moved to Austin last month along with Elon Musk. :)

Domain progress

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https://app.oxblue.com/open/stonelakecapitalpartners/all

The Grove

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Taken after Austin got 3 inches of snow.

By RiverRanchDrone from SSP

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https://youtu.be/xWYqSLYPyXk

Snowmegaddon Austin

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