The Waller Center, a $500 million
development downtown at East Cesar Chavez and Red River streets, appears to be
moving forward.
The addition of the engineering firm to the project is
an indicator the buildings might actually go up; Kimbell Bruehl has worked on
notable downtown projects such as the W Hotel and Residences and the Four
Seasons Residences. The firm lists its responsibilities on the project as
site plan development, storm sewer design and dry utility coordination, among
other jobs.
The Waller Center
would put up three new towers and what could be Austin's next tallest building
on three acres near the banks of Waller Creek. The project's massive scope has
left many wondering if it will ever be built, even though it has some
high-profile names on board already.
Developer Sutton
Co. is working with Klabzuba Realty to make the project happen. Longtime Austin
developer Perry Lorenz and Robert Knight now
control the land where the project would go. Lorenz has endorsed the project and the team working on it.
The new rendering of the building also looks
much sharper than the ones previously released, and at least
shows there's still some good momentum behind the project, though its too early
for permits to begin to be filed with the city.
Architecture and
engineering firm IBI Group Inc. is behind the renderings for the buildings,
though its website doesn't list the Waller Center as a
project.
The new image
keeps the blue glass of the previous plans but has added some distinctive
touches to separate the three buildings. The smallest building looks like it
tapers off to the right, adding some nice variation to an otherwise uniformly
round building.
The other two
buildings also have some sharper angles built in, a few of which look like
they'll be accented by some plants. The largest is built over what looks to be
a parking garage. Overall, this iteration of the project looks a lot like the
Austonian.
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