Development
BY BEN THOMPSON
Waterline tops out downtown at 74 stories Waterline, Texas’ new tallest tower, reached its nal height in downtown Austin Aug. 1. The overview The 74-story high-rise from Lincoln Property Co. and Kairoi Residential at 98 Red River St., Austin will feature: • 352 apartments across 33 oors • 703,000 square feet of o ce space across 26 oors • A 252-room hotel across 13 oors • 24,000 square feet of public commercial space at the tower’s base At 1,025 feet, Waterline is now the tallest build- ing in the city and the state, according to Lincoln, passing the JPMorgan Chase Tower in Houston. It overtook Austin’s previous record holder, Lincoln and Kairoi’s 66-story Sixth & Guadalupe that
High-rise, hotel development planned Plans for Riverside’s tallest building yet advanced this summer, while Oracle looks to expand its lakeshore headquarters. What’s happening Oracle is eyeing a campus expansion with nearly 300,000 square feet of o ces and a new 255-room hotel up to 120 feet tall. Plans for a 180-foot, 360-unit residential high-rise o Riverside Drive and Lakeshore Boulevard were approved this spring.
The 1,025-foot Waterline tower topped out after nearly three years of development. It will open 2026.
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opened last year, by nearly 200 feet. Also of note Waterline’s development has taken place alongside the second phase of the Waterloo Gre- enway initiative. Lincoln and Kairoi also provided $1 million for new bridges across the waterway.
1 Riverside/Lakeshore tower 2 Oracle campus
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