High Rise Facilities | Jan. 12, 2016
The development team of Aspen Heights, Constructive Ventures and CIM Group have broken ground on The Independent, a 58-story, 370-unit condominium tower in downtown Austin. Located at the corner of West 3rd Street and West Avenue, the property was acquired from the City of Austin in November 2015 under the terms of a Master Development […]
Read more ›Multi-Housing News | Jan. 26, 2016
Developers broke ground recently on the soon-to-be tallest building in Austin’s skyline,The Independent, at a site near Third Street and West Avenue. Schedule for completion in 2018, the 58-story residential tower will reach 685 feet in height. The value of the building is estimated at more than $300 million. Balfour Beatty Construction secured the general […]
Read more ›Austin Monthly | December Edition
When The Independent, a 58-story tower that will be the largest residential building in the city—and west of the Mississippi—was announced in April, it didn’t get the warmest reception. Immediately anointed the “Jenga Tower,” the building was to many residents all that is wrong with the ever-growing Austin. Despite the uproar, 90 percent of the […]
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