A 74-story tower deliberate for downtown Austin’s Rainey district has landed a luxurious lodge model for the challenge.
1 Motels, which payments itself a sustainably centered luxurious model, will be a part of the mixed-use improvement at 98 Purple River St., alongside Waller Creek. The challenge’s plans name for 352 residences, 686,000 sq. ft of workplace house and a 251-room lodge.
The tower — which would be the tallest constructing in Austin if accomplished as deliberate — has not formally been named and 1 Motels didn’t say when the placement is predicted to open. Augustine Verrengia, civil market chief with WGI, the challenge’s civil engineering agency, stated earlier this yr that 98 Purple River will likely be greater than 1,000 ft tall.
1 Resort Austin will embrace a pool on the sixteenth flooring of the tower and can have spanning views of Austin and the Waller Creek greenway beneath, the corporate stated.
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“Once we open our doorways, our visitors will immerse themselves within the energetic sights of the Austin inventive group whereas concurrently serving a restorative relationship to the Hill Nation’s pure magnificence,” 1 Motels Founder and CEO Barry Sternlicht stated in a written assertion.
The Rainey Road property marks 1 Motels’ entry into the Texas market. The corporate has accommodations in New York, West Hollywood, South Seashore, Toronto, San Francisco and China.
Lincoln Property and Kairoi Residential are creating the 98 Purple River high-rise, which upon completion might turn out to be the tallest constructing in Texas. The present tallest high-rise within the state is the 75-story, 1,002-foot JPMorgan Chase Tower (previously Texas Commerce Tower) in downtown Houston.
In Austin, 98 Purple River is predicted to be taller than one other skyscraper at the moment underneath development — a 66-story, 875-foot-tall mixed-use tower named Sixth and Guadalupe after its location downtown. Sixth and Guadalupe can also be being developed by Lincoln Property and Kairoi Residential.
Presently, Austin’s tallest accomplished constructing is the 58-story Impartial — nicknamed the “Jenga tower” for its offset design — which is 690 ft tall.
1 Motels is operated by SH Motels & Resorts, which is an affiliate of worldwide personal funding agency Starwood Capital Group. 1 Motels launched in 2015 and at the moment has initiatives in improvement in cities together with Nashville, Cabo San Lucas, Paris, London, Copenhagen and Melbourne.
The 1 Motels announcement comes as Austin’s lodge market continues to rebound from the financial blow dealt by the COVID-19 pandemic. Paul Vaughn, senior vp at Source Methods, a San Antonio-based consulting agency that tracks the lodging trade, stated the Austin market is “on a powerful path, however it’ll nonetheless be recovering misplaced floor over the course of the subsequent yr or extra.”
The downtown Austin lodge market, with its focus of higher-priced accommodations, was hit laborious through the pandemic and has been one of many slowest to get well within the Austin metro space, Vaughn stated.
Throughout all the five-county Austin-Spherical Rock area, total lodge income within the first quarter greater than doubled from the year-ago quarter and even topped total income within the first quarter of 2019 by nearly 11%, he stated.
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“That is nice information and factors to a constructive total restoration trajectory, however some areas of the market are coming again quicker than others,” he stated.
Leisure and private journey have returned quicker than enterprise and group journey, he stated. Luxurious and upscale accommodations that cater to higher-end enterprise vacationers have been even slower to get well.
Dewitt Peart, president and CEO of the Downtown Austin Alliance, stated downtown has 5 accommodations underneath development and 5 extra deliberate.
“Within the subsequent couple years we’ll have 10 new accommodations that can add about 1,000 rooms to downtown’s lodge provide,” Peart just lately instructed the American-Statesman.
Because the lodge trade emerges from the COVID downturn, Austin is being focused by various luxurious manufacturers trying to enter the market.
In terms of new lodge openings in 2022, Austin is second solely to New York, in accordance with a Lodging Econometrics report.
Of the highest 50 markets within the U.S., New York is predicted to have 77 accommodations with 10,934 rooms, for a 9% progress fee. Austin is subsequent with a forecast of 26 accommodations with 3,387 rooms on the way in which, the report stated.
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Amongst these on the way in which is a 17-story citizenM lodge, which is rising in a former parking zone within the coronary heart of downtown at Colorado and Seventh streets. The lodge is predicted to open in 2023.
“As an thrilling cultural heart and an influential tech and enterprise hub, Austin has been on our radar for years,” stated Ernest Lee, citizenM’s managing director for the Americas. “Now, with town’s emergence as one among North America’s most important locations for data staff, it’s cementing its place on the nationwide stage.”
Different Austin downtown lodge initiatives within the works embrace two Hyatt-brand accommodations at Fifth and Brazos Streets. Not too long ago opened is boutique luxurious lodge Thompson Austin, a 229-room property on San Jacinto that features the smaller 193-unit tommie Austin on the similar location.
Statesman reporter Shonda Novak contributed to this report.
FOX 7 Austin’s Dennis de la Pena and producer Julian Martinez talk about the College Football Playoff semifinal matchup between the Texas Longhorns and the Ohio State Buckeyes!
ARLINGTON, Texas – The Texas Longhorns and Ohio State Buckeyes will face off in Arlington, Texas on Friday in the College Football Playoff semifinal.
The winner of the game between Texas (13-2) and Ohio State (12-2) will go on to play Notre Dame in the national championship.
Neither quarterback in this game is a stranger to playing in Arlington.
Ohio State quarterback Will Howard and Ewers both won Big 12 championships the last time they played at AT&T Stadium.
Texas won the Big 12 in its last season in the conference last year. Howard transferred to Ohio State from Kansas State. He led the Wildcats to a Big 12 championship win over then-undefeated TCU two years ago.
The best matchup of the game could be Texas All-American senior cornerback Jahdae Barron vs. standout Buckeyes freshman receiver Jeremiah Smith. Barron won the Thorpe Award, which is given to the nation’s top defensive back. But Barron gives up four inches and 15 pounds to Smith, the second-team All-American who may be the most electric freshman in the country. Smith has 70 receptions for 1,224 yards and 14 touchdowns. Smith has four touchdowns in these playoffs.
Predictions are made by the Data Skrive betting model.
FOX Sports Analyst Joel Klatt went with Ohio State in his prediction for the Cotton Bowl. Klatt says the Buckeyes are playing the best football in the country right now and the fact that the game is being played in Texas is keeping the line (Texas +6) lower than it should be.
The winner of the Longhorns and Buckeyes game will take on Notre Dame in the championship game.
The game will be held at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, where the Longhorns played in the SEC Championship and against Arizona State in the College football playoff.
The Source: Information in this article comes from the College Football Playoff, the Associated Press and FOX Sports.
TEXAS — The 89th Texas Legislature will start on Jan. 14 with 181 lawmakers.
The House of Representatives’ organization will be managed by Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson, who will also select temporary officers. The Secretary leads until a Speaker of the House is elected.
Secretary Nelson announced that Walter Fisher and Sharon Carter were appointed as parliamentarians for the House’s session inauguration.
“This is a duo with extensive parliamentary knowledge and the experience to guide the opening of the 89th Legislative Session,” said Secretary Nelson. “With the support of these individuals, we will make sure the organizing of the House is a fair, transparent and orderly process.”
The 150 members of the Texas House of Representatives and the 31 members of the Texas Senate will be sworn in as the 89th Legislature on Tuesday. The legislature will meet until June 2.
You are able to watch the Senate proceedings on opening day at this website.
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — KXAN is keeping track of the number of homicides in Austin.
As of Jan. 9, two homicides have been reported thus far in 2025.
Last year, 70 homicides were reported, down from 75 in 2023 and 71 in 2022. A record 88 homicides were reported in 2021.
The charts below will be updated as we learn new information. Scroll down for a map of where each homicide occurred.
The chart below shows how the number of homicides reported in recent years changed through the year.
Below is a map showing where homicides occurred in 2025. The map is interactive, so clicking on or hovering over a dot will reveal information about that incident. You can also click on a month in the top left to show only homicides that occurred during that month.
The chart below shows the number of homicides reported each month in 2025.
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