Fifth & West Residences is a 39-story residential skyscraper located at 501 West Ave. in Downtown Austin,[1] Texas. The tower is the twelfth tallest in Austin at 459 feet (140 m). Fifth & West is the fourth tallest all-residential tower in Austin, behind The Independent, The Austonian and 360 Condominiums. The building is located along a Capitol View Corridor,[2] creating a unique triangular tower atop a square podium base. The tower is located in the Shoal Creek floodplain.
History
Fifth & West started construction with almost a year of foundation-related delays. The small quarter-block site caused issues removing material from the underground parking garage excavation, and weather delays such as the 2015 Memorial Day Floods[3] added to the delays. In June 2016, a city pollution charge was filed after inspectors discovered runoff being funneled into nearby Shoal Creek.[4] After the tower's foundation reached ground level in November 2016, construction resumed the planned speed and finished in just over two years.
See also
References
- ^ Widner, Cindy (2017-12-21). "Peek inside new downtown residential tower". Curbed Austin. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- ^ "An Inside Look at Fifth & West". TOWERS. 2017-05-12. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
- ^ "The Central Texas Memorial Day Flood 2015 Is One for the History Books". Texas Monthly. 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
- ^ Schwaller, Kevin (2016-06-04). "Construction company charged with pollution in downtown Austin". KXAN. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
External links
Media related to Austin 5th & West Residences Tower at Wikimedia Commons
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