Answer: How the direct observation of construction work conflicts with industry timelines.
Answer: How the direct observation of construction work conflicts with industry timelines.
98 Red River in Austin, TX, photographed on July 3, 2025, 27 days before topping out, provides verification for given construction timelines and industry timelines.
May 2020 - Site is excavated, shored and basement floor well under construction.
April 2021 - Basement floor, ground floor and 14 levels of above ground parking completed.
6th & Guadalupe topped out in 30 months.
Ground broke on this 58 floor tower in the middle of March, 2022.
Source: https://www.commercialsearch.com/news/tishman-speyer-ryan-cos-kick-off-austin-high-rise-project/
The architect confirms the tower has 13 floors of parking.
Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUldU7vFYqO/?img_index=2
By October 2022, 7 months after breaking ground, the ATX Tower had completed its shoring, excavation, ground anchoring and 1 sub-level.
Photo Credit: https://www.downtownaustinphoto.com/atx-tower/3edt8qks0d6tb51i7749j4ds87k5vo
By March 21, 2023, The ATX Tower had completed its 11th above ground parking floor (13 total).
In 5 months 12 parking floors were constructed for a build rate of 2.4 floors per month. (12 floors ÷ 5 months = 2.4)
On the other hand, the directly observed The Republic had only its 4th parking level framing underway.
The ATX Tower topped out on July 23, 2024 in 28 months.
Source: https://austin.urbanize.city/post/atx-tower-topout-tishman-speyer-ryan
The ATX Tower (excavation at top of picture) had 13 parking levels to The Republic's 15 and broke ground 3 months before The Republic.
74 floors in 37.5 months = 1.97 Floors per Month
66 floors in 30 months = 2.2 Floors per Month
58 floors in 28 months = 2.07 Floors per Month
44 Floors in 29 months = 1.5 Floors per Month
As previously noted, The Republic is 44 floors, while marketed as 48. Its floor count starts on P4 and Floor 13 is omitted. Such marketing being employed on other projects could not be verified, though 13 is commonly excluded.
The site continues in the section Time II with the photo time lapse documentation of a floor being constructed at the site of The Republic in Austin, TX.