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Developers celebrated the new Waterline tower on Thursday after it reached its full height of 1,025 feet. It is connected to Austin Energy's District Cooling system!
According to Lincoln Property Co., the 74-story skyscraper on Red River Street downtown is the tallest building in the state.
It includes around 2.7 million square feet of space, which is roughly the size of 47 football fields. The tower, which looms over Waller Creek and Lady Bird Lake, will be divided into offices, residences, shops and restaurants, all with separate entrances, elevators and parking.
Andy Smith, Lincoln's senior vice president, said this multifunctional building was designed to meet all of Austin's needs in a central location and to connect downtown to Rainey Street.
"We were not planning on making it the tallest building; it just kind of morphed into that," he said. "We looked at high-end hotels, residentials, offices, and then when you started putting it all together on the size of the site that we had, it just made sense."
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