| Sixth and Guadalupe | |
| Location: | 400 W. 6th St., Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Start Date: | 2019 |
| Completion Date: | 2024 |
| Building Type: | Commercial |
| Roof: | 865feet |
| Floor Count: | 66 |
| Floor Area: | 1100000square feet |
| Architect: | Gensler |
| Main Contractor: | JE Dunn |
| Management: | Lincoln Property Company (commercial) and Kairoi Residential (residential) |
Sixth and Guadalupe is an under construction 66-story mixed-use skyscraper in Downtown Austin, Texas. On November 2, 2022, the building celebrated its topping out, making it the tallest building in Austin, surpassing The Independent,[1] and the sixth tallest building in Texas. The tower is expected to be completed in summer 2024.[2]
In 1925 a red-brick five-story hotel called the Alamo Hotel was built on the site. For a time this hotel was the home of Sam Houston Johnson, younger brother to President Lyndon B. Johnson.[3] The Alamo Hotel was also featured, briefly, in the music videos for Rock the Casbah and Pancho and Lefty.[4] [5] and was a former stomping ground of actor Harry Anderson.[6] In 1984 the Alamo Hotel was torn down to make way for a 27-story mixed use office-hotel complex called Lamar Financial Plaza which, if built, would have been the second tallest building in Austin at the time.[7] [8] [9] However, those plans were scrapped amidst the savings and loan crisis.[10]
In 1998, the former site of the Alamo Hotel was replaced with a 97-room Extended Stay America, amid controversy.[11] In 2019, the Extended Stay America was torn down and ground broke on the current building. On December 31, 2021, Meta signed a lease to occupy all eighteen floors of leasable office space,[12] however, on November 3, 2022, a Meta spokesperson said that in light of declining profits, Meta would instead sublease the office space it had signed a lease for.[13] On April 5, 2023, it was revealed that Kimbal Musk had signed a lease to open up a restaurant in Sixth and Guadalupe.[14]
Floors two through 12 contain 1,626 parking spots and 50 electric car charging stations, floors 14 through 32 contain square feet of office space and floors 34 through 66 contain a 349-unit apartment complex, Residences at 6G.[15] [16]
The building's unique angled shape is due to Texas Capitol View Corridors[17] [18] (
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