Fifth & West Residences
Residential high-rise in Austin Texas
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Fifth & West Residences is a 39-story residential skyscraper located at 501 West Ave. in Downtown Austin,[1] Texas. Designed by KTGY's Dallas Studio (formerly known as GDA Architects, LLC ), 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.
| Fifth & West Residences | |
|---|---|
Fifth & West from the Northeast | |
  Location within Texas | |
| Alternative names | Fifth & West |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Residential |
| Classification | Seventh tallest building in Austin |
| Location | 501 West Avenue, Austin, Texas, United States |
| Coordinates | 30°16′10.33″N 97°45′2.22″W |
| Groundbreaking | December 5th, 2014 |
| Completed | December 22nd, 2018 |
| Height | |
| Height | 459 feet (140 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 39 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | KTGY-GDA Architects |
| Developer | Riverside Resources |
| Other information | |
| Number of units | 154 |
| Website | |
| www | |
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.
