Sixth and Guadalupe Mixed-Use Tower Tops Out as the Tallest Tower in Austin

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Standing taller than any current building in Austin, Sixth and Guadalupe has topped out at its final height of 865 feet. This much-anticipated milestone has been two and a half years of a steady vertical climb and was met successfully, even with a backdrop of skilled labor shortages, a pandemic, and market inflation.

Sixth and Guadalupe is owned and managed by Kairoi Residential, Lincoln Property Company, and DivcoWest. Construction is led by JE Dunn Construction and designed by Gensler.

"To accomplish the top out of Sixth is big for this team and for me personally," said Steve Welton, Vice President, and Project Executive for JE Dunn, and who has been a leader on the project since it was awarded to JE Dunn in late 2017. "This project challenged our team and has truly taught us the meaning of accountability, teamwork, client and design team alignment, and honestly, why we choose to work in construction. I'm so proud of our people."

Sixth and Guadalupe sets the bar for defining the function, beauty, and community integration of mixed use buildings. It is a 2.2 million square foot, 66-story tower that stacks 14 levels of parking, 19 levels of Class A office space, and 32 levels of high-end residential on an entire city block in one of downtown Austin's most walkable and popular areas.

It will also include 10,000 square feet of street-level retail and has the largest elevated outdoor amenity space in Austin.

"We have assembled a remarkable team to build what we believe will be the finest residential experience in all of Austin. We are proud of the entire team involved in bringing this project to fruition and we are looking forward to celebrating this successful milestone with our team and partners," said Tony Curp, Executive Vice President of Development at Kairoi.

Over the last year, Austinites, visitors, and travelers on I-35 have witnessed the visual impact of Sixth and Guadalupe on the Austin skyline as it grew to its final height.

"Sixth and Guadalupe is designed to provide unique live and work experiences with a mix of amenities, including a 32,000 sq ft park in the sky, and an activated ground floor that takes advantage of the walkability at such a high-profile location," said Ed Muth, Principal, Gensler. "Congratulations to our team and partners on this important milestone — we look forward to celebrating the opening of this iconic building next year."

Sixth and Guadalupe will be completed late summer of 2023.  The project team continues to focus on installing the remaining curtainwall system for the building façade and is shifting focus to interior buildout of residential units, amenity areas, lobbies, and streetscapes.

"There are a lot of firsts with this project – it's the tallest for Austin, it's the tallest JE Dunn has ever built, and this entire team is really pioneering this level of design and construction," said Forrest Wilson, Vice President and Project Executive on the project, "And this project is done by a team that is on the ground everyday with hundreds of skilled workers every day. To have such an engaged and dedicated team on a project that will be almost four years in the making is phenomenal."

The topping out milestone was celebrated with a lunch for all skilled workers and the project operations teams along with the tradition of raising a signed beam at the top of the building.

JE Dunn Construction, founded in 1924, is domestic general building contractor in the United States with offices in 26 locations. Our vision is to be an indispensable business partner for our clients by first understanding their purpose, goals, and customers and then delivering transformational solutions with certainty of results. We maintain a commitment to our clients and their building goals while being true to our guiding principles — the philosophy of our business operation which is both family and employee-owned. JE Dunn's purpose is to enrich lives through inspired people and places. www.jedunn.com

Kairoi Residential is a partner-led company with a unified approach to investing, developing, and managing multifamily communities. Kairoi has been involved in the business of developing and owning multifamily properties since 2002. Over the course of our existence, we have developed or owned in excess of 65,000 units in many cities and states across the country. Kairoi Residential has developed approximately $2.5B in new developments in San Antonio, Dallas, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Miami, and Austin. For more information, please visit: www.kairoi.com [kairoi.com]

Lincoln Property Company (LPC), founded in 1965 by its chairman Mack Pogue, is a privately-owned real estate firm involved in real estate investment, development, property management and leasing worldwide. Lincoln's international reputation for successful management of their own properties quickly attracted a large client base of owners and investors who recognized the value that LPC could provide in development, property management, brokerage, investing, advisory, construction management, engineering and all real estate consulting services. LPC has developed over 148 million SF of commercial space with an additional 8 million SF currently under development. Today, Lincoln Property Company is one of the most respected and diversified service firms in the United States, serving a growing client base that reaches coast-to-coast, as well as into Mexico and Europe. For more information, please visit www.lpc.com [lpc.com]

DivcoWest, a DivCore Capital company, was founded in 1993 by Stuart Shiff and is a vertically-integrated real estate investment firm headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Cambridge, Los Angeles, Menlo Park, Washington D.C., and New York City. Known for long-standing relationships and experience across the risk-spectrum in innovation markets, DivcoWest combines entrepreneurial spirit with an institutional approach to commercial real estate. DivcoWest aims to create environments that inspire ingenuity, promote growth, and enhance health and well-being. Since inception, DivcoWest and its predecessor have acquired approximately 59 million square feet of commercial space - primarily throughout the United States. DivcoWest's real estate portfolio currently includes existing and development properties in the office, R&D, lab, industrial, retail, and multifamily spaces. www.divcowest.com

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SOURCE JE Dunn Construction Company