Waterline (Austin)

{{Short description|Skyscraper in Austin, Texas, USA}} {{more citations needed|date=May 2024}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox building | name = Waterline Tower | image = Waterline_(Austin).jpg | caption = Status as of March 3, 2026 | location = 98 Red River, Austin, Texas, US | coordinates = {{Coord|30.261563|-97.739145|display=inline,title}} | status = topped-out | construction_start_date = 2022 | opening_date = 2026 | floor_count = 74 | roof = {{convert|1025|ft|m|abbr=on}} | structural_engineer = Brockette/Davis/Drake, Inc. | main_contractor = DPR Construction<ref>{{cite web |last=Rambin |first=James |date=2024-06-18 |url=https://austin.towers.net/austins-record-setting-waterline-supertall-is-halfway-done-downtown/ |title=Austin's Record-Setting Waterline 'Supertall' Is Halfway Done Downtown |website=TOWERS.net}}</ref> | cost = $520 million<ref name="enr">{{Cite web |title=Austin's Waterline Skyscraper Rises to New Heights |url=https://www.enr.com/articles/58683-austins-waterline-skyscraper-rises-to-new-heights |access-date=2026-04-22 |website=www.enr.com |language=en|publisher=Engineering News-Record|date=2024-05-21|first=Daniel|last=Tyson|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530205819/https://www.enr.com/articles/58683-austins-waterline-skyscraper-rises-to-new-heights|url-status=live|archive-date=2024-05-30}}</ref> | developer = Lincoln Property Company, Kairoi Residential<ref name="enr"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Ben |date=2025-07-31 |title=Waterline, Texas' new tallest tower, tops out in Austin |url=https://communityimpact.com/austin/south-central-austin/development/2025/07/31/waterline-texas-new-tallest-tower-tops-out-in-austin/ |access-date=2026-04-22 |website=Community Impact |language=English |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250731221431/https://communityimpact.com/austin/south-central-austin/development/2025/07/31/waterline-texas-new-tallest-tower-tops-out-in-austin/ |archive-date=2025-07-31 |url-status=live}}</ref> | architect = Kohn Pedersen Fox | website = {{URL|https://waterlineaustin.com/}} }}

'''Waterline''' is a supertall skyscraper topped-out in Austin, Texas, United States. Planned to be {{Convert|1025|ft|m}} tall, it will be a mixed-use building with residential, office, and hotel space.<ref name="CTBHU">{{Cite web |title=Waterline |url=https://waterlineaustin.com/overview/ |access-date=2026-01-18 |website=}}</ref> Upon topping out in August 2025, it became the tallest building in Austin and the tallest building in Texas as well as the tallest building in the Southern United States.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Galvan |first1=Jaime |title=Texas has a new tallest skyscraper — and it’s not in Houston anymore |url=https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-tallest-building-austin-waterline-houston-jpmorgan-chase/285-6197cae8-3382-4b51-8917-749829f72660 |website=KHOU 11 |publisher=KHOU-TV |access-date=6 August 2025}}</ref> Waterline is expected to be completed in 2026.<ref name="CTBHU"/>

== Tenants ==

Occupants of Waterline Austin will include '''1 Hotel Austin''', a 251-room hotel operated by Starwood Hotels, and '''Alteño''', a restaurant concept by the founders of the Denver-based and Michelin starred restaurant, Alma Fonda Fina. Alteño will serve Altos de Jalisco inspired Mexican food and is expected to open Summer 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gutierrez |first=Ana |date=2026-04-21 |title=Exclusive: Michelin-recognized Mexican concept to anchor restaurant at Austin’s tallest tower |url=https://www.statesman.com/entertainment/dining/article/michelin-mexican-restaurant-1-hotel-austin-rainey-22217893.php |access-date=2026-04-23 |website=Austin American-Statesman |language=en}}</ref>

== Location ==

Waterline is bordered, on the east, by the Rainey Street Historic District and on the west by Waller Creek. North of the building is Cesar Chavez Street and a few blocks south of ''Waterline'' is Lady Bird Lake.

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Category:Buildings and structures under construction in the United States Category:Skyscrapers in Austin, Texas Category:Kohn Pedersen Fox buildings