economic climate

W Receives Financing: Averts Crisis

AustinTowers Downtown Condo Blog  Fri, 10/23/2009 - 8:32pm

The W Austin Hotel and Residences is an important project for downtown Austin. It's located at the heart of the emerging Second Street District.

It's a $300 million multi-use project including a much-needed hotel, a prominent condo project, retail, and entertainment.

It's the home of the new Austin City Limits studio.



 

It's Tough Being Rich (Apparently)

Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Fri, 05/01/2009 - 3:00pm

On top of all the other afflictions that come with being rich – like paying more overall in taxes because they have more to start off with – the wealthy now have to deal with the guilt that comes from eating foie gras and driving Beamers during a recession: