Editing Austin, Texas (section)

====Downtown====
{{Main|Downtown Austin}}The central business district of Austin is home to the tallest condo towers in the state, with [[The Independent (Austin, Texas)|The Independent]] (58 stories and {{convert|690|ft|abbr=on}} tall) and [[The Austonian]] (topping out at 56 floors and {{convert|685|ft|abbr=on}} tall). The Independent became the tallest all-residential building in the U.S. west of [[Chicago]] when topped out in 2018. In 2005, then-Mayor Will Wynn set out a goal of having 25,000 people living downtown by 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 2008 |title=Booming downtown Austin condo market |url=http://firstcallaustin.com/news3.htm |website=Austin-American Statesman |access-date=June 11, 2009 |archive-date=February 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203105448/http://firstcallaustin.com/news3.htm }}</ref> Although downtown's growth did not meet this goal, downtown's residential population did surge from an estimated 5,000 in 2005 to 12,000 in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 4, 2015 |title=The surprising backstory of Austin's goal for 25,000 downtown residents |url=http://www.mystatesman.com/news/local/the-surprising-backstory-austin-goal-for-000-downtown-residents/rDWcPfE9y2yOejCC6OqCHO/ |website=Austin-American Statesman |access-date=March 26, 2017 |archive-date=March 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326140103/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/local/the-surprising-backstory-austin-goal-for-000-downtown-residents/rDWcPfE9y2yOejCC6OqCHO/ }}</ref> The skyline has drastically changed in recent years, and the residential real estate market has remained relatively strong. {{as of|2016|December}}, there were 31 high rise projects either under construction, approved or planned to be completed in Austin's downtown core between 2017 and 2020. Sixteen of those were set to rise above {{convert|400|ft|abbr=on}} tall, including four above 600', and eight above 500'. An additional 15 towers were slated to stand between 300' and 399' tall.