UPDATE. The Towering Isthmus: The Lux on West Johnson Street

October 13, 2016.  The final shots.  (Or so I say for now.)

All photos by Retiring Guy

Lap of luxury. Posh student apartments upend Madison housing market.  (Isthmus, 5/12/2016)

And there are even more projects in the pipeline. The Lux, a 12-story, 160-unit apartment complex, opens this summer on West Johnson Street; Uncommon, a 10-story, 179-unit building on North Bassett Street, opens this fall; and The James, a 12-story, 367-unit complex built by the same developer as The Hub, opens next summer on University Avenue.

Domain and Lux residents practically share balconies.

Other "Towering Isthmus" posts:
UPDATE. Anchor Bank Capital Square development. (10/22/2016)
UPDATE.  Another look at Ovation 309.  (10/22/2016)
UPDATE.  Oh, the sun shines bright on my hubbA hubBa home...".  (10/15/2016)
'Boutique' just means you can't afford to stay there.  (10/15/2016)
UPDATE.  Uncommon, the final shot.  (9/16/2016)
UPDATE.  Capitol's Edge Apartments, the final shots.  (9/16/2016)
Another development starts to rise along East Washington Avenue.  (8/23/2016)
AC Hotel Madison at East Washington & North Webster (view from Capitol observation deck).  (7/4/2016)
UPDATE:  The Lux on West Johnson Street.  (1/15/2016)
UPDATE:  Madison Plan Commission rejects 10-story boutique hotel to take place of Pahl Tire.  (10/14/2015)
UPDATE:  9 more stories to go.  (9/26/2015)
670,000 square foot development risin' on the 800 block of East Washington.  (4/19/2015)
Sleeping and entertainment destination to rise in the middle of this photo.  (1/11/2015)
A behemoth hogs the skyline from Bascom Hill.  (12/14/2014)
Cranes at dusk.  (12/11/2014)
UPDATE: The Towering Isthmus: The Towers of Porta Bella.  (11/23/2013)
The Hub, the new hulk in town.  (11/16/2014)
North Bedford Street Project Still in the Proposal Stage.  (11/11/2014)
Coming soon: Another chapter in The Towering Isthmus Saga? (9/19/2014)
Blue Velvet.  (9/10/2014)
The New Edgewater Hotel gets ready for its fireworks celebration.  (9/10/2014)
Among the first wave of towers on the Isthmus.  (9/9/2014)
For those of you who haven't stood at the intersection of West Gilman and State Street in Madison Wisconsin lately.  (9/9/2014)
A tree grows on West Gilman Street.  (9/9/2014)
Nobly or otherwise, this is no longer the question.  (9/8/2014)
Deconstruction complete at 17, 19, 25 North Webster and 201 East Mifflin Streets.  (9/7/2014)
The towering isthmus (left to right).  (8/27/2014)
The Towering Isthmus (and the 3 cranes): For folks who can afford the view.  (7/22/2014)
That Was Then, This is Now: The 400 Block of West Gilman.  (7/18/2014)
New housing rising.  (5/8/2014)
Cranes over Porta Bella.  (4/22/2014)



March 20, 2016
Bathed in sunlight.

Some Domain residents now have newly shady, almost shaved balconies.

Needed to photograph this behemoth from a different perspective.

The Lux: 

• A Listing of units.
• Floor plans and rents

Continuing to rise.  (9/24/2015)

The structure starts to rise.  (8/10/2015)

The view looking east on West Johnson.  (Not a Findorff crane.)  That's the Domain just beyond the construction site.

The foundation work is well underway.  (6/19/2015)

And say hello to this new hole in the ground.  (4/3/2015)

Photos by Retiring Guy

Johnson Bend, an upscale high-rise, will be taking shape here.

Original post starts here.

And say hello to 

• Luxury!
• Mechanical parking garage!!
• Rooftop pool!!!

Luxury apartments approved for Downtown.  (Wisconsin State Journal, 11/11/2014)

The Madison Plan Commission approved on a voice vote developer Les Orosz’s proposal for a 12-story, 160-unit apartment building at 425-435 W. Johnson St. The curved building would replace three existing apartment buildings. 

The building’s most notable feature — a roughly $3 million, 150-stall mechanical parking garage — caused a variety of questions from commissioners.

Meet the neighbors!

Here's a video, complete with groovy soundtrack, showing how a mechanical parking system works.