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AUSTIN-The 195-unit Austonian is set to begin construction inlate summer, with its sales office slated to open in late April.The estimated $200-million condominium project has encountered somehurdles in its move from the design board to reality, but nothinginsurmountable from the designer or architect's perspective.

"The city is pretty specific. Any property that abuts Congresshas a 60-foot setback limit. That dictated our podium, whichcontains the retail, the lobby for the condo and the majority ofour parking," says Kurt Hull, principal with Houston-based ZieglerCooper Architects, the architect of record for the project at 200Congress Ave. Because of the setback requirement and heightrestrictions, the building is an elliptical design with a 29,000-sffootprint on one-third of a city block.