101 Colorado St · 2nd Street District · 36 floors
A 36 story brick and glass tower at Second and Colorado Streets, across Cesar Chavez from Lady Bird Lake. Most homes are on floors 7 and up, above a five level garage, and a few are on the street floor.
Live prices, checked November 4, 2026
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18 homes listed today, cheapest first. Each price is the home's lowest rent on a 12 to 15 month lease.
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18 available homes from $2,979
Size
Move in
Floors
$2,979 a month
$3,299 a month
$3,302 a month
$3,362 a month
$3,369 a month
$3,387 a month
$3,399 a month
$3,399 a month
$3,407 a month
$3,427 a month
$3,482 a month
$3,507 a month
$3,902 a month
$4,047 a month
$4,457 a month
$4,567 a month
$4,612 a month
$5,235 a month
| Size | From | Sq ft | Per sq ft | Nearby, typical | Open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | $2,979 | 940 to 1022 | $3.00 | $2,684 | 14 |
| 2 bedroom | $4,457 | 1345 to 1569 | $3.31 | $4,111 | 4 |
No special on our last check. Checked November 4, 2026. "Nearby, typical" is the median within 0.5 miles.
Every home here pays $157.62 a month in fees on top of rent. Totals are for the lowest priced home of each size.
On top of that: renters insurance. Utilities depend on how much you use.
Renters liability insurance is required per leaseholder. The property's program is $14.50 a month, or bring your own third-party policy (the sheet estimates $18.75 a month). Not carrying it brings a $10.75 non-compliance charge.
From the property's own fee sheet, issued October 25, 2026: the property's fee page, read October 26, 2026.
$3,137a monthHome 1604, the lowest priced 1 bedroom available today: asking rent, $158 in required monthly fees and one parking space (in the fees). Change the home, lease, cars and pets below.
A special comes off only when it reaches this home on this lease, worked out the daily way most leasing offices use for specials. A part the property posts no amount for shows as not posted, never as $0. Utilities are billed by use and not included. Open the full cost calculator
No available home here has changed its asking rent since October 26, 2026.
Median of the available homes: $3,399 on Oct 26, $3,399 on Nov 4, lowest $3,399, highest $3,399. Lowest priced available home: $2,979 on Oct 26, $2,979 on Nov 4, lowest $2,979, highest $2,979.
Median of the available homes: $4,567 on Oct 26, $4,590 on Nov 4, lowest $4,512, highest $4,590. Lowest priced available home: $3,897 on Oct 26, $4,457 on Nov 4, lowest $3,897, highest $4,457.
The solid line is the middle of the asking rents for that size; the dashed line is the lowest priced one, where the cost card starts. From the tower's own listings. We started keeping this record on October 26, 2026 and have 9 days so far. Tap a home above to see its own price history.
For the same 1 bedroom floor plan, each floor up adds about $9 a month. From floor 7 to 34, that's about $243.
11 available homes from floor 7 to 34, each against the middle of its own floor plan, from −$355 to +$100.
From 11 available homes across 2 floor plans, compared within each plan so a bigger home never reads as a higher floor. Asking rents, November 4, 2026.
What each side looks at, how much sun it gets and what it costs.
You look across Second Street at The Austonian and the towers behind it. At night, residents on this side hear bar music from Fourth Street.
The 100 Congress office tower stands right next door and is almost as tall, so most floors look at its wall.
You look across Cesar Chavez at Lady Bird Lake and south Austin. Residents call this side quiet, and it's the view most people ask for.
You look west across Colorado Street over the 2nd Street District, with City Hall two blocks away.
From the property's floor plans, read October 26, 2026. North is up.
When direct sun can reach each side, through a July day and a January day.
North: 4.5 hours of direct sun in July, none in January. East: 7.0 hours of direct sun in July, 5.5 in January. South: 5.5 hours of direct sun in July, 9.5 in January. West: 6.5 hours of direct sun in July, 3.5 in January.
Worked out from where the sun sits over Austin on July 15 and January 15 and the way each wall faces. A neighboring tower can shade a wall for part of that time.
Height here doesn't set the price as much as you'd expect. The same plan can cost more on a lower floor than a higher one, so compare homes, not plans.
18 available homes, November 4, 2026. Lowest rent on a 12 to 15 month lease, before the special.
Ashton Austin's homes are big for downtown, and its south side looks over Lady Bird Lake. It's a 2009 tower with a rough recent past. Burglaries hit in December 2022, then water damage in February 2023 left it about a year with one working elevator.
Every written review we found on nine sites.
“They're spacious, sport 12 foot ceilings, have uncommonly well designed floorplans with huge floor-to-ceiling windows which soak in natural light”
“Since Feb 2023, there has been only one properly working elevator. There is also no freight elevator.”
“Entire floors were broken into and robbed December 2022 and this same burglary happen back in 2019.”
Years with five or more rated reviews.
Light part: the share that praise it.
| Site | Rating | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 4.2 | 192 | |
| ApartmentRatings | 4.1 | 81 |
| Apartments.com | 4.4 | 25 |
| Yelp | 3 | 16 |
| Yelp (old listing) | 3.5 | 39 |
| RentCafe | 4 | 14 |
| VeryApt | 7.1 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 |
Walking minutes from the front door. Lady Bird Lake is across Cesar Chavez, and the 2nd Street District's shops and restaurants start at the corner.
Walking routes from the front door, computed the day of the pull (October 26, 2026). Ratings from Google Maps.
| Drive to | Distance | Midday | 8:30 AM |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Domain | 11.9 mi | 22 min | 21 min |
| Tesla Gigafactory | 13.4 mi | 26 min | 24 min |
| Airport (AUS) | 12.5 mi | 28 min | 26 min |
| UT Austin | 2 mi | 12 min | 12 min |
| Downtown (Congress & 6th) | 0.5 mi | 5 min | 5 min |
Drive times for Tuesday departures at 1 PM and 8:30 AM.
Your trip to work and back from this tower, for the day and times you pick, with Google traffic estimates.
Three elevators serve 36 floors, with no freight car. After water damage in February 2023, residents had one working elevator for about a year, until about April 2024. Recent reviews say they work well.
Residents wrote that whole floors were burglarized in December 2022, after a 2019 burglary series KVUE reported. Reviews since 2024 praise the fob only elevators and locked lobby.
Reviews from 2025 to February 2026 complain about AC and plumbing failures, and a February 2026 renter moved into chipped floors and stained carpet. Ask to see the exact home you'll rent.
The street scores 67 out of 100 (higher is quieter), mostly from traffic. North side homes hear bar music from Fourth Street at night; residents call the lake side quiet.
The city issued 150 building permits within a third of a mile in the last year.
In the last 12 months, 485 reports came in for this small area around the building. Of those, 109 were against a person. The average for an area this size nearby is 89.
Keep our help free: on your first visit, tell leasing you're working with Austin High Rise Apartments. On your application, pick "Locator" under "How did you hear about us?" and write our name.
SXSW. SXSW Conferences and Festivals run March 15 to 21, 2027, with SXSW EDU from March 13. The conference centers on the Austin Convention Center and its showcases fill venues across downtown, so expect crowds, full restaurants and slower rides that week. A move in or tour that week takes more planning. This tower is under a mile from the Austin Convention Center.
Dates checked November 2, 2026: SXSW's 2027 dates announcement
Reports per month in the building's census block group, Nov 2025 to Sep 2026. May to Sep matched Nov to Mar.
Austin Police Department reports, City of Austin open data. Counts cover the area, not the building alone.
Price per square foot of the cheapest home of each size, today.
| Tower | Floors | Built | Studio | 1 bed | 2 bed | Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton Austin | 36 | 2009 | none listed | $3.00 | $3.31 | none |
| Hanover Brazos Street0.18 mi | 45 | 2023 | none listed | $3.17 | $2.99 | already in the price |
| 415 Colorado0.20 mi | 47 | 2025 | $3.96 | $4.29 | $4.08 | Up to 8 weeks free |
| Gables Republic Square0.21 mi | 24 | 2019 | $3.65 | $4.70 | $3.27 | none |
| Northshore0.23 mi | 38 | 2016 | none listed | $3.34 | $3.72 | 10 weeks free on penthouses |
Water damage in February 2023 took two of the three elevators out of service, and the building has no separate freight elevator. Residents wrote of waits of 15 minutes or more through 2023, and some got a one time rent cut. A resident wrote on August 1, 2024 that all three had worked for about four months. An August 2, 2026 review says waits are short. We found no news story on it; this comes from resident reviews.
Residents wrote that whole floors were broken into in December 2022, and KVUE listed the Ashton among downtown buildings hit in a 2019 burglary series. In 2023, residents said the elevators and stairwells weren't fob locked during the elevator repairs. Reviews since 2024 praise the locked lobby, fob only elevators and garage gate. A July 2025 review says the writer's storage unit was broken into and their car was damaged.
The property's fee table issued October 25, 2026 lists $157.62 a month in required charges. That is $150 for parking, $3 pest control, $3 trash admin and $1.62 stormwater admin. Electric, water and trash hauling are billed by use (the table estimates about $150 a month). Renters insurance is required. The application fee is $250 per applicant, and the deposit runs $500 to $5,000.
Yes. The fee table issued October 25, 2026 lists parking at $150 a month per home, required. A private garage is $500 a month and a reserved space $275, on top of that. Guest parking has a two hour limit, and residents report tows.
Cats and dogs, up to two. Apartments.com lists dog breeds that aren't allowed, among them pit bulls, Rottweilers, Dobermans, chows and akitas, and their mixes. The official site doesn't publish a list. The fee table lists a $450 fee and $30 a month per pet, plus a $25 to $30 yearly pet management fee. There's a pet relief area.
Residents call the south side, facing the lake, quiet. North side homes face downtown, and residents there report bar music from Fourth Street at night and early trash trucks. Many residents say the walls between homes are thick.
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