A man died after falling off a building at a construction site which will be the new location for vacation rental business HomeAway in Austin, Texas

AUSTIN, TEXAS (KXAN) —


A man died after falling at a north Austin construction site Tuesday morning, Austin-Travis County EMS said.

The man in his 50s was pronounced dead at the scene in the 11800 block of Alterra Parkway near the intersection with Domain Drive, which is near the Domain Northside.

Police say it's unclear if the man was a construction worker who fell off a building around 6:42 a.m. His death doesn't appear to be suspicious or a construction accident. No one else was hurt.

The building under construction will be the new location for vacation rental business HomeAway.


OSHA has opened an investigation into this incident, but police say the man was not an employee of the construction company.
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AUSTIN, TEXAS
 
A man died after falling off a building at a construction site Tuesday morning, according to Austin Travis-County EMS.

Officials responded to the call at the 11800 block of Alterra Pkwy, near The Domain, at around 6:41 a.m.

Police say the victim, a male in his 50’s, died at the scene.

No further information was immediately released.

This is a developing story. Check back for details.

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HomeAway opens new space-age offices at the Domain
Vacation rental company continues to boom
By Cindy Widner@CurbedAustin Jul 31, 2018, 3:56pm CDT
 

The Forum in HomeAway’s new office building Courtesy of HomeAway


If the short-term-rental industry is facing some kind of existential crisis, you’d never know it by looking at HomeAway. The global vacation rental company, which originated and is headquartered in Austin (and is now owned by Expedia), opened another local office building Tuesday—its sixth in the city and its second at the Domain. A third, larger Domain-area HomeAway building is also under construction.

The company’s newest office is located in a 20,000-square-foot building the company dubbed “D3” at 11501 Domain Drive and has space for 140 employees. It will house several of HomeAway’s product and development teams as well as serving as what the company called a “testing ground” for features being considered for the larger building, slated to open in 2019.

In the meantime, designers appear to have had fun with D3. As with all of HomeAway’s local buildings, it has an interior design theme that is played out in motifs throughout the space. This one has a sort of space-age atmosphere, one that seems to reference variants of Star Trek and similar shows and films from many generations.

The new office space features large, futuristic open areas as well as smaller meeting and collaboration areas that would look at home on any number of cinematic spaceships.


The building has bistro seating and a cold-brew coffee kegerator in its kitchen area.





The company’s third Domain building, called D11, will be 16 stories tall. It’s currently under construction and is expected to be completed next year.