Urbanspace CEO Kevin Burns looks out at Lady Bird Lake from the 56th floor penthouse at The Modern at the corner of Rainey and Davis in Downtown Austin on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024.

Two high-profile projects Hughes helped finance were the Seaholm Residences and the Independent (also known as the "Jenga tower"), each of which Burns' Urbanspace marketed and sold. "Kevin and the ...

Kevin Burns' career has been building up to his 56-story high-rise in downtown Austin. ... For Burns, founder and CEO of Austin-based Urbanspace, ...

For Burns, founder and CEO of Austin-based Urbanspace, the occasion of the "topping out," as it is called in the real estate industry, was much more than just the building's structural framework ...

Urbanspace CEO Kevin Burns looks out at Lady Bird Lake from the 56th floor penthouse at The Modern at the corner of Rainey and Davis in Downtown Austin on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024.

A week ago Friday, and despite a fear of heights (at least in unfinished buildings), I boarded a construction elevator to tour the Modern Austin Residences. That's the 56-story tower real estate ...