Kevin Burns built The Modern as his flagship — and built this floor as his own private office. Now it's ours to make into a private GP house, across from Waterline, on Rainey.
Arena|Modern runs on one principle: proximity to the right people is the rarest commodity in venture. So we put them in one room — kept small on purpose, assembled by hand — and let the hallway do the compounding.
We did not build a coworking floor. We built the dining room of a club, and then we put the desks around it. — Evan Baehr, Founder, Arena Hall
The corner of Davis & Rainey, on Lady Bird Lake — the densest, most walkable cluster downtown. Your guests' hotels are a short walk; the lake and the trail are out the door.
Kevin Burns builds the most extraordinary buildings in Austin. The Modern is his flagship — a 56-story tower on Rainey, across from Waterline (the tallest tower in Texas, opening this week) and the Confluence, Austin's new lakefront park with 15,000 trees.
We lost the Yeti space — Yeti took it. Then a miracle: the floor Kevin built as his own private office came open. Steel-frame doors. Four terraces. Two kitchens. We have the lease in front of us. So we're turning it into Arena Studio.
Members-only — all-day snacks, drinks & smoothies, set up for your meetings.
Member lounges with catering kitchens and downtown views.
Dining rooms with chef's kitchens — built for LP dinners and roundtables.
An upper-floor sky lounge with sunset views over the lake.
Outdoor dining, fireside lounges, and an outdoor theater.
On-site suites — put visiting LPs and partners a floor away.
Concierge, secure access, and arrival handled.
Steps to the Ann & Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail and the Confluence.
Walk Score 93 — Emmer & Rye, Banger's, and the district at the door.
The full floor, wrapped in glass with terraces on every side. Offices and pods on the perimeter, open desks at the core, and more private meeting space than a group this size will ever need — so it's never a scramble for a room.
The floor — four terraces (green), private offices & suites (blue), open desks & lounges (orange), pods & phone rooms (red).
Two large conference rooms · three 8–14 person meeting spaces on the terraces · five dedicated phone pods · flex pods. Tons of private space for calls and meetings.
Desk, pod, office, or the Terrace Suite — every seat includes the full floor and every amenity in the building. The unit just decides how much of it has a door on it.
| Seat | Monthly | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Terrace Suite8 people · its own private terrace | $12,000 | 1 |
| Board Room Officepremium glass meeting office | $8,000 | 1 |
| 4-Person Office · exteriorwindow, light | $7,000 | 1 |
| 4-Person Office · interiorenclosed, quiet | $6,000 | 2 |
| Executive Office · exterior2 people, window | $5,000 | 1 |
| Executive Office · interior2 people, enclosed | $4,500 | 2 |
| Solo Private Officea door of your own | $3,000 | 2 |
| Office Podenclosed single, built for this floor | $2,500 | 4 |
| Dedicated Deskin the open area | $1,000 | 10 |
Up to 46 seats at full · ~25 in daily use · all on a first-come, first-served basis.
Parking — building spots available at $350/month each, plus dedicated guest parking.
Daily lunch — every tenant is on the M–F lunch program at $25/day per person; guests welcome within limits.
We hold a 2-year lease on the floor. We'll ask you to sign for one year, with a one-year extension. If you'd rather move back to Arena Gibson when it reopens (~February), we'll pro-rate whatever's left.
20–30 spots in the building at $350/mo each, plus dedicated guest parking. Across from the lake, steps from the trail.
At the occupancy we expect, we'll run this at a loss — on purpose. We're not building it to make money. We're building it to keep this community together and give it an A+ private home while Gibson is down.
The tallest tower in Texas just opened directly across the street — bringing the 1 Hotel and what will be the nicest place in Austin to eat, drink, and take a coffee outside, right on Waller Creek and the Waterloo Greenway.
Austin's most anticipated hotel — your LPs' new front door, a two-minute walk away.
What will be the nicest place in Austin to take a meeting outside, on the water.
A creekside park deck made for open-air gathering, steps from the floor.
We execute the lease in 8 days. Seats are first-come, first-served — if you know you're in, the time to say so is now.
Drinks with Kevin Burns at his penthouse next week, then we walk the floor together. We'll line up a few other tour times too — tell me what works.