3 years since plane crash into Echelon

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Monday marks the three-year anniversary of the destruction of the Echelon Building in Northwest Austin -- and KVA Inc., the commercial property management company, is trying to forget what happened that day.

Andrew Joseph Stack flew a small airplane into the side of the glass-and-steel structure, and the criminal action drew national attention, including that of Homeland Security officials. Stack, 53, died in the crash, as did Vernon Hunter, an Internal Revenue Service employee. The investigation showed Stack was a man with a grudge against the IRS. Stack owned a software company called Embedded Art and posted a rambling, suicidal manifesto on his website that morning, writing that violence "is the only answer."

Kevin Kimball, of KVA, Inc. , said Monday that the three-story facility is completely renovated and ready to be leased out. He is talking with a few companies, some local and some from other states, about moving into the restored building located near State Highway 183 and MoPac Boulevard. Kimball was not at liberty to give the names of the companies.

"We're finishing up the lobby area, and the building is ready for a tenant," Kimball said. "We don't want to rent it to someone who only wants 1,000 square feet, but are looking for someone to take at least two floors."

Monday, Kimball said contractors were finishing up final work on the lobby area.

The building houses a total of 62,192 square feet  and is priced at a cost of $18.75 per square foot. KVA, Inc. is asking for tenants to sign a lease from between 36 months to 120 months.