Towers project planned for Riverside Drive headed back to Council

A proposed redevelopment for at least two high-rise towers planned for the 4 acres located at 200 E. Riverside Drive, a key location in Austin’s South Central Waterfront area, is expected to return to the City Council agenda for possible rezoning approval on Nov. 7. The project from Garwald Company Inc. was originally slated for last week’s Council meeting but was delayed in part due to the extensive public comment on the city’s new labor contract with Austin Police Association. The mixed-use development would replace an existing unused office building and could reach a height of 500 feet, with residential and commercial spaces stated as the most likely uses during a September meeting of the Planning Commission where the property’s rezoning received a vote of support.