Austin | 600 E. Riverside PUD | 510 Feet | ~50 Floors | Proposed

The ATX · #1 Posted **Jun 6, 2025, 6:13 PM**

Project details are now available for the 600 E. Riverside PUD. The PUD request was filed on 05/23/25. This is the Cidercade site that was previously a Joe's Crabshack.

The tower will be 510' with 200 residential units and 8K Sq. Ft. of ground floor retail or restaurant use. The PUD filing:

https://abc.austintexas.gov/web/perm...ertyrsn=753770

Riverranchdrone · #2 Posted **Jun 6, 2025, 6:18 PM**

Awe. I do not approve. That site has such a great view of downtown. I rather enjoy the older games at Cidercade. Plus its affordable.

The ATX · #3 Posted **Jun 6, 2025, 6:34 PM**

Endeavor is the developer making this a more realistic project. They are of course, also the Statesman site developer.

Urbannizer · #4 Posted **Jun 6, 2025, 6:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by Riverranchdrone

Awe. I do not approve. That site has such a great view of downtown. I rather enjoy the older games at Cidercade. Plus its affordable.

I too enjoy Cidercade, very few family oriented entertainment spaces in central Austin. This was bound to happen though, very prime site for redevelopment. Hopefully Cidercade relocates and Endevaor proposes retail/restaurant space along the waterfront.

chinchaaa · #5 Posted **Jun 6, 2025, 6:45 PM**

Cidercade is a dump. Really hope to see more stuff along the boardwalk. It needs to be more like the Beltline in Atlanta with housing and restaurants etc along it. This spot can be so many better things and more connected with the boardwalk.

LiveattheOasis · #6 Posted **Jun 6, 2025, 7:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by chinchaaa

Cidercade is a dump. Really hope to see more stuff along the boardwalk. It needs to be more like the Beltline in Atlanta with housing and restaurants etc along it. This spot can be so many better things and more connected with the boardwalk.

I think it can be uplifted and better used for sure, but we need to keep family-oriented spaces as parts of these PUDs, or we will get a point where families don't live in town.

Hopefully we can find a way to do both in developments like these.

ILUVSAT · #7 Posted **Jun 6, 2025, 7:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

Project details are now available for the 600 E. Riverside PUD. The PUD request was filed on 05/23/25. This is the Cidercade site that was previously a Joe's Crabshack.

...and before that, a Magic Time Machine.

The ATX · #8 Posted **Jun 7, 2025, 12:10 AM**

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...and before that, a Magic Time Machine.

Yes! A magical place it was indeed.

ATX2030 · #9 Posted **Jun 7, 2025, 4:56 PM**

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Yes! A magical place it was indeed.

Loved that place. Had Wonder Woman as our waitress one time and she was hot!

Height like that on the south side of the river will really start to give DT a "big" city feel!

The ATX · #10 Posted **Jun 7, 2025, 5:39 PM**

Here's the site in 1971. It opened in 1965 as a Polynesian themed restaurant called Lahala House. It was remodeled by the time the photo was taken and became Steak Island. LBJ apparently liked eating at Steak Island. After Steak Island it became the Magic Time Machine later in the 70s. I was surprised to learn that there is still a Magic Time Machine in San Antonio and one in the Dallas burbs.

https://www.facebook.com/AustinHisto...9929885049175/

Armybrat · #11 Posted **Jun 7, 2025, 3:50 PM**

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...and before that, a Magic Time Machine.

Had dinner there several times back in the day.

This new development should enhance the real estate value along that strip of waterfront.
My family’s old next door neighbor owned the two story office building adjacent to its west side. His kids still own it, last I heard.

clubtokyo · #12 Posted **Jun 7, 2025, 3:48 AM**

Good denisty!

KevinFromTexas · #13 Posted **Jun 8, 2025, 3:33 AM**

Boo. I love Cidercade.

Urbannizer · #14 Posted **Sep 12, 2025, 10:43 PM**

Extension of downtown Austin skyline to continue south of Lady Bird Lake

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While formal city approvals are likely months away, council members also considered plans for a 510-foot residential tower at the nearby Cidercade property on Lady Bird Lake in early September.

The nearby lakeshore project from Endeavor Real Estate Group would include 200 condominiums and 8,000 square feet of ground-level commercial space, replacing the arcade bar now operating at 600 E. Riverside Drive.

Plans for the nearly 50-story tower are required to move through initial city development assessments before official PUD rezoning. PUDs are typical for larger, complicated projects to grant more flexibility and building entitlements in exchange for public benefits like parkland, affordable housing or utility improvements.

The new tower will be situated off Riverside, away from the waterways where Cidercade currently sits. The redevelopment will also reduce impervious cover—surfaces like buildings and parking lots that can't absorb rainfall—by about 14%. Other benefits planned include:
Pedestrian-facing commercial space to "activate" the Riverside corridor
The restoration of up to 10,000 square feet as a "floodplain forest" with various plant types
New water quality treatment infrastructure for the tower, as well as some Riverside Drive runoff that currently drains into the lake
Energy-efficient building standards
While it's a residential project, no on-site affordable housing is proposed, and Endeavor would instead contribute to the city's affordable housing fund.