Posted Aug 27, 2009, 5:50 AM
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AUSTIN | Southeast Austin/Riverside Corridor Updates
http://www.statesman.com/business/co...826grayco.html
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GRAYCO EAST RIVERSIDE PROJECTS
Fight brewing over East Riverside development
Critics angry over height of planned buildings.
By Shonda Novak, Marty Toohey
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Opponents have mobilized for a fight Thursday at City Hall against an upscale apartment project that would be one of the biggest new developments along East Riverside Drive. The $200 million project, by Houston-based Grayco Partners, would include 1,200 apartments and 97,000 square feet of street-level retail space on about 30 acres bounded by Riverside, South Lakeshore Boulevard and Tinnin Ford Road.
The tallest of the six buildings could be up to 90 feet high, though the current design envisions a maximum of about 75 feet.
The vote Thursday would be the first big development decision by a City Council with two new members, and the first since the city reinstated 1986 rules that limit building heights along the lake.
The Grayco site is separated from the lake by Lakeshore and a city park. It is 390 feet from the shore at its closest point, and 650 at its farthest, said Grayco's attorney, Steve Drenner.
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