The Grove-Riverside Site is comprised of three (3) parcels: 2400 Grove Boulevard (46.7 acres), 5601 East Riverside (60.3 acres), and 2201 Grove Boulevard (18.48 acres). The Site is located at the intersection of East Riverside Drive and Grove Boulevard adjacent to the future Austin Light Rail and future Grove Station.
 

What’s New:

The City of Austin has contracted with a multi-disciplined consulting team to assist with initial site analysis.  This work includes site due diligence to evaluate environmental resources such as wetlands and creeks as well as tree surveying, topography, and geotechnical information.  We anticipate this work to be complete mid-summer of 2025.  Extensive community engagement will play a key role in creating a vision for future development on the Grove-Riverside Site and will begin once the site due diligence is completed.  If you have any questions about the project, are looking for more information, or generally just want to connect, please feel free to email the project team at Grove.Riverside@austintexas.gov. 
 

About the Grove-Riverside Site:

The Grove-Riverside Site is roughly 125 acres of publicly-owned land located in Council District 3 at the intersection of Grove Boulevard and East Riverside Drive adjacent to the Austin Light Rail and future Grove Station.  The Site is comprised of three parcels: 5601 East Riverside Drive which was purchased in 2024 using Project Connect Anti-Displacement Funds, 2400 Grove Boulevard which was purchased in 2024 using tax-exempt general obligation debt, and 2201 Grove Boulevard which was purchased in 2021 by the Austin Housing Finance Corporation with 2018 General Obligation Bonds.
 

Timeline:

2024
2023
  • June 2023: The Austin City Council and the boards of both CapMetro and the Austin Transit Partnership approved the implementation plan for Austin Light Rail, setting the course for planning, design, and construction of Austin’s future light rail system.
2021
  • October 21, 2021: Austin Housing Finance Corporation approves Item AHFC004 authorizing negotiation and execution of all documents necessary to purchase to approximately 18.48-acre parcel located at 2201 Grove Boulevard.
  • June 10, 2021: Austin City Council passes Resolution 20210610-093 establishing goals around Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (ETOD).   
2020
2013
2010
2006
  • November 16, 2006: The City of Austin Comprehensive Plan and Future Land Area Maps are amended to include the East Riverside/Oltorf Combined Neighborhood Plan, which prioritizes rezoning that demonstrates benefits to the neighborhood, redevelopment that respects the existing neighborhoods, and preserves and protects environmental resources such as creeks, springs, and environmental features.  
2004
  • January, 2004: The Riverside Drive Branch reopens in its new facility at Grove and Riverside as the Daniel Ruiz Branch Library and is the largest branch library in the City of Austin at the time. 
2001
  • September 27, 2001: The City of Austin’s Comprehensive Plan and Future Land Use Map is amended to include the Montopolis Neighborhood Plan which prioritized improving quality of life for all ages through land use decisions, improving transportation safety and connections, and respecting the diverse character of the Montopolis Neighborhood while enhancing and enlivening the streetscape.   
2000
  • May, 2000: Community engagement for Montopolis Neighborhood Planning effort begins based on the initial University of Texas Montopolis Land Use Study.  Over the course of 11 months, regular bi-monthly meetings are held community stakeholders at the Montopolis Recreation Center and Dolores Catholic Church.
  • Tokyo Electron America, Inc. constructs expansion to original office building increasing their footprint to the roughly 142,000 square feet office building that exists today. 
1999
  • Tokyo Electron America, Inc. constructs a roughly 48,000 SF research and development building on 2400 Grove Boulevard.
  • September, 1999: Baty Elementary School is relocated to its current location at 2101 Faro Drive as part of the efforts to convert Austin Bergstrom Air Force Base from a military installation into an international airport.
1998
  • Austin voters approve replacement of the Riverside Drive Branch Library with a new and expanded facility. 
1996
  • Tokyo Electron America, Inc. completes office building for International Headquarters at 2400 Grove Boulevard.
  • Riverside Drive Branch Library Job Information Center is retired. 
1995
  • Tokyo Electron America, Inc. purchases 2400 Grove Boulevard and 5601 East Riverside Drive for new location of International Headquarters.
1990
  • Riverside Drive Branch Library is moved to a new location within the Riverside Place Shopping Center to accommodate added programming for a Job Information Center after receiving a federal grant. 
1985
  • Baty Elementary School, home of the Bobcats, is constructed in its original location across from Austin Bergstrom Airforce Base. 
1984
  • ACC East Riverside Campus opens at 1020 Grove Boulevard, becoming ACC’s third campus.  
1983
  • The Montopolis Branch Library outgrows its current space and moves to Rivertown Mall to be renamed the Riverside Drive Branch.
  • Austin Community College (ACC) trustees purchase 193 acres of land at Grove Boulevard and Riverside Drive, former home to the Austin Country Club, for construction of a new campus.  
1976
  • Land currently part of the Grove-Riverside Site is annexed into the Austin city limits. 
1972
  • Austin Community College is established as part of the Austin Independent School District as a two-year institution of higher education.   
1968
  • Montopolis Branch Library opens as the smallest branch in Austin library system located in a neighborhood shopping center at 735 Montopolis Drive.  It replaced a busy location outside a nearby community center where Austin’s Bookmobile was stationed for over a year.  The Austin Bookmobile operated from 1951 to 1979 with the goal of bringing library services to neighborhoods without their own branches.