RiverView Apartments

Austin, Texas

RiverView exemplifies BOKA Powell’s experience with sustainable urban infill projects in Austin. A surface-parked motor lodge on the south shore of Lady Bird Lake on East Riverside drive has been redeveloped into a 301-unit apartment complex designed to achieve LEED® Silver certification. Four buildings offer spectacular, unobstructed views of downtown Austin, surrounding a courtyard offering first-class amenities and showcasing innovative strategies to respect the development’s sensitive location next to Lady Bird Lake. RiverView exceeds the City of Austin’s strict Waterfront Overlay requirements, placing all parking underground and covering it with a green roof system that collects rainwater, filters it with an innovative rain garden system, and then stores all runoff in a below-grade cistern for irrigation. BOKA Powell worked extensively with City of Austin water and environmental staff to create this innovative system, the first of its kind in Austin. BOKA Powell also collaborated closely with the City of Austin’s Parks department to ensure compatibility of much-needed public access to the city’s hike and bike trail system.