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the mueller neighborhood association newsletter NEWSLETTER THE MUELLER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
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SUMMER 2016 • VOLUME 9 • NUMBER 3 15 Years In, Mueller’s Momentum Continues
Multi-Family Mueller
By Brian Dolezal, Catellus
2019 marked the 15th anniversary of Mueller, and what a momentous Mueller has broken ground on two new office buildings. Shorenstein previousan house, wasoperator plenty of for theoffice, two ofresidential, us. We and 15 years it’s been for our community. In the past year, Mueller opened Properties, owneritand ofspace high-quality Mary Elizabeth Branch Park and welcomed the addition of Juiceland mixed-use renewedproperties our lease across in 2012 have it everyon year theand U.S., hasrenewed broken ground a six-story in the Mueller Market District; Swish Dental, vegan cheese and wine building since. that will offer about 210,000 square feet of office space, plus ¢ Vicky Bergin shop Rebel Cheese, Primrose School, and Restore Hyper Wellness + aboutMy 20,000 square feetand of ground-floor retailYork and City… an adjacent husband Bob I grew up in New in theparking Cryotherapy along Aldrich Street; plus, Ladybird’s Austin Kitchen and a garage with 985 spaces. Situated along Aldrich Street, across Alamo my husband and I sold our house in 2011 and moved into an Bronx. There were, and still are, only apartments in thefrom Bronx. new trailer location of Veracruz All Natural, both of which have joined Drafthouse Cinema, the project is due to be finished in 2021. apartment in the Mosaic, intending to live here only while We didn’t know anyone who lived in a house. In 1952, when Mueller Trailer Eats next to the Browning Hangar. we looked for a house in the Mueller Community. We looked some of the old apartment houses were torn down, then Looking ahead, many exciting developments are on the horizon, at houses for several months. We examined floor plans and rebuilt to make way for new-fangled residences, it was a especially around Aldrich Street, including retail and office space a spoke with realtors. But inan theevent end we came to an theexpansion conclusion significant cultural upheaval for the Bronx. These residences hotel, hundreds more apartments, venue, and that we no longer had it in our hearts (or backs) to take on were called Condominiums… and they carried with them of Dell Children’s. the responsibilities and constant maintenance work associthe rights of ownership. But whether we called them “conWith so much construction activity in the area, it is vital in 2020 ated with home ownership. By that time we had gotten used dos” or apartments, they were still up-and-down residences for everyone who already loves Mueller and its offerings to continue to our our supporting all three-bedroom of the businessesapartment. that have Though chosen smaller to makethan Mueller with smaller living spaces. We still had all of the working, their home, whether it’s to dine, shop, schedule a health or wellness schooling, educational, appointment or catch a movie. And, be sure to branch out to explore entertainment, shopping places you may have never visited before in the cinema and diamond life spread out noisily at buildings, at Texas Mutual, on either side of Paggi Square or at AMLI, feet in what we called Shorenstein Buildingour Rendering Mosaic, and Sync apartments. “the city.” we Energy The second office building will be home to theFrankly, new Austin In the meantime, here’s a look at what’s coming next to Mueller: loved growing up in New Mueller’s first boutique hotel — a five-story, 120-room Origin- headquarters. The 275,000 square-foot office building will accommodate four floors a parking York. For us, city and life held branded hotel — is set to break ground early this year. The hotel is approximately 900 to 1,100 employees among garage surrounded by the building. The building plans to be constructed everything we could posbeing developed by The Thrash Group and will be located on McBee arrays and 64 electric siblysolar want. We knew that Street adjacent to the Thinkery. The hotel has plans for a ground-floor to the highest energy standards, including vehicle stations. The Austin Energy building has broken ground and is when we got home from restaurant with a patio slated to serve both hotel guests and Aldrich expected to be completed in early 2021. work, we could leave the Street visitors, along with approximately 5,000 square feet of additional ground-floor retail. It is slated to open in 2021. noise, crowds, dirt, AND
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Austin Energy Origin Hotel Rendering Copyright © 2020 Peel, Inc.
Mueller Mosaic with friends and neighbors, from left to right: Martha Ward, Douglas Newton, Carol Parks, Sharon Roberts, Kathleen Hayden, Shirley Wofford, Vicky Bergin, Aralyn Hughes, Terry Jervis and Connie DiCesare. Photo by Rosa Shultz. Rendering
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