Windsor Village, the first shopping center opened in the midcentury Windsor Park neighborhood of East Austin in 1960, could someday host a transformative redevelopment of its property into a major residential and retail complex courtesy of prominent Houston-based commercial real estate firm Transwestern. That's at least the admittedly murky impression from ...
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What’s the Worst Intersection in Austin?
For such a simple question, we've heard endless possible answers, so we'd like to ask our readers. Click here to fill out our survey, or use the embedded form below: We're mostly interested in troublesome intersections in the central city, like downtown and its surrounding neighborhoods, but we're sure there's plenty out there either way. A lot of factors are going to ...
Here’s Our First Look at Austin Energy’s New Mueller Headquarters
Groundbreaking is expected later this summer on Austin Energy's new headquarters within the Mueller neighborhood, and the city's trying something a little different for the estimated $150 million project -- letting someone else build it for them. The current state of the location of the Austin Energy office project site, located at the northeast corner of Mueller Boulevard ...
Mueller’s First Boutique Hotel Takes Shape in the Aldrich Street District
Recently-launched hospitality brand Origin Hotel Collection plans to develop a five-story hotel with design from celebrated local architects Lake Flato atop an empty lot in the Aldrich Street District of Austin's master-planned Mueller community, according to city filings from earlier this year. Called Origin Hotel Mueller in these ...
Ora Houston, City Council’s Least Predictable Voter, Would Like You to Stop Selling Austin’s Soul
That 10 of the 11 elected leaders in the Austin City Council are at least nominally associated with the Democratic Party does not mean there is any shortage of divisions on the dais. The Council's all-too-frequent marathon sessions, often stretching into the wee hours of the morning, reveal the many differences of opinion that exist on budgets, economic development, ...
