Mueller Contenders Present Plans

The major contenders for the New Mueller development make their case to the city.

"...know Peter Calthorpe." Calthorpe, one of the country's top urban planners, became familiar to Austinites through his work on..."

March 15, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Who Are These People?

The proposed developers for the new Mueller

"...one most like the New Mueller, though much more "urban" in style and scope -- is S.F.'s Mission Bay,..."

Jan. 25, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Weird by Design

City's proposed design standards emphasize livability, walkability, and flexibility

"...Texas sun on too much concrete. Plus, by developing urban living options, supporters say, the ordinance can even help..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

Clean Campaigns heat wave, Alcoa's new problems, No Pipeline solutions at AAS, Personnel puzzles at AISD, City resignations, Mueller redevelopment candidates, Hyde Park meets again & Ed Herman's letter to the Times

"...although things like "mixed use" and "Smart Growth" and "urban village" are subjective...."

Aug. 3, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Full Campaign Disclosure: Here Comes Late Money

Charges, countercharges, and lawsuits in City Council campaigns

"...prominent names as Jackson Walker lawyer Tim Taylor ($1,000), Cencor Urban's Tom Terkel ($500), Cypress Realty's Steve Clark ($1,500),..."

May 6, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Full Circle on the Triangle

Back to the Battle Lines

"...to Triangle Square, at least as now proposed by Cencor Realty, is inevitable. Even if we weren't governed by..."

March 6, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Squaring the Triangle

The Three Austins Collide at a Central-City Crossroads

"...lease, for an upfront payment of $9.1 million, with Cencor Realty of Dallas for the 27 surplus acres of..."

July 4, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Page Two

"...(July 4, 1997), I wrote a "Page Two" about Cencor Realty's proposed Triangle Square development on state-owned land, in..."

June 12, 1998 Column by Nick Barbaro

Just Say No

Council Draws on Tomorrow Plan to Redirect Growth

"...and the pursuit of public policies that would encourage urban, multi-use development projects. Sound familiar? By turning down Cencor..."

May 22, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

Mind the Bullock

"...our resources within the city rather than just creating urban sprawl. But I really feel that this particular project,..."

March 28, 1997 Column

Page Two

"...I envision a whole new community center coalescing: more urban than 43rd & Duval, more convenient than downtown but..."

July 4, 1997 Column by Nick Barbaro

This Land Is Our Land

News From the Fronts of State-City Land War

"...Tom Terkel of Cencor Realty photograph by Alan Pogue At the end of..."

April 24, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Triangle: Act III

The Theatre's Gone, but Drama Remains

"...end of Act II, along with most of that "suburban strip mall" of Central Austin nightmares. When last the..."

Aug. 28, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Slusher Kicks Ass!

"...a compromise between some neighborhood demands and all of Cencor's constraints. It was never presented to the neighborhoods at..."

March 13, 1998 Column

Naked City

Triangle Square plans get approved by the Planning Commission, but not without some haggling and opposition.

"...now be the locale of the first genuinely New Urbanist and Smart Grown mixed-use project, and the first real..."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Developer Tom Terkel of Cencor Realty unveiled a new site plan Wednesday for the..."

Nov. 7, 1997 News Feature

E-tail This!

La Frontera is proof that e-commerce has not destroyed traditional retail commerce.

"...categories you'd have thought would be heavily impacted," says Cencor Realty's Tom Terkel, "like electronics or books, are still..."

March 2, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...broke, thanks in large measure to rampant growth and urban sprawl. Property owners may be asked to shell out..."

Aug. 15, 1997 News Feature

Postmarks

Balance, Yes; Reality, No

"...The proposed project, however, is by no means a suburban strip mall. Buildings, for example, will be individually designed..."

July 11, 1997 Column

On a Short Lease

"...to the developers who will build out the mixed-use urban village called for by the RMMA redevelopment master plan,..."

Oct. 5, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...zoning requested by the Texas General Land Office and Cencor Realty for the tract between Guadalupe, Lamar, and 45th..."

April 17, 1998 News Feature

Postmarks

Good News, Bad News

"...neighborhood associations involved were working on a compromise with Cencor Realty without the consent of the neighborhoods. They thought..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Column

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...From an urban design perspective, the proposed site plan for the Triangle..."

Jan. 16, 1998 News Feature

What's Cooking at the Triangle

Italian, Mexican, Asian, seafood, sandwiches, and coffee

"...were ever even considered. Today's Triangle is a bustling urban village made up of upscale housing units and an..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...The Triangle Square development was dealt a New Urban setback this week when the much-heralded residential developers, Post/West..."

Dec. 18, 1998 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk

"...project have settled on Calthorpe Associates - a "new urban" community design outfit out of Berkeley, Calif. - to..."

July 31, 1998 News Feature