Mueller — Final Phases

The community

Mueller is the 711-acre redevelopment of Austin’s old airport, and after two decades it is close to finished — roughly 4,600 residences planned, 140 acres of parks, a town center, and an on-site HEB. This page is honest about what that means for a buyer in 2026: Mueller is no longer a place you shop for new construction the normal way. It’s a place where small final releases appear, sell fast (sometimes by lottery or waitlist), and then go quiet.

What remains centers on the last northeast sections: row homes, yard homes, and condo product from builders like David Weekley Homes and InTown Homes — rosters rotate by release, and some programs have already closed out. If a release matters to you, get on the builder and developer interest lists now; there is no standing inventory to walk into.

The homes

Mueller’s product has always been compact and urban by design — alley-loaded homes, shared-wall row homes, and condos on small lots, most of it 1,100–2,800 sq ft. The remaining market-rate releases follow that pattern. Pricing on new releases varies too much by product to pin down; recent market-rate attached product has generally landed in the $400s–$700s, with detached homes higher — verify against the actual release, because published numbers go stale between phases.

The other live door is the Mueller Affordable Homes Program, which covers about 25% of all residences. Administered through the Mueller Foundation, it sells income-qualified buyers (generally at or below 80% of Austin’s median family income) homes at well below market — with resale restrictions that keep them affordable for the next buyer. More than 900 households have bought through it. If you qualify, it deserves a serious look; just understand the resale terms first.

For everyone else, Mueller is now a resale market, and a good one: homes sell from roughly the $500s past $1.3M for the larger detached product, and you’re buying the finished community — grown trees, complete parks, open retail.

Location, schools, and the drive

Mueller sits about four miles northeast of downtown, roughly equidistant from the office core and UT — 10–20 minutes to either, or a straightforward bike ride. Schools are Austin ISD with an on-site elementary; verify current zoning. Buyers who want a true high-rise version of central lock-and-leave should compare the downtown condo market instead — more building, less yard, same walk-first logic.