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Coffee Company Revs Up South Austin Rehab

AUSTIN-Ruta Maya Coffee Co. has found a new home after exiting its 10-year CBD location this quarter. The funky coffee house operator has leased a 5,000-sf building at Penn Field and will mold it into an upscale venue.

By Tim Green | Updated on March 20, 2002

AUSTIN-Something’s brewing at Penn Field, the Southwest Strategies Group’s re-use project in South Austin, and it’s Ruta Maya Coffee Co. The coffee roaster and retailer has signed to take 5,000 sf to replace a downtown location, which it exited earlier this year.

At the new South Congress Avenue location, Ruta Maya will operate a coffee shop, roast and sell coffee beans in bulk quantities and have offices, according to Dan Roth, a Southwest Strategies partner. Ruta Maya had operated a low-key, funky coffee house at Fourth and Lavaca streets in the CBD’s warehouse district since 1990. It sold that site to new owners who wanted to operate a more upscale cafe.

Roth tells GlobeSt.com that the metal building Ruta Maya leases will undergo a complete rehab. New architectural elements will be added as well as a covered patio area. Ruta Maya will work on the interior.

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