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[size=+1]Mill No. 5 brings transformation to Lowell[/size]
http://www.bostonglobe.com/business...house-style/xUcT65ZyoIMR3e3az7sYXI/story.html
LOWELL — The renovation of Mill No. 5 gives new meaning to the real estate term “mixed use project.”
At heart an office building for small businesses and technology start-ups, the former textile mill is being renovated with a kind of fun-house brio to attract the eclectic, off-beat, and hip: boutique movie theater, yoga studio, farm-to-table restaurant, a lounge/library in the style of an English manor — the whole thing decorated with architectural materials salvaged from the likes of Dr. Seuss’ house...
The result will be something of a Disneyland for hipsters, unfurling in one big blocklong stretch.
The 64-seat theater will be Valhouli’s baby. He has produced several documentaries, including “Curve,” about plus-sized models.
Next to the theater, Valhouli points out, will be a black-box performance space, along with what he calls the “world’s smallest drive-in,” a 1957 Studebaker convertible with its own private screen.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/business...house-style/xUcT65ZyoIMR3e3az7sYXI/story.html
LOWELL — The renovation of Mill No. 5 gives new meaning to the real estate term “mixed use project.”
At heart an office building for small businesses and technology start-ups, the former textile mill is being renovated with a kind of fun-house brio to attract the eclectic, off-beat, and hip: boutique movie theater, yoga studio, farm-to-table restaurant, a lounge/library in the style of an English manor — the whole thing decorated with architectural materials salvaged from the likes of Dr. Seuss’ house...
The result will be something of a Disneyland for hipsters, unfurling in one big blocklong stretch.
The 64-seat theater will be Valhouli’s baby. He has produced several documentaries, including “Curve,” about plus-sized models.
Next to the theater, Valhouli points out, will be a black-box performance space, along with what he calls the “world’s smallest drive-in,” a 1957 Studebaker convertible with its own private screen.
