Terra Halona, a real estate development firm based in Houston, broke ground on June 24 on Bell South, a new mixed-use shopping development along the S. Bell Blvd. corridor.

The details

Bell South will sit on a 10.3-acre site situated one block south of the Bell District and two blocks north of Lakeline Mall. The development will be zoned for retail spaces, dining, banks and medical centers, and will encompass approximately 12,000 square feet. The project has been in development for about 3 years, and the zoning was approved by Cedar Park City Council in December 2023.

The development will have three access points, including a shared access route through the parking lot of the neighboring Calloway Nursery.

Benny Nguyen, co-managing partner of Terra Halona, said the site is one of the last major tracts of commercial land available along the corridor, which Cedar Park has been developing into a new hub for the city.

Nguyen said the Terra Halona team is in active negotiations with several new tenants, and are able to confirm one: Tim Horton’s, the Canadian donut shop franchise, will be setting up its fifth Williamson County location in Bell South.

The lot is also zoned for a water quality retention pond, which Bell South will share with Leander ISD.

“We want to make sure that the project will be responsible in terms of water management and water quality,” Nguyen said.

What else?

Nguyen said the new development will also help connect two of Cedar Park’s trail systems which previously did not have a throughway. The Brushy Creek trail and the Buttercup Creek trail will be joined by a 1600-foot length of sidewalk in front of Bell South.

Bell South is slated to be completed in the third quarter of 2026.