A data center in Cedar Creek, a new building for the Austin Community College Hays Campus and renovations at Liberal Arts and Science Academy are among the five most expensive projects filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in the Austin metro this week.
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A data center campus is being developed in Bastrop County. The project includes constructing a 576,777-square-foot, one-story data center with supporting office space.
- Location: 6543 FM 535, Cedar Creek
- Estimated timeline: Oct. 5-Dec. 25, 2028
- Estimated cost: $700 million
Austin Community College - Hays Campus
A three-story Health Sciences Instructional Building with classrooms, administrative offices, a testing center, vocational training, instructional spaces and laboratories will be constructed at the Austin Community College Hays Campus.
- Location: 1200 Kohlers Crossing, Kyle
- Estimated timeline: Oct. 19-Aug. 21, 2028
- Estimated cost: $101 million
LASA High School
Renovations will take place at the Liberal Arts and Science Academy in Austin, including roof repairs and replacements, HVAC system repairs and replacements and approximately 400 square feet of interior renovations.
- Location: 1012 Arthur Stiles Road, Austin
- Estimated timeline: June 1, 2027-Sept. 1, 2028
- Estimated cost: $21.3 million
Bartlett's South
A new location of Bartlett’s Steakhouse is coming to Austin. The project involves a 9,500-square-foot interior renovation of an existing building into the restaurant on a 19,650-square-foot property.
- Location: 301 W Riverside Drive, Austin
- Estimated timeline: Jan. 1, 2027-Sept. 30, 2027
- Estimated cost: $4 million
Smart Stop
A new one-story convenience store and two future tenant spaces are coming to Pflugerville.
- Location: 19806 Panther Drive, Pflugerville
- Estimated timeline: Dec. 1-Dec. 1, 2027
- Estimated cost: $1.5 million
