A Sprouts Farmers Market, East 51st Street improvements and a new museum building are among the five most expensive projects filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in the Austin metro this week.
Deposition Technology
This project at the semiconductor support and manufacturing company consists of a cleanroom expansion and renovation.
- Location: 3733 Drossett Drive, Austin
- Estimated timeline: Nov. 9, 2025-Feb. 28, 2027
- Estimated cost: $27 million
East 51st Street
This project involves the revitalization of East 51st Street from I-35 to Berkman Drive. The project stems from the East 51st Street Vision Plan to create a community outlook and promote coordinated redevelopment for both sides of the corridor.
- Location: East 51st Street from I-35 to Berkman Drive, Austin
- Estimated timeline: June 1, 2027-Sept. 1, 2028
- Estimated cost: $17 million
Sprouts Farmers Market
A new location for the grocery store is coming to Hutto. There are currently four storefronts within Austin as well as locations in Round Rock, Cedar Park and Georgetown.
- Location: Northeast corner of SH 130 and Hwy. 79, Hutto
- Estimated timeline: Sept. 15, 2026-Feb. 7, 2028
- Estimated cost: $4.8 million
UT Dinosaur Trackways
The building is a 2,100-square-foot single-story museum. The project aims to conserve and house some of Texas’ most renowned fossilized footprints made 113 million years ago by a sauropod and a theropod near Glen Rose.
- Location: 2402 Trinity St., Austin
- Estimated timeline: Aug. 1, 2026-Oct. 1, 2027
- Estimated cost: $4.2 million
Texas State University: Student Success Commons at the Albert B. Alkek Library
This project involves the interior renovation of approximately 38,000 square feet of the sixth floor of Alkek Library. The work will include new staff offices and student group study support spaces.
- Location: 601 University Drive, San Marcos
- Estimated timeline: June 5, 2026-Dec. 15, 2026
- Estimated cost: $3.5 million