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Hospital system zeroing in on fast-growing areas, new territory

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Population growth, labor availability among top considerations for future sites. When it comes to suburban growth, there’s a common pattern that development usually follows. It starts with getting as much housing built as possible, followed by quick-service retail and eventually regional retail and mixed-use sites. Only then do companies start putting in factories or dense […]

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Report: Samsung’s economic impact more than doubled to $13.6B in 2022

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A network of factories is popping up to serve a megafactory With construction humming along at a new campus in Taylor, and work remaining steady at its longtime home in North Austin, Samsung Austin Semiconductor says its economic impact on Central Texas more than doubled last year. It was already huge. The chipmaker – part […]

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Ascension Seton plans $230M expansion in Round Rock

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Almost $700M of projects on books this year in WilCo Ascension Seton Williamson is pursuing a $230 million expansion to its hospital in Round Rock, adding to the millions of dollars in capital investments other health care systems have pledged in Williamson County over the last year. St. Louis-based Ascension said Oct. 17 its expansion […]

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Round Rock, Cedar Park and now Taylor: Longtime economic chief to guide yet another city for his next chapter

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For more than a decade, Ben White has been involved in Williamson County economic development efforts, first in Round Rock and for the last five years in Cedar Park. He’ll make his way to a third city north of Austin, as the city of Taylor announced on Oct. 18 that White will take over as the head […]

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1,500-job factory planned for Georgetown

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ZT Systems aims to get ‘state-of-the-art’ facility off the ground quickly A New Jersey-based company that builds equipment used for cloud computing and artificial intelligence systems has acquired a 435,000-square-foot building in Georgetown, where it plans to open a manufacturing plant that would employ at least 1,500 people by the end of the next year. […]

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From cornfield to high-tech factory: CelLink opens Georgetown plant for EV components

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The first products are now rolling off conveyor belts at a long-anticipated factory in Georgetown — aluminum, copper and plastic film are being transformed into flexible circuits that will go into electric vehicles and other high-tech marvels. CelLink Corp. recently moved into a 295,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in the city north of Austin. Nineteen months ago, […]

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4 development projects happening in Round Rock, Pflugerville, Hutto

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1. Multifamily development bringing thousands of units to Pflugerville A 60-acre residential community named Merle on Howard is set to bring over 1,000 multifamily units to south Pflugerville in the next few years. The gist The project is being developed by High Street Residential, a subsidiary of Trammell Crow Co. According to a Trammell representative, the first phase […]

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$250 million mixed-use project breaks ground in Cedar Park

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Crews have broken ground on New Hope, a $250 million mixed-use project that will be developed in phases in Cedar Park. The development, near the 183-A tollway and New Hope Drive, ultimately will bring upwards of 500,000 square feet of industrial space on 48 acres. Plans call for building retail and other mixed-use development on […]

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Cedar Park Economic Development and Tourism Department Receives 2023 Silver Award for Economic Development Organization of the Year

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Cedar Park Economic Development and Tourism Department Receives 2023 Silver Award for Economic Development Organization of the Year  Cedar Park, Texas – The Cedar Park Economic Development and Tourism Department received a 2023 Excellence in Economic Development Silver Award from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). The award was bestowed specifically for the organization’s work […]

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NFM to anchor $400M hotel, convention center complex in Cedar Park

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In what was called “a once-in-a-generation development,” a $400 million complex featuring a convention center, hotel and 500,000-square-foot NFM store is coming to Cedar Park. NFM, previously known as Nebraska Furniture Mart, will be the anchor of the 117-acre project located near the H-E-B Center on New Hope Drive between 183A Toll and US 183. […]

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