amber, Author at Williamson County Economic Development Partnership

Korean semiconductor supplier officially to move US HQ to suburb northwest of Austin

Posted on November 10, 2023 (November 10, 2023)

Among the incentives snagged by the company: $10,000 for every employee who buys a home in Cedar Park A South Korean company that is a supplier to Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said its new U.S. headquarters in a suburb northwest of Austin is part of an ongoing effort to serve customers not only in the semiconductor industry […]

Plane parts manufacturer Enflite gears up to double in size

Posted on November 6, 2023 (November 6, 2023)

Cash for jobs helped seal the deal north of Austin Jason Darley’s favorite aspects of working in the aviation industry are the continuous growth, plus the constant demand and product innovation needed in the space. That’s why he’s especially excited as his company, Georgetown-based Enflite LLC, gears up for a massive expansion within the city […]

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

Posted on November 3, 2023 (November 3, 2023)

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 […]

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

Posted on October 31, 2023 (November 3, 2023)

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 […]

Ascension Seton plans $230M expansion in Round Rock

Posted on October 26, 2023 (October 26, 2023)

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 […]

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

Posted on October 20, 2023 (November 3, 2023)

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 […]

1,500-job factory planned for Georgetown

Posted on October 13, 2023 (October 13, 2023)

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. […]

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

Posted on October 11, 2023 (October 11, 2023)

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, […]

4 development projects happening in Round Rock, Pflugerville, Hutto

Posted on October 11, 2023 (October 11, 2023)

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 […]

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

Posted on October 5, 2023 (October 5, 2023)

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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