Late-night chicken on West Campus is about to get even more competitive. Layne’s Chicken Fingers is moving toward a debut at 701 W 24th Street, with a state filing listing the chain as the tenant for a nearly 3,000-square-foot space slated to wrap construction by late April. For students and neighboring restaurants, it is one more contender on a block already packed with fried chicken and post-midnight options.
State Filing Lays Out Size And Schedule
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation project page shows Layne's Chicken Fingers at 701 W 24th Street, lists the scope as an interior tenant improvement for 2,968 square feet, and gives an estimated cost of $350,000, with work scheduled to begin Feb. 2 and finish Apr. 30. That same record names Shahroz Khan as the tenant for the buildout.
Filed Spot Sits Inside A Student High-Rise
Local outlets flagged the registration this week: What Now found the record, and My San Antonio reported the unit will sit inside the Union on the 24th student high-rise, roughly a block from the University of Texas campus. That location would drop Layne’s directly into the late-night food stream that serves thousands of students year-round.
Part Of A Bigger Austin Push
The filing lines up with Layne’s broader expansion into Austin. Company franchising materials and past press releases describe multi-unit development deals and plans for dozens of new restaurants in key markets. As spelled out in a franchising release distributed through PRWeb, Layne’s has been signing franchise agreements as it scales beyond its Texas base.
Menu And Roots
Layne’s traces its origins to College Station in 1994 and leans on staples such as hand-breaded chicken tenders, crinkle-cut fries, Texas toast, and its signature Layne’s Sauce. The company’s website lists meals as three-, four- or five-finger boxes paired with a 22-ounce drink, a simple boxed format the brand has kept front and center as it grows. Layne’s.
Crowded West Campus Food Scene
The West Campus strip already hosts a long-running Raising Cane’s and a cluster of student-focused chains, so a Layne’s at 701 W 24th would further crank up the fight for late-night foot traffic. The Houston Chronicle has tracked Layne’s recent openings and broader growth across Texas and into other states, highlighting how quickly the chain has been rolling out locations.
Timeline And What To Watch
State records classify the work as a privately funded interior renovation, with the Feb. 2 start date and Apr. 30 completion noted on the project page. As construction ramps up, expect the usual trail of permits, new signage, and local job listings to follow. Local outlets also say they reached out to franchisee Shahroz Khan, who was not immediately available for comment, and that Layne’s and the Union on 24th did not immediately return requests for comment, efforts reported by What Now.
If the schedule holds, students could be buying Layne’s tenders by the end of April; until then, the TDLR project page and local reporting remain the clearest ways to track progress.
