New Braunfels’ chicken lineup is set to get even more crowded. Layne's Chicken Fingers is planning a new ground-up restaurant on Loop 337, according to state records, with a roughly 2,430-square-foot, $1.1 million build penciled in for a mid-July 2026 start and a late-November wrap. If it moves ahead as filed, the project would drop another tender-focused fast-food option into an already busy Hill Country retail corridor.
State Filings Spell Out Size, Safety And Schedule
According to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, the project (TABS2026018075) at 2564 Loop 337 is registered as a new 2,430-square-foot, wood-framed restaurant with an estimated construction cost of $1,100,000. The filing lists a July 15, 2026, construction start and a Nov. 20, 2026, completion date and states: “New ground-up Layne's chicken fingers restaurant. Building will be of wood construction with fire-suppression integrated into the fryer's exhaust hood.”
The registration, posted April 20, 2026, names VERAMENDI PE-CAIRNS LLC as the project owner and shows a Plano-based registered accessibility specialist as the filer, underscoring that the work is still in the early, paperwork-heavy phase.
Loop 337 Location Taps Busy Chicken Corridor
As reported by MySA, the planned Layne's would sit off Loop 337 near New Braunfels High School and a few minutes from an H‑E‑B and several other dining options. MySA notes that the brand will be stepping into a crowded chicken-and-tenders field packed with national chains, a sign of why franchise owners keep targeting high-traffic retail corridors like this stretch of New Braunfels.
Local observer Nicholas Hernandez first spotted the filing and put it on the radar for area readers, giving chicken fans an early heads-up about what might be coming to Loop 337.
Layne's Growth Spurt Continues Across Texas
Layne's has been on a brisk expansion run. A company release via PR Newswire states that the brand closed 2025 with about 40 restaurants open and projected dozens more openings for 2026. That corporate momentum helps explain the steady stream of new state construction filings and franchise deals popping up from San Antonio suburbs to other Texas markets.
Permits, Funding And What Signals To Watch
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation record lists the New Braunfels project as privately funded and notes “Tenant: Not Assigned,” which means city permits and inspections will still have to line up before any dirt turns on-site.
If the July 15 start date holds, residents could expect to see site-prep and foundation work show up on local permitting dashboards this summer, followed by interior build-out through the fall in order to hit the Nov. 20, 2026, completion date cited in the state filing. Local permitting and inspection records will offer the clearest sign that the project has shifted from planning to actual construction.
For New Braunfels diners, the proposed Layne's would add one more quick-service chicken stop to a market already heavy on national names. As local planning records update over the summer, it should become clearer whether the Loop 337 spot stays on the timeline currently laid out in state documents.
