Cedar Park is poised to host a new Central Texas Spaceport and Defense Innovation Campus that would include labs, test bays and a 20,000‑sq‑ft education hub. Planners outline a 115,000‑sq‑ft, phased build with public, academic and private partners.

Swiss firm Acutronic will build a jet‑engine manufacturing facility on 13.84 acres in Bastrop, promising about 50 high‑skill jobs and a multimillion‑dollar local investment.

Rural Texans are organizing to oppose giant data‑center projects they say will drain water, drown nights in noise and eat up farmland. From Leon to Grimes counties, neighbors have formed groups and pushed county officials for answers.

Taylor city council rejected a developer’s mixed‑use plan for 293 townhomes and about eight acres of retail, telling the team to return with a complete redesign.

Austin City Council adopted a rezoning for the four‑acre 1000 Red River block, replacing mixed zoning with a unified Downtown Mixed Use designation and opening the former TRS campus to redevelopment.

Plans filed this week would bring another roughly 300-foot residential tower to Austin’s West Campus, adding hundreds of units as zoning and recent projects shift the neighborhood skyline.

East Penn will spend about $110M to expand its Temple finishing plant, adding roughly 175,000 sq ft and about 48 jobs while boosting AGM battery output.

Lockhart ISD approved a partnership to build 117 homes for staff at Wildflower at Juniper Springs, promising shorter commutes and savings on housing costs.

Pinnacle’s two‑tower plan for the DoubleTree site by UT won rezoning in April 2024 but construction hasn’t started; the project remains planned but slow to advance. City records detail new entitlements up to 280 feet.

Transwestern will manage a $1.3B office portfolio that includes Austin’s Westech 360 and a Westlake‑area building, setting up active leasing and repositioning locally.

A package of marquee Austin retail sites is on the market, and one of the listings houses the city’s celebrated Chili’s at 45th and Lamar. CBRE is marketing the offering and interest has already surfaced.

A new Construction Coverage analysis puts Texas dead last in national housing-heat rankings, with Austin near the bottom and five Texas metros in the weakest tier. Market shifts and rising inventory are giving buyers more leverage.

A joint venture led by AQUILA Commercial and PacVentures bought the five‑building Campus at Arboretum in northwest Austin. The 318,000‑square‑foot property has notable available space and active leasing listings.