Development
BY GRANT CRAWFORD & BROOKE SJOBERG
Business proposals sought for downtown The city of Pflugerville is seeking propos- als to redevelop a building on Pecan Street. Overview The city owns an 1,845-square-foot building, which was formerly home to a barbershop, in the downtown area. The city invited developers, restaurateurs, retailers and entertainment operators to submit proposals to redevelop the building. The deadline is March 18.
LCRA reservoir could add to water supply The Lower Colorado River Authority is conducting studies to determine if a site northwest of Eagle Lake in Colorado County would be suitable for a new water reservoir. LCRA already owns the 2,000-acre site, which could add over 13 billion gallons to the Central Texas water supply. Two-minute impact The river authority, which supplies water and hydroelectric power to many commu- nities throughout Central Texas, including Pflugerville, is exploring plans to build a reservoir that could hold up to 90,000 acre- feet of water. That would make it two to three times the capacity of Lake Austin. If studies find the site suitable, the reservoir would be the second in the lower Colorado River basin.
Higher education center expansion continues Construction on an expansion to the East Wil- liamson County Higher Education Center reached a milestone Feb. 17, when officials celebrated the topping out of the new 70,000-square-foot building. The gist The new building will serve as a manufacturing technology center for Texas State Technical College, located in Hutto. The center will house training programs for semiconductor, industrial systems and precision machining technology. The project costs roughly $47 million. The building is expected to open in spring 2027. What else? TSTC was the recipient of a $3.5 million grant—provided through the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund—to develop the Accelerated
3D-printing company EOS expands facility EOS North America, an industrial 3D-printing company, is expanding its reach in Central Texas with plans to grow its Pflugerville campus as well as construct a new warehouse in Belton, according to a news release. The overview The company is investing $3 million into its facilities, meant to help increase the production of its metal additive manufacturing systems and speed up its delivery times. The expansion includes a dedicated powder handling area and an in-house machine shop, as well as the creation of 10 new jobs at its Pflugerville production site. These jobs include engineering, quality assurance and machine commissioning roles. EOS’s metal 3D-printing systems provide support to a variety of industries, including the aerospace, medical and automotive sectors.
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Semiconductor Technician Training program, Gov. Greg Abbott announced in January. The additional funding and facility expansion comes as local institutions, business leaders and technology companies are hoping to grow the skilled labor workforce in Central Texas. The new building sits adjacent to the 112-000-square-foot facility on campus, which is part of a multi-institutional teaching center that also includes Temple College and Texas A&M University Central Texas.
“This manufacturing facility is not just an investment in our own infrastructure; it is also about standing shoulder to shoulder with the U.S. manufacturing community to provide products and services for a superior customer experience,” Glynn Fletcher, president of EOS of North America, said in a release. EOS was founded in 1989 in Germany and, in May 2016, expanded its U.S. presence by opening a loca- tion in Pflugerville. Today, the company employs over 1,350 employees in 15 countries.
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