Development
BY KELLY SCHAFLER & AUBREY VOGEL
Former Texas Instruments campus demolished for The Grid Transwestern, the leaser for the mixed-use project, is working with o ce, entertainment and retail tenants to parcel o the property now that the building is demolished, a Transwestern spokesperson said in an email. Several structures on the former Texas 59 Former building site
With demolition of the former Texas Instru- ments campus completed, developers of The Grid are moving onto the mixed-use development’s next phase. The former campus, located o Hwy. 59 in Sta ord, was demolished last year as part of ongoing construction of The Grid development, Precinct 2 Commissioner Grady Prestage shared at a Feb. 25 Fort Bend County Commissioners Court meeting. “The original intent of the developer was to repurpose the building, but it just got to be problematic,” Prestage said. “The building ... cost $2 million to tear it down—that’s how tough it was.” The campus has sat vacant since its closure in 2012 when the business moved to Sugar Land. Fort Bend Central Appraisal District data shows the building and surrounding property occupied about 16 acres of The Grid, which is a 192-acre project. Digging deeper Commercial real estate company
Instruments campus remain that developers plan to turn into a central lawn area and a cafeteria building, according to a marketing brochure for the property. The cafeteria building is a roughly 20,000-square-foot space that can be divided for restaurants. O cials with Edge Realty, the developer of The Grid, didn’t respond to requests for comment on these details as of press time. Looking ahead The Grid developers previously told Community Impact the targeted completion date for the project is 2026.
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The roughly 16 acres the building was on will be parceled o and could be used for:
Retail
Restaurants
Hotel/o ce space
Multifamily housing
Green space
SOURCE: FORT BEND COUNTY COMMUNITY IMPACT
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