Bastrop - Cedar Creek Edition | March 2026

Bastrop retail boom expands Hwy. 71 corridor From the cover

A look at what’s coming New dining, retail, health and wellness spaces are planned in Bastrop. 1 Sendero • Chuy’s • Crust Pizza Co. • Einstein Bros. Bagels • Jersey Mike’s Subs 2 Burleson Crossing East • Aspen Dental • ATI Physical Therapy • First Watch • Freebirds • LongHorn Steakhouse • PetSmart • Sprouts Farmers Market 3 Bastrop West • Educational mall • Hospital and clinics

What we know

• Scooter’s Coffee • Texas Roadhouse • The Toasted Yolk Cafe • Westlake Dermatology

Bastrop is part of a growing Central Texas mixed- use development trend, with about 500 acres of retail, dining, medical and other uses planned within a 3-mile stretch. Three developments—Sendero, Burleson Crossing East and Bastrop West—are in various stages of construction. While Sendero and Burleson Crossing East would add retail and dining, Sendero would also bring housing and medical services. Bastrop West, meanwhile, could bring the city’s rst full- scale hospital, plus a new hotel and convention center. “Growth is happening all across our region, and as a city, our responsibility is to help guide it,” Bastrop Mayor Ishmael Harris told Community Impact.

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SOURCE: CITY OF BASTROPCOMMUNITY IMPACT

Sendero

75 acres 120+ hotel rooms

The Sendero development is advancing as one of Bastrop’s largest mixed-use projects to date, designed to create a destination where residents and visitors can live, work, shop and dine, according to developer Pearl River Companies. The 75-acre development, led by Houston-based Pearl River Companies, broke ground April 10, 2025, with city ocials and developers celebrating the rst phase of commercial and retail construc- tion at the intersection of FM 969 and Hwy. 71. Nearly a year later, construction is underway, infrastructure improvements have progressed, and Pearl River Companies has continued marketing to potential tenants. Although the estimated completion date for Sendero could stretch into 2030, Chuy’s will kick

o business openings May 18. “We’re proud to see Sendero taking shape and grateful for the strong support we’ve received from residents along the way,” said Mason Mote, a Bastrop native and a co-founder and managing partner at Pearl River Companies. Harris stressed the importance of a thoughtfully planned development. “As Sendero continues to build out, we want to make sure it strengthens our local economy, bene ts our residents and keeps Bastrop the kind of place people are proud to call home,” he said. Future amenities at Sendero will include a hotel and about 90,000 square feet of health- and-wellness-oriented space.

3 acres wellness and medical district 250,000 square feet of retail space 5+ acres public green space 782 luxury apartments

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