Georgetown Edition | January 2024

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Retail center Bar W Marketplace to bring over 30 new businesses to Georgetown, Leander intersection

many retail services,” Burdette said. Barshop & Oles Company purchased the land in 2017, and once HEB signed on, the developers broke ground on construction in 2019. The HEB was the rst business to open in the shopping center in November 2021. Burdette said the property is now 96% leased out with several businesses still preparing to open within the next year.

On the border of Leander and Georgetown, the 177,000-square-foot Bar W Marketplace shopping center continues to bring new retail and restaurants to the growing area. Once fully built out, the shop- ping center will have more than 30 businesses. The gist Developers began eyeing the land near the intersection of Hwy. 29 and Ronald Reagan Boule- vard in 2007, said Milo Burdette, vice president of development at Barshop & Oles Company. “It’s the spot where Leander and Georgetown and Liberty Hill were all kind of growing at once, and it felt like there was going to be a lot of people and not

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1 European Wax Center Opened Nov. 6 19372 Ronald Reagan Blvd., Ste. 320, Leander www.waxcenter.com

2 HEB Fresh Bites Opened April 17 19344 Ronald Reagan Blvd., Georgetown www.heb.com

3 Orangetheory Fitness Opened Sept. 7 19380 Ronald Reagan Blvd., Ste. 400, Georgetown www.orangetheory.com

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4 Tomlinson’s Feed Opened Dec. 14 19380 Ronald Reagan Blvd., Ste. 410, Leander www.tomlinsons.com

5 Torchy’s Tacos Opened Sept. 6 19392 Ronald Reagan Blvd., Ste. 530, Georgetown www.torchystacos.com

6 Wingstop Opened Nov. 13 19372 Ronald Reagan Blvd., Ste. 340, Leander www.wingstop.com

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