One growth line is H-E-B. The San Antonio-based chain has opened seven stores in the Austin area in the past year and is continuing on that path. Its most recent Austin store at Interstate 35 and Parmer Lane is 90,000 sf as is a recently opened store in Georgetown.
The other growth line is Bastrop. The 10th fastest growing Texas county in the 1990s, Bastrop County's population jumped from 38,263 in 1990 to 57,733 in 2000. The Bastrop Chamber of Commerce says more than 31,000 vehicles travel Texas 71 through Bastrop per day and projects an increase of at least 22,000 vehicles by 2010.
Wal-Mart soon will be joined by a 136,000-sf Home Depot and Chili's Restaurant at the Hunter's Crossing development. Another development, Pecan Crossing, is 148 acres with 48 acres devoted to retail, 50 acres to commercial and the balance to residential.
One reason behind the H-E-B expansion might be the threat of other grocers moving into Bastrop. So far, H-E-B is the only big grocer in town.
Bastrop's existing H-E-B totals 50,000 sf. It's positioned across Texas 71 from where the new store will rise. The new store will mean several businesses will have to relocate. The Lost Pines Bank, for example, will move to a spot that's now parking lot space. H-E-B officials this week presented plans for the new store to the Bastrop City Council.
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