Development News: Mid-Sized Texas Cities

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Originally Posted by Dr.Mcninja

Corpus Christi much?
Destination Bayfront
Finally making the bayfront a place to go
City Council Approves Schlitterbahn Incentives Package | Corpus Christi, TX | KRISTV.com |
Not quite as sure about this one. There are already 2 other schlitterbahn's within a 3 hour drive. This may saturate the market a little for such a seasonal item. Also, Corpus just built a different (much smaller) water park near the baseball stadium.

Schlitterbahn has to start construction within the next 9 months in order to receive the incentives package. It's a done deal that it is happening.

They are also building an outlet mall here.
Corpus Christi Outlets

Also there is going to be a one billion dollar pipe mill manufacturing company from China building in Gregory expected to bring hundreds of jobs to the area.

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WACO -- Today construction crews broke ground on yet another piece of the 4 billion dollar Interstate 35 expansion project.

It's going to serve as a gateway, it's going to serve as a defining infrastructure, a defining structure that is going to say, 'you're in Waco, and we're proud to have you here,'" Transportation Commissioner Bill Meadows said.

Groundbreaking for new bridges over the Brazos | KWKT Fox 44



New bridge on I-35 to serve as 'gateway' to South Texas - YNN - Your News Now

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Yep, I read that in the Waco trib. It's going to be nice once it's all complete and with the new Baylor stadium as well.

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East Village Residential Community U/C

At its annual Homecoming meeting, the Baylor Board of Regents approved $120 million in capital improvements, the largest investment in construction on the Baylor campus since the Baylor Sciences Building in 2004. Construction will be financed through the issuance of bonds and will include a new 700-bed residential complex and dining facility on the east side of campus, the renovation of the Marrs McLean Science Building, and Phase 2 of initial construction on academic and research space in the Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative (BRIC).

The $70 million, 238,715-square-foot East Village Residential Community will consist of two four-story facilities: the 354-bed North Residential Community that will include the Engineering and Computer Science Residential College and the 347-bed South Residential Community that will include the Science and Health Living-Learning Community. The facilities will feature a variety of living spaces, from semi-suites to apartment-style living, as well as study and seminar spaces, student lounge areas, media and game rooms, faculty offices, staff apartments and faculty master apartments. The East Village Residential Community will be built along Bagby Avenue between Second and Fourth streets.

The East Village Residential Community is part of the 21st Century Project of the Association of College and University Housing Officers-International, an innovative national effort to plan a prototype residence hall of the 21st century. Baylor was chosen in 2009 as one of only three higher education institutions to participate in the project.

The East Village project also includes the construction of a 33,170-square-foot, two-story dining hall, which will accommodate more than 500 students on the east side of campus.

Baylor Magazine | Baylor University || News

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Waco looks to east side river trails to boost development

Waco leaders are betting on trails as a first step in turning the Brazos River’s east bank into a destination for recreation and development.

The city is about to begin work on a 1.3-mile, $2.6 million extension of the walkway system from Herring Avenue to the confluence of the Brazos and Bosque rivers.

The lighted concrete trail will run through the recently renovated Brazos Park East and provide a pedestrian connection to a park that has been accessible only by highway.

Officials also are seeking millions of dollars in federal grants to extend the east side trail from Franklin Avenue to the new Baylor Stadium and on to the LaSalle Avenue bridge.

Baylor University is planning to build more than 1,500 feet of riverside trail to complement the stadium, as well as a 35-foot-wide footbridge across the Brazos River.

All those projects combined would add 3.3 miles to Waco’s system of lighted and paved riverside trails, increasing its length by nearly 70 percent.

City Manager Larry Groth said the stadium is generating development momentum along the river’s east side. He would like potential developers to see a river trail running from LaSalle all the way to Brazos Park East.

“Putting those public structures in first makes it a lot easier to come in on the private side and start developing,” Groth said.

Waco looks to east side river trails to boost development | Wacotrib.com

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Waco Brazos Common Project

The sole bidder to redevelop the city’s stretch of urban waterfront is proposing more than $180 million of development, including some 800 housing units, five restaurants, a movie theater and a pier with a lighthouse beckoning travelers off Interstate 35.

Details emerge of $180 million Brazos Commons project - WacoTrib.com: City Of Waco


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Details emerge of $180 million Brazos Commons project - WacoTrib.com: City Of Waco