Austin Community College - Leander Campus
7/10/2008
Austin Community College is looking into acquiring 50 to 100 acres in the Leander area for a future campus. College trustees haven't authorized an acquisition or decided to establish a campus. Nonetheless, their decision on Monday to direct staff members to negotiate with an unidentified party might well lead to a land purchase, which, in turn, could become a campus...

Leander Job Growth
6/6/2008
Leander's machinery, engineering and tool industry is heating up. Two Leander-based companies are planning expansions and will add workers soon, while a third company is moving from its current Pflugerville home to the fast-growing suburb of Leander, north of Austin...

Flying the friendly skies ICSC
5/30/2008
For Central Texans flying on the Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) flight to the International Council of Shopping Centers convention in Las Vegas, the networking started before the airplane even left the ground...

Lowe's Opens in Leander
3/17/2008
A 170,000 square foot Lowe's, the anchor to one of the city of Leander's largest commercial developments, will officially open on March 25. Lowe's will have a "board cutting" ceremony at 10:00 a.m. on its first day...

X Park a Go!
2/29/2008
Almost one year after a groundbreaking was planned, the 209 acres slated for the proposed Leander Sports and Entertainment Destination Center, including the site for the extreme sports park Texas X-Park, still sits untouched. But the center's developer, Leander Capital Investors LLC, hasn't been idle during that time. A new site development plan designed to increase the proposed park's revenue in the wake of market woes has been approved by the city and includes plans for a 2,500-seat amphitheater.

Leander 10,000 new homes
2/22/2008
After laying low for nearly a year following a failed deal with a Florida company, Houston-based development company The Lookout Group Inc. is once again moving forward with its massive 5,000-acre development in Leander -- this time doing the development itself and adding a new subdivision and commercial components to the project...

Hospital explores Leander
8/3/2007
Leaders in Leander are talking about their need for a hospital, and executives at St. David's HealthCare are listening. City leaders in the suburb north of Austin have shown St. David's at least four plots of land they say are ripe for a hospital or healthcare facility...

Leander Retail
7/6/2007
A new development planned in Leander will bring 350,000 square feet of retail to the city, and could usher in a string of retail and commercial development to a heavily trafficked, but so far undeveloped, area, city officials say. Gateway at Leander, a $24 million project, is planned to occupy 42 acres on the corner of Crystal Falls Parkway and U.S. Hwy. 183...

Extreme retail for Leander X Park
4/6/2007
When Bob Novit looks at the 20 acres of land that will become Park Village in Leander, he sees extreme opportunity. Park Village, the 200,000-square-foot retail component of the Leander Sports and Entertainment Destination Center, will feature retail, restaurants and hotels to complement the planned 110-acre Texas X Park...

Leander X Park
3/28/2007
The Texas X Park--the multifaceted recreational complex that could make Leander a major destination-- has received an environmental permit from the U.S. Corps of Engineers. The permit was the last hurdle the project needed to secure its funding, paving the way for a groundbreaking on the $18 million first phase later this summer...

Leander Development
3/9/2007
With the recent purchase of a 925-acre youth camp in Leander, a Texas developer has amassed about 5,000 acres that will eventually be built out with up to 13,000 homes, yet another example of the tremendous growth anticipated for Williamson County...

Leander Building Boom
5/26/2006
Build it, and they will come.That's the philosophy most developers are taking when it comes to building in Leander, and most are banking on the future development boom predicted for the city.The latest example: about 340,000 square feet of office and retail space is planned just west of the Crystal Falls neighborhood development off U.S. Highway 183...

Study says Texas still top state for business
The business climate in Texas is the best in the nation, according to a study by marketing company Development Counsellors International. In the poll of 281 corporate executives across the country, 40.8 percent of participants say Texas had the most favorable business climate -- an accolade the Lone Star State has held since 1999.

Texas ranked top economy in nation by CNBC
CNBC Inc. ranked Texas as the best all-around state economy and the No. 1 state to do business in America in 2008. Texas boasts over half of the nation's new jobs created in the past 12 months, and has added over 1.2 million net new jobs in the past five years, more than any other state. With a population of 23.9 million and a Gross State Product of $37,793 (per capita), Texas has experienced a growth rate of 4.1 percent and an unemployment rate of 4.3 percent.