A Sprouts Farmers Market, East 51st Street improvements and a new museum building are among the five most expensive projects filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in the Austin metro this week.
This project at the semiconductor support and manufacturing company consists of a cleanroom expansion and renovation.
Location: 3733 Drossett Drive, AustinEstimated timeline: Nov. 9, 2025-Feb. 28, 2027Estimated cost: $27 millionEast 51st Street
This project involves the revitalization of East 51st Street from I-35 to Berkman Drive. The project stems from the East 51st Street Vision Plan to create a community outlook and promote coordinated redevelopment for both sides of the corridor.
Location: East 51st Street from I-35 to Berkman Drive, AustinEstimated timeline: June 1, 2027-Sept. 1, 2028Estimated cost: $17 millionSprouts Farmers Market
A new location for the grocery store is coming to Hutto. There are currently four storefronts within Austin as well as locations in Round Rock, Cedar Park and Georgetown.
Location: Northeast corner of SH 130 and Hwy. 79, HuttoEstimated timeline: Sept. 15, 2026-Feb. 7, 2028Estimated cost: $4.8 millionUT Dinosaur Trackways
The building is a 2,100-square-foot single-story museum. The project aims to conserve and house some of Texas’ most renowned fossilized footprints made 113 million years ago by a sauropod and a theropod near Glen Rose.
Location: 2402 Trinity St., AustinEstimated timeline: Aug. 1, 2026-Oct. 1, 2027Estimated cost: $4.2 millionTexas State University: Student Success Commons at the Albert B. Alkek Library
This project involves the interior renovation of approximately 38,000 square feet of the sixth floor of Alkek Library. The work will include new staff offices and student group study support spaces.
Location: 601 University Drive, San MarcosEstimated timeline: June 5, 2026-Dec. 15, 2026Estimated cost: $3.5 million
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