A nationwide big-box retailer is reportedly eyeing another massive store in a growing Central Texas suburb. Target is planning to build a new store at a 75-acre retail hub in an east Austin-area city.
Bastrop City Manager Sylvia Carrillo-Trevino insinuated the possibly for a Target at the site during a Sept. 14 State of the City address, according to Community Impact reporting. Bastrop’s first Target would be located within the new Sendero development at State Highway 71 and Farm to Market Road 969, about 35 miles east of Austin.
“I’ll just say that there’s a bullseye in that big area right in the middle,” Carrillo-Trevino said Monday, pointing to a rendering of Sendero. “And that’s all I will say about that.”
This proposed Target now in the mix comes as the company continues to rapidly expand into Austin-area suburbs with new stores set for Dripping Springs and Liberty Hill. Target is expected to open its first $22 million Liberty Hill store next month while the Dripping Springs location is slated to wrap construction by mid-November 2027.
An incentive agreement for the proposed Target is scheduled to go before a Bastrop City Council meeting next week on Monday, Sept. 22. MySA reached out to Sendero retail planners and Target for more information.