{"id":358009,"date":"2026-07-02T00:54:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T00:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/358009\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T00:54:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T00:54:58","slug":"slaters-austin-surf-club-faces-more-liens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/358009\/","title":{"rendered":"Slater\u2019s Austin Surf Club Faces More Liens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Austin Surf Club, a 333-acre private artificial surf park and condo project, is facing at minimum an additional <\/a>$11.6 million in construction liens as work grinds to a halt.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The surf club, just east of the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, is being developed by a list of who\u2019s who in the pro surfing and real estate community. Kelly Slater, 11-time World Surf League champion partnered with Scottsdale, Arizona-based Discovery Land Company on the project. Chase Koch, son of businessman Charles Koch, has been connected to the ownership group, as well as local tech startup figure Jasen Trautwein.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Austin Surf Club Venture LP, the controlling entity, raised around $66 million from investors, according to the Austin Business Journal<\/a>. The leadership group acknowledged that construction on the site was paused in April. In the same month, they were hit with $4.6 million in liens for work done in 2025 and 2026, according to the outlet. The latest round of liens brings the total north of $16 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To get the project<\/a> back on its board<\/a>, the landowners filed a petition to establish a Municipal Management District to generate property tax revenue from the development and allow the developers to fund infrastructure improvements.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The petition had support from landbuyers, including former local Westlake High School and first-ballot NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Drew Brees, according to the publication. The controlling entities also filed paperwork to remove the development from Austin\u2019s extra-territorial jurisdiction, slashing a bit of red tape<\/a>. It\u2019s currently unclear whether the liens have been resolved. The text of the petition said the needed infrastructure costs were about $171 million, according to the outlet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The development is marketed as a mixed-use lifestyle residential community, complete with a 2,200-foot-long surf basin and 178 private residences. It\u2019s being built at the former site of NLand Surf Park, which shut down in 2018.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2014 Hunter Cooke<\/p>\n

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