{"id":418204,"date":"2026-08-27T13:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/418204\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T13:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:10:08","slug":"from-buc-ees-to-portillos-new-stops-reshaping-i-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/418204\/","title":{"rendered":"From Buc-ee\u2019s to Portillo\u2019s: New stops reshaping I-35"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interstate 35<\/a>\u00a0has picked up some major new stops in 2026. As Central Texas continues to grow between Austin and San Antonio,<\/a> several nationally recognized retailers and restaurant chains have opened new locations along the busy corridor.\u00a0Here are some of the biggest names that opened along the I-35 corridor this year.<\/p>\n

The store at opened on January 23 at Creekside Crossing, a major shopping center just off I-35. The roughly 23,000-square-foot store offers fresh produce, natural and organic foods, bulk items, prepared foods and other specialty grocery products.<\/p>\n

The opening also added dozens of jobs to the New Braunfels area. Sprouts said the store created 92 full- and part-time positions.<\/p>\n

The 152,000-square-foot warehouse opened May 15 as part of the massive Mayfair development<\/a> near I-35. The roughly $37 million project includes a 32-pump Costco fuel station and created about 240 jobs.<\/p>\n

The store has also added another major retail anchor to a rapidly developing section of New Braunfels, where residential, retail and entertainment projects continue to expand around Mayfair.<\/p>\n

Portillo\u2019s opened its first area restaurant in Schertz at I-35 and Cibolo Valley Drive, bringing the chain’s Italian beef sandwiches, Chicago-style hot dogs, burgers and famous chocolate cake to the region. The new dining option adds to the growing list of tenants in the growing portfolio of Schertz Station, a 72-acre mixed-use project.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

The Schertz restaurant is part of the chain’s broader expansion into Texas and gives I-35 travelers another recognizable national restaurant option between San Antonio and New Braunfels. Portillo\u2019s is also planning a second area location in New Braunfels<\/a>, although that restaurant is not part of this year’s openings.<\/p>\n

The 74,000-square-foot location at I-35 and Yarrington Road opened August 12 following a roughly $47 million investment. The store features 128 fueling positions and brought more than 200 jobs to the San Marcos area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Interstate 35\u00a0has picked up some major new stops in 2026. As Central Texas continues to grow between Austin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[820,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-418204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-mysastaff","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}