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14437 Gregg Manor Road 30 ACRE LAND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY Located South of Cameron Road & SH 130 with SH 130 Frontage 14437 Gregg Manor Road 30 ACRE LAND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY Located South of Cameron Road & SH 130 with SH 130 Frontage Zane Cole Senior VicePresident 512.225.2708 [email protected] 130 Site Highlights • Approximately 30 Acres • Price $3.50 Per Square Foot • Existing Zoning – None Located in Austin ETJ Currently AG Exempt • Utlilities – Water Three-Phase Electricity Septic • Frontage on SH 130 • Easily Accessible from Gregg Manor Road or Cameron Road with North/South Access on SH 130 130 The Texas Triangle Anchored by Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio areas The 60,000 square mile region, which includes Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio, has seen significant population increase, particularly in the I-35 corridor, during the past decade. More than 17 million Texans, or about 75 percent of the state’s population, live in the region. Each of the four large cities in the Texas Triangle were ranked in the 20 fastest growing cities list by Forbes in 2014. And it’s not just people moving to the area. The Texas Triangle is home to 53 of the State’s 54 Fortune 500 Companies. The area is projected to have 21.65 million residents in 2030 and is home to 18.14 million residents (2015). It is also home to seven of the state’s 10 biggest universities. Austin, Texas Situated on the Colorado River in central Texas, Austin is the capital of the nation’s most business-friendly state and is one of the fastest growing job markets and economies in the United States. Austin recently surpassed Indianapolis and Jacksonville to become the 11th largest city in the U.S. and is globally recognized for its high- tech economy, intellectual talent and high quality of life. Austin is home to four Fortune 500 companies: Whole Foods Market, Freescale Semicon- ductor, Samsung (U.S.) and Dell. Nicknamed “Silicon Hills,” Austin has seen an influx in emerging technology companies either relocating or expanding in the city, including Accenture, Amazon, Dropbox, Google, Oracle, Silicon Labs, Facebook, IBM, eBay/Paypal, Intel, National Instruments, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett Packard, Indeed, and many more. The Austin-Round Rock five-county metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a dynamic region with an estimated population of over 2 million people – currently ranked fourth largest in terms of population of all Texas metropolitan areas. Since 1990, Austin has added over 1 million residents and the momentum continues to build. The city’s population is projected to grow at over 3% a year through 2025, approximately double the national average. Austin Market Austin, the capital of Texas, is the eleventh largest city in the United States and one of the nation’s fastest growing metropolitan areas. According to the Texas Workforce Commission, Austin has added 28,300 jobs in the past 12 months, expanding the workforce by 2.8 percent. The city has a dynamic and diverse economy, with a healthy mix of jobs in the government, professional services, education, healthcare and high tech sectors. Austin also has a well-established entertainment and convention industry with world-renowned festivals such as Austin City Limits and South by Southwest that contribute significantly to the local economy and have driven recent growth in the city’s leisure/hospitality sector. Additionally, the local economy is bolstered by a community-wide consensus for business development and quality job creation. Strong Fundamentals & Economy The Austin/Round Rock five-county metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a dynamic region with an estimated population of more than 1.9 million people - currently ranked fourth largest in terms of population of all Texas metropolitan areas. Headlining the MSA is the City of Austin which was named “America’s Fastest Growing City” by Forbes magazine in 2013 & 2014, and the second fastest growing city in 2015. Since 1990, Austin has added 1 million residents, more than the entire population of the city of Detroit, and the momentum continues to build—the city’s population is projected to grow at 2.14 percentage a year through 2018, more than double the national rate. The Austin MSA’s economy is both diverse and exceptionally stable. Continued diversification of the Austin economic base has resulted in the migration of the nation’s most influential corporations into the region, such as Apple Inc. and Google Inc. The Austin economy thrives on a strong balance of technology industries, business services, education, and government. Home to nearly 51,000 undergraduate and graduate students and more than 24,000 faculty and staff, the University of Texas at Austin is a major center for academic research, with an annual budget exceeding $400 million. Austin’s educated population, world class research facilities, exceptional quality of life and con- siderably lower occupancy costs compared to other major tech hubs in the US have enticed many global tech companies to establish major campuses in the region. Seton Healthcare Network, Dell, IBM, Apple, Freescale Semiconductor, 3M Company, Hewlett-Packard, AMD, Applied Materials, Cirrus Logic, Cisco, EBay/PayPal, Google, Intel, 7National OFFERINGInstruments, MEMORSamsung,ANDUM Silicon Laboratories, Sun Microsystems, and United Devices are just some of the technology companies that call Austin home, giving the city its nickname “Silicon Hills.” Austin Market CURRENT TOTAL 12 MONTH JOB MEDIAN MEDIAN AGE MEDIAN HOME POPULATION EMPLOYMENT GROWTH HOUSEHOLD VALUE INCOME 2.15 M 1.06 M 3.73.3%% $71 K 33.5 $367.1 K 25.6% $36.7 K 3.0% 42.8% 3,163 +12.2% (+4.1% YoY) POPULATION MEDIAN SALARY UNEMPLOYMENT POPULATION 2017 HOUSING YoY HOME GROWTHSINCE RATE WITH BACHELORS STARTS VALUE 2010 (seasonally adjusted) DEGREE INCREASE Austin Manufacturing Regional Comparison Austin’s manufacturing sector outperformed other major metropolitan areas in Tex- 56% as, as well as state and national growth rates, in 2014. Manufacturing accounts for a of net new manufacturing jobs in Texas smaller share of total employment in Austin (6.0%) compared to Dallas (7.6%) and Houston (8.2%), but was a much more significant contributor to job creation state- were created in Austin wide than the larger metropolitan areas. Fifty-six percent of net new manufacturing jobs in Texas in 2014 were created in Austin. Education The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas is one of the largest Dell Medical School recently opened in employers in the Austin area, employing over the Fall of 2016 and is the first medical 24,000 faculty & staff. school built at a Tier-1 University in 50 years. The Seton Medical Center at the UT has more than 51,000 students enrolled and is University of Texas is a 211-bed teaching one of the largest student bodies in the country. hospital that opened earlier in 2017. The Dell Medical School & the Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas are expected to have an economic impact The University offers students 115 different majors of over $2 billion annually and create through 13 different colleges. more than 15,000 new permanent jobs for Central Texas. Together, the two have formed the recently dubbed “Innovation The campus sits 30 miles from Frame Switch District” in downtown Austin. UT is rated the 26th best school for higher For every $1 of tax money given to UT, $18 is education in the world, making it the $ returned to the State economy 7th best public university in the United States. St. EdwardsUniversity Foundedin 1885,St.Edward’shasover 5,000studentsandover90academicprograms The University is recognized among the nation’s best Catholic universities and colleges, and as one of “America’s Best Colleges” Nation’s #1 producer of Fulbright Scholars Among Master’s Institutions The campus sits 32 miles from Frame Switch Liberty Hill 29 183 29 95 Georgetown WILLIAMSON COUNTY Taylor Municipal 79 Leander 35 130 Airport 17 MINUTE DRIVE AIRPORT Dell Diamond 79 Crystal Falls 183A Round 183 Hutto Mun. GC Rock Cedar Park Brushy Creek 45 45 2.36 Jonestown Pflugerville 95 HOURDRIVE Wells HOUSTON Volente Jollyville Branch 183 1 Hudson Bend Lake The 130 Travis Domain TRAVIS 35 Elgin way COUNTY 290 2.48 Emma Long HOUR DRIVE Manor DALLAS Park 1 888 Austin West University Walter E. Long Lost Lake Municipal Park Bee Creek Hills of Texas Cave Barton BartonCreek Creek Wilderness 71 Park Hornsby Webberville BASTRO 1.30 Bend COUNTY HOUR DRIVE 290 Austin Bergstrom SAN ANTONIO Sunset 71 Valley Int’l Airport Circle C Ranch Garfield Metro Park Bear 45 For More Information: ZaneCole Senior VicePresident +1 512 2252708 [email protected].
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