TEXpansion — May/June 2010
Businesses and industries are expanding their facilities throughout Texas. Here is a sampling of recently announced expansions, tracked by the Office of the Governor, Economic Development and Tourism Division.
| City | Business Name | Type of Business | Type of Expansion/Type of Job | Number of New Employees/Incentives |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Braunfels | Baptist Health System | Health care | Has purchased a 56-acre parcel for a new full-service hospital. | n/a |
| North Texas | Aldi | Discount grocer | Plans to open 27 stores in the region. | More than 400 jobs with wages starting at $10/hour for cashiers and up to $70,000 annually for store managers. |
| Austin | Facebook Inc. | Social networking | Will open a sales and operations office. This is the company’s only U.S. location outside of its headquarters in Palo Alto, California. | Up to 200 by 2014, with average annual wages of $54,000. The city of Austin has offered $200,000 and the state has pledged $1.4 million in Texas Enterprise Funds. |
| Cedar Park | Schlitterbahn | Water park | Announced plans for a $360 million, 95-acre Schlitterbahn Boutique Hotel and Conference Center. The water park, spanning 67 acres and costing $75 million, is scheduled to open in summer 2012. | Up to 1,000 |
| San Antonio | Allstate | Insurance | Will open an $11.6 million, 75,000-square-foot customer information center in May. | 600 |
| Austin | LegalZoom.com | Online legal document services | Will move sales, order fulfillment, customer service and technical support functions from its Los Angeles headquarters. | 600. The company received a $1 million TEF grant and $200,000 over 10 years from the city of Austin. |