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Economic Development

Upcoming Development

• Black Rock Coffee
• Andy’s Frozen Custard
• Profit trade school, Craftmasters to close on 54-acre site at Hooper Business Park
• Three new-to-market retail/restaurant businesses will open along Wilshire
Boulevard
• Five new-to-market retail/restaurant businesses will open at the Wilshire and
Summercrest intersection

Hotel/Convention Center

• Economic development staff completed a comprehensive hotel/convention center study
identifying Burleson as a strong market for 150 bed select-service hotel/convention

center
• A request for qualifications (RFQ) was released and staff received multiple responses
from interested hotel developers
• Staff will continue to work with developers, management and the community to put
together a successful project

Old Town Development

• Staff is marketing a greenfield site in Old Town owned by the Economic Development
Corporation
• 130 East Renfro Street is the former site of Hill College. At roughly two acres, council

envisions a commercial development with a mix of retail and restaurant users with
architectural designs consistent with Old Town and sufficient parking

HighPoint Business Park

• Economic development staff is marketing industrial greenfield sites located in HighPoint
Business Park
• The EDC owns a seven-acre site and a potential new site
• Private investors own a 20-acre site

• New industrial user to locate to the park
• To date, HighPoint Business Park has created over 1,500 jobs

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