Lite & Barricade

Central Texas Lite & Barricade is developing a new 5,000 sq ft metal building at 1555 FM 1660 in Hutto, Texas. The project, filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) under the name Lite & Barricade Hutto, consists of half office space and half warehouse. The estimated cost for this new construction is $500,000, equating to $100 per square foot.

SDH Building LLC is the owner and developer of record for this privately funded project on private land. Sunland Group serves as the design firm of record. Robert Ronson is the registered accessibility specialist listed in the filing. The project was registered with TDLR in February 2025, and plan review was completed in the same month. Construction was scheduled to begin in March 2025, with a planned completion date of August 2025.

Project Context and Comparison

This project's estimated cost is below the county median for new construction filings in Williamson County, which is $850,000. The scheduled build window of 153 days is shorter than the county median of 245 days. The cost per square foot of $100 is close to the county median of $110. Sunland Group, the design firm, has six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $18,524,126, including The Pickleball Grove in Spicewood and Cullen Hall in Georgetown.

According to U.S. Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates for ZIP 78634, the population is about 43,466 with a median household income of $111,227. The area has 15,322 housing units, and the median owner-occupied home value is $334,200. Housing in this ZIP code is predominantly owner-occupied. The Williamson County unemployment rate was 4.1 percent in July 2026, higher than a year earlier.

TDLR has not yet recorded a final inspection for this project. Therefore, the current state of the site is not confirmed in the public record. The project status is listed as Review Complete, but the lack of a final inspection record means the physical completion status remains unverified in the official database.