Olive Garden in Austin, TX

A new 6,365-square-foot Olive Garden restaurant is being built at 5010 W US Hwy 290 Service Road in Austin, Texas. The project involves the demolition of an existing full-service restaurant and the construction of a new facility, including a dumpster enclosure, landscaping, and all necessary utilities. The estimated cost for this new construction is $3,400,000, which works out to $534 per square foot.

The owner of record is 5010 West Highway 290 LLC, and the design firm is ACS Architecture. Marc S Frame serves as the registered accessibility specialist for the project. The filing identifies the tenant as Olive Garden Holdings LLC, with Shannon Dunn listed as the business contact. This development is located in the East Oak Hill area of Travis County, near existing businesses such as Walmart Supercenter, Chick-fil-A, and Sam's Club.

Project Status and Timeline

TDLR completed the plan review in December 2025. Construction is scheduled to begin in April 2026 and is scheduled to finish in December 2026. The total build window is 242 days, which is close to the county median of 304 days for similar new construction projects. The project is privately funded on private land for private use.

City of Austin permit records show 16 permits on file at this street address, issued between March 2026 and July 2026. These include seven electrical permits, five plumbing permits, three building permits, and one mechanical permit. The declared valuations on these permits total $3,400,101. Recent permit descriptions reference the rebuild of a full-service commercial restaurant and associated site work, including the installation of service water and sewer lines.

ACS Architecture has six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $15,144,614, including other Olive Garden and Longhorn Steakhouse locations in Texas. All of these other projects have completed their plan review. The median estimated cost for new construction filings in Travis County is $1,000,000, making this project's cost above the county median. The median size for these filings is 11,984 square feet, while this project is smaller at 6,365 square feet.

Local Context

The ZIP code 78735 has a population of about 20,112 residents, with a median household income of $126,216. There are 9,957 housing units in the area, and the median owner-occupied home value is $791,900. The housing market is an even mix of owner- and renter-occupied units. The Travis County unemployment rate was 3.9 percent in July 2026, according to FRED data.