Burnet Design Center

A new two-story retail building is planned for 8433 Burnet Rd. in Austin, Texas. The project, registered as the Burnet Design Center, encompasses 23,163 square feet of new construction. Tavares Properties LP is the owner of record, with North Arrow Studio serving as the design firm. The estimated cost for the build is $6,500,000, which translates to $281 per square foot.

The scope of work includes associated parking, utilities, and drives. This development is privately funded on private land for private use. The site is located in the Wooten area of Travis County.

Construction is scheduled to begin in March 2026. The project was registered with TDLR in November 2025, and plan review is pending. Completion is targeted for June 2027. This represents a scheduled build window of 486 days. For context, the median scheduled build window for similar new construction filings in Travis County is 304 days, making this project's timeline longer than the county median.

North Arrow Studio has one other TDLR-registered project in the area, the Clive Bar in Austin, which had an estimated cost of $1,000,000 and has completed review. The Burnet Design Center is one of several projects in the Wooten area, which also includes renovations to Urban Egg, DPS Building L, The LINC, St. John Building, and MB Austin Temp Offi. Nearby businesses include Austin Subaru, Austin INFINITI, The Common Interest, Baldwin Beauty Schools, Primitives Furniture & Accessories, and the John Gillum Branch of the Austin Public Library.

City of Austin permit records show 11 permits on file at this street address, issued between September 2025 and August 2026. These include four plumbing permits, four building permits, and three electrical permits. The declared valuations on these permits total $650,000. Recent activity includes ePlan commercial expedited reviews for new construction of two-story she and first-time finish-out for the first and second floors. A certificate-of-occupancy-related record is dated August 2026. Two permits have a final status.

The Travis County unemployment rate was 3.9 percent in July 2026. Census estimates for ZIP code 78757 indicate a population of about 24,327, a median household income of $104,946, and a median owner-occupied home value of $629,500. The housing stock is mostly owner-occupied, with 11,930 housing units.