UP Buda II B4 ITFO Office

The UP Buda II B4 ITFO Office at 171 Deep Roots in Buda is an 87,361 sq ft interior fit-out of an existing shell warehouse. The project, registered with TDLR in April 2026, is a renovation/alteration that converts the space into a tenant office build-out. The estimated cost for this work is $350,000, which computes to $4 per square foot.

Project Scope and Ownership

Firecracker 4 & 5 Industrial Owner LLC is the owner of record for this facility, identified as Building 4 in the filings. Powers Brown Architecture serves as the design firm, while Ernest G Taylor is the registered accessibility specialist. The scope specifically includes the interior fit-out of the previously permitted shell warehouse, transforming the industrial structure into office space.

The project is privately funded on private land for private use. The scheduled build window was 92 days, from April 2026 to July 2026. This timeline is close to the county median of 92 days for similar renovation filings.

While the estimated cost of $350,000 is above the Hays County median of $250,000 for renovation/alteration projects, the cost per square foot is significantly below the county median of $95. This suggests a low-cost-per-unit conversion, likely due to the nature of fitting out an existing shell rather than new construction. The design firm, Powers Brown Architecture, has six other TDLR-registered projects totaling over $75 million, including large-scale developments in Baytown and Houston.

The project was registered with TDLR in April 2026 with a target completion of July 2026; no plan review or inspection has been recorded since, so whether it proceeded is not confirmed in the public record. The status remains Project Registered, but the absence of subsequent inspection data means the physical completion of the office build-out is not verified in the TDLR public record.