AMAT B33 Office Refresh in Austin, TX

Applied Materials is renovating 36,700 square feet of office space on levels 1 and 2 of Building 33 at 9700 E US HWY 290 in Austin. The project, filed as AMAT B33 Office Refresh, involves a renovation and alteration with an estimated cost of $6,817,000. Construction is scheduled to finish in April 2027, with work starting in September 2026. The total square footage for the filing is 37,435 sq ft, resulting in a cost of $182 per square foot.

Fuse Architecture Studio serves as the design firm of record for this privately funded project on private land. Mark S Robinson is the registered accessibility specialist. The project was registered with TDLR in July 2026. Plan review was completed in September 2026, and the TDLR status is Review Complete. The work is confined to the interior office areas of the existing structure.

Project Scale and Context

This renovation is significantly larger than typical projects in the area. Among 14,955 TDLR-registered renovation and alteration filings in Travis County, the median estimated cost is $296,996 and the median size is 3,800 sq ft. This project’s cost is above the county median for its type, placing it in the top quarter. The scheduled build window of 216 days is longer than the county median of 98 days. The cost per square foot of $182 is also above the county median of $103.

Applied Materials has six other TDLR-registered projects in Austin, totaling $10,385,000. These include Buildings 32, 36, 37, 34, and 30, as well as Building B41. Most of these projects have a review complete status. Fuse Architecture Studio has worked on six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $6,157,000, including work for Samsung Austin Semiconductor and Ambiq. This indicates a pattern of large-scale commercial renovations in the region.

Local Area and Permit Activity

The project is located in ZIP code 78724. U.S. Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates for this area show a population of about 29,326 and a median household income of $76,906. The median owner-occupied home value is $295,400. Housing in this area is mostly owner-occupied. There are 9,696 housing units in the census tract.

City of Austin permit records show at least 25 permits on file at this street address. The 25 most recent were issued between September 2024 and August 2026. These include 10 Electrical Permits, 7 Building Permits, 5 Mechanical Permits, and 3 Plumbing Permits. Seventeen of these permits have a final status. The most recent permits listed are for interior remodels to existing warehouse restrooms in Building 37. Travis County unemployment rate was 4 percent in June 2026, higher than a year earlier.