Site selection and orientation tours; expedited plan review
Population: 140,000
Median age: 32
Total annual retail sales: $3 billion
Tax increment financing; property tax abatements; job training programs; demographic studies; traffic studies; foreign trade zone
Construction of 70,000 square foot retail plaza at Tres Lagos master planned community; Construction of 86,500 square foot mixed use plaza Shops at Nolana; Construction of 22,500 Mission Restaurant Supply regional HQ; Construction of 80,000 square foot new to market retailer Floor & Decor; Completion of $40 million expansion of Simon’s La Plaza Mall; purchase of 38 acres of land by UTRGV School of Medicine for the McAllen Academic Medical Campus including partnership with MD Anderson; completion of 84,000-square-foot UTRGV Medical Research Facility; Shops at 29: 200,000 square feet of new retail space including restaurants and first-to-market retail, anchor tenants include Dave & Busters, Burlington, Ulta, Bubba’s 33, Freddy Frozen Custard, T-Mobil and Ross; Texas A&M School of Engineering, BioMedical, Agriculture and Lab Sciences at Tres Lagos; new 76,000-square-foot Dicks Sporting Goods at Las Tiendas power center; completion of Rio Bank Headquarters six-story building with Class A office space; first to market restaurants include Black Bear Diner, Jersey Mikes, Ojos Locos and Twin Peaks. New to market retailers includes Panera Bread, Primark, Lululemon, Marc Jacobs, and Mango.