March 2017 | Business View Magazine

134 135 Cedar Park, Texas Visit www.MyMileStone.com or Call MileStone Today at (512) 215-5220 New Homes in Cedar Park Sporting Goods, Field & Stream, Old Navy, Michael’s, Cost Plus, Marshalls, etc.We’re look- ing at a grand opening of that whole complex mid-April. That’s why our sales tax dollars have grown so much - because we brought in some of these large retail developments that throw off a lot of sales tax in the city. “The crown jewel of the city is the Cedar Park Center, whose naming rights were recently sold to H-E-B, so now it’s the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park. (H-E-B Grocery Stores is a privately-held, supermarket chain based in San Antonio, Texas, with more than 350 stores throughout the state, as well as in northeast Mexico.) It’s a 181,000 square-foot, $55 million, multi-purpose events center, anchored by the Texas Stars, which is the AHA affiliate of the Dallas Stars hockey team, and the San Antonio Spurs NBA D-League team, the Austin Spurs. Both of them play all their home games at the Cedar Park Center and both of them, since playing in the Center, have won the championship in their leagues. It seats approximately 6,800 for hockey and goes up to 9,000 for concerts. Typically, there are over 150 events a year at the facility, and over three mil- lion people have attended events at the Center since it opened in 2009. “On the job side, we’ve been very successful in bringing new jobs into the community. Some of the companies that reside here and provide jobs are National Oilwell Varco, which is a large oil and gas company headquartered in Houston. Another company is Fallbrook Technologies. In 2012, they relocated their corporate headquar- ters from San Diego to Cedar Park. Two years ago a company called Voltabox that specializes in the manufacturing of lithium batteries, built a 22,000 square-foot facility. They’ll be dou- bling the size of their building in 2017. “This past year we relocated the headquarters of Comprehensive Healthcare Management. This project will create about 50 full-time jobs with an annual payroll of about $2.4 million. Another project that will be breaking ground here, soon, is a company called Swagelok– they’re a distributor of gas and liquid measure- ment devices, fittings, and regulators. They’re relocating from Austin. They will be construct- ing a 30,000 square-foot distribution, and sales and service facility, and will employ 25 people with an estimated payroll of about $2.5 million a year. “And then, American Constructors, which is a large general contractor, leased 12,000 square feet of space in the Presidio development,