Austin-area commercial developers reported 9.2 million square feet under development or delivered in 2025

February 7, 2026

The Austin Business Journal's 2026 list of commercial developers captures recent industrial, office and retail activity across the six-county Austin region. Firms that maintain a local office and responded to ABJ's survey make up the list, and their project totals cover work under development or delivered during 2025.

Seventeen developers on this year's list reported a combined 9.2 million square feet of commercial space. The figures include projects both underway and completed in 2025, with industrial, office and retail categories tracked separately.

Several large projects account for a significant share of that square footage. Mustang Crossing, an industrial development, spans about 1.2 million square feet. Kyle Park, a retail center now taking shape, measures roughly 400,000 square feet. Whisper San Marcos delivered a 321,000 square foot industrial building in 2025.

The 2025 totals mark a decline from the prior year. In the Austin Business Journal's 2025 list, 22 developers reported 11.92 million square feet under development or delivered during 2024. That drop highlights a smaller pipeline of newly built or completed commercial space in the region for the most recent year.

Eligibility for the ABJ list requires a local office, and the geographic scope includes Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop, Burnet and Caldwell counties. When ABJ tallies project square footage, it places developments into office, industrial and retail buckets to show how space is distributed by type.

ABJ collected the data through surveys sent to company representatives, and only firms that returned information appear on the list. The publication will follow up with a separate list of multifamily developers, scheduled for release on May 1, 2026.

This summary reflects the Austin Business Journal's compiled responses and the project totals those developers submitted for activity during 2025.