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"Austin suburb buys downtown land as it aims to facilitate growth"

Austin Business Journal shares, "One of Austin's growing suburbs will purchase a one-acre parcel in its city center, continuing a wave of cities around the region taking control of land in their downtowns.

The Elgin City Council on May 6 unanimously gave the go-ahead to its economic development corporation to acquire a property at 403 Central Avenue, near the city's new police station. The EDC in February approved the $305,500 purchase from DLJ Holdings LLC. The property was valued for tax purposes at $153,000 in 2025, according to Bastrop County property records.

With the move, the city of Elgin — about 25 miles northeast of Austin with a population of around 12,000 — will acquire a key parcel on the fringes of the city's downtown, which is…

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"Booming Austin neighbor among top 20 suburbs for Americans on the move"

CultureMap Austin shares, "A new list on the most desirable suburbs in America puts one buzzy Austin-area city in the top 20: According to a recent growth report by moving services website moveBuddha, Georgetown comes in at No. 18 on the list of American suburbs that everyone wants to move to.

The survey ranks the suburbs that are the most in-demand in the most populous U.S. metros for 2025.

It ranks cities by two criteria: recent mover search data from January 2024 to February 2025 which reflectsmoves planned for the current year; and the most recent Zillow Home Value Index data for home averages in each of the 50 biggest metros.

Georgetown had a "move in-to-out ratio" of 1.46, meaning there are 146 searches for moves in for every 100…

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"750-plus homes headed to Elgin to continue housing boom"

Austin Business Journal shares, "Elgin’s housing boom is set to continue after City Council approved an amendment to a previously approved development agreement that will allow the developer to build more dense housing in an upcoming master planned community.

The original development agreement for Southside Meadows, as the development is called, was approved in May 2023 and would have seen 526 single-family homes built, but that number has swelled to 763 with the amendment approved Sept. 3, according to the meeting agenda. The homes are being planned as developers descend upon Elgin to build thousands of new homes.

Developer Hariharan Kuppuraj owns the 174 acres where the master-planned community will be built along County Line Road, just south…

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"Georgetown is fastest-growing city of its size for third-straight year"

Austin Business Journal writes, "For the third-straight year, Georgetown is the fastest-growing city of at least 50,000 people by percent change, according to an analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Other Austin-area cities weren't far behind.

Georgetown's population reached 96,312 last year, according to newly released city-level data for the 12-month period spanning July 2022 to July 2023. That represents a gain of roughly 9,250 people from the year before — the eighth most in the country among cities of any size based on numeric gains.

An analysis of the data also shows that the city north of Austin grew 10.6% year-over-year, making it the fastest-growing city of at least 50,000 people. Kyle, south of Austin, ranked No. 2 with a 9%…

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