Three new buildings coming to Hays Commerce Center

The city’s Economic Development Department and HPI Real Estate Services and Investments have partnered to bring three major developments to the Hays Commerce Center, creating an additional 380,000 plus square feet of commercial industrial warehouse and office space along west side of I-35 north of Kyle Crossing, a city spokesperson announced today.

The Hays Logistics Center Building 2 will be a 206,000-square-foot development aimed at attracting large e-commerce distributors with features like cross-dock loading and unloading, 32-foot clear height and an ample truck court area for high-traffic distribution/fulfillment needs. The center is being developed in partnership by HPI and Hillwood Investment Properties.

Hays Commerce Center Building 3 is planned as a 68,240-square-foot building with flexible speculative suites ranging from 11,800 to 68,240 square feet that is projected to be ready by the end of 2021. The building is suited for office and warehouse space with a 28-foot clear height, dock high doors and oversized loading ramps.

The third project is Hays Commerce Center Building 4, a 106,673-square-foot building with 53,166 square feet available that is also projected to be ready by the end of 2021. The building will have a 32-foot clear height to allow for large inventory capacity, as well as dock high doors, oversized loading ramps and a 180-foot truck court that will connect with Building No. 3. HPI is the sole developer on these last two projects, the city’s announcement said.  

“Our goal for Kyle is … creating a thriving local economy that attracts quality businesses and employers so that residents can live and work in their community,” Kyle Economic Development Director Diana Blank-Torres said. “We’re excited to see the continued growth and availability of speculative space in Kyle because it only enhances our ability to attract and retain quality companies and employers.”

HPI Industrial Project Partner Davis Bass said these new developments “will allow us to accommodate a growing range of industrial tenants looking to service the Austin-San Antonio region. Having large bulk warehouse and manufacturing space, shallow bay flex space, as well as some dedicated retail pad, Hays Commerce Center will help create a thriving economy in the City of Kyle.”

The Hays Commerce Center is 100-acres of parceled land located in the northwest corner of Kyle. HPI Real Estate Services and Investments, in partnership with the city, broke ground on the project in 2018, with the intention that it will expand to become, in the city’s words, “a prominent mixed-use development at the center of one of the nation's fastest growing corridors.”