DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas — A bigger H-E-B is being planned in Dripping Springs.
According to city documents, the plan includes knocking down the current store near U.S. 290 and replacing it with a bigger store using nearly 12 acres of land east of the current building.
In its agenda for Tuesday, the Planning and Zoning Commission is expected to talk about those plans. Commissioners will listen to public comments and consider a recommendation to allow a “variance request” for the construction of the larger building.
Plans show the new store would be 125,000 square feet, and the existing 75,000-square-foot H-E-B would be demolished and converted into a parking lot for the new store. H-E-B acquired the additional 12-acre property in June.
The current Dripping Springs H-E-B opened in 2010 along with a car wash and gas station.
It comes as H-E-B is already planning other expansions in the Austin area, including a new store in southeast Austin at East William Cannon Drive and McKinney Falls Parkway. The company also has plans for new stores in Buda, Manor, Georgetown and San Marcos.
In December, H-E-B opened its new 145,000-square-foot, multi-level location on South Congress Avenue after nearly two years of progress. Located northeast of the city, a 127,000-square-foot spot also opened earlier this month in Pflugerville.
H-E-B recently finished new additions to its Tech Ridge store at Parmer Lane and I-35, with other store upgrades coming to Bastrop and Kyle.