Permits and filings: A Panda Express for Waco, a bigger Killeen sanctuary and a $14M Austin office remodel

Owners registered 35 more commercial projects worth about $54.4 million in 254 Biz counties that weren't in our Oct. 30 pull, according to Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TABS) filings dated Oct. 27 to Oct. 30. Thirty were in Travis County. The figures are owners' estimates and can change.

Waco, Bell and Williamson

• Panda Express filed for a $2 million, 2,700-square-foot ground-up fast-food restaurant at 1135 N. Loop 340 in Waco. The state filing names Lacetex AOS Partners LLC as owner and idGroup as designer. Work is scheduled from Sept. 7, 2027, to March 20, 2028.
• Liberty Christian Center filed for a $1.8 million, 9,000-square-foot addition at 4107 Westcliff Road in Killeen. The filing says the project removes the existing sanctuary and adds a larger one, separated from the existing building by a fire wall. MRB Group is the designer. Work is scheduled from Jan. 1, 2027, to Jan. 1, 2028.
• Casey's filed for a $780,000 remodel of the 4,202-square-foot convenience store at 201 W. Frederick St. in Riesel. The filing names Fikes Wholesale Inc. as owner and The Dimension Group as designer, from Jan. 11 to March 15, 2027.
• Antioch Community Church of Waco filed for a $150,000, 3,875-square-foot "House of Prayer" renovation at 505 N. 20th St., from Nov. 1 to March 1.
• Actian Labs filed for a $493,406, 7,000-square-foot interior remodel at 710 Hesters Crossing, Suite 250, in Round Rock, turning open office space into an executive briefing suite. Corgan is the designer.

Travis County (largest)

• Renesas: a $14 million, 82,312-square-foot remodel of office suites for a new tenant at 3700 N. Capital of Texas Highway. Owner: AG San Clemente 3700 LLC. Designer: S. Tipton Studio. Jan. 1 to July 3, 2027.
• Briarwood Phase 3: $7.61 million in roadway and utility infrastructure for residential lots at 18407 FM 1100 in Elgin. Owner: ATX Elgin Dev LLC.
• Prudential Overall Supply: $5 million in water and wastewater, truck dock and pavement work on about 77,101 square feet at 1001 W. Howard Lane. Designer: Pape-Dawson.
• Cielo Center: a $3.58 million renovation of building lobbies and amenity areas at 1250 S. Capital of Texas Highway. Owner: ACSP Cielo Austin LLC.
• Neuralink Corp.: a $2.7 million, 7,900-square-foot one-story laboratory research building (a vivarium) at 2200 Caldwell Lane in Del Valle, Nov. 2 to May 3.
• Applied Materials: a $1.8 million renovation of about 5,637 square feet of shipping dock space in Building 33 at 9700 E. U.S. 290.
• Travis County Fire House ESD 11: a $1.8 million, 4,962-square-foot new fire station at 8300 Solis Place.

On the watch list: Samsung Austin Semiconductor filed a $350,000 job for a concrete platform pad for a diesel generator at its Fire Water Pump Building, 12100 Samsung Blvd., scheduled May 24 to Aug. 31, 2027. A $300,000 Tesla filing at 5900 E. Ben White Blvd., Suite A120, covers moving tooling equipment, Supercharger cabinets and chargers in a service area, with BEN WHITE QOZB LP as owner.

See every filing on the Permits & Filings tracker.