Minneapolis Owner Registers $5.1M Office/Warehouse Near Buda

A Minneapolis-based owner registered a $5.1 million project with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on Oct. 12, 2026, for a 12,000 sq ft ground-up office/warehouse building at 12111 S Hwy 183, just outside Buda. The site sits inside Travis County, not Hays, where most of Buda proper sits. The filing carries the project name “Buda Trench” and lists MoGo Architects PLLC of Houston as the design firm of record.

Why it matters

The address puts the building on the Travis County side of the Buda line, in the stretch of South Highway 183 where south Austin’s industrial corridor spills past the Hays County boundary. A 12,000 sq ft office/warehouse is a small building by Austin-market standards. The filing names no tenant, so the building is either speculative or built for an undisclosed user.

The numbers

The TDLR record lists an estimated cost of $5,100,000 for 12,000 sq ft of new construction at 12111 S Hwy 183 in Travis County. The owner entity on the filing is registered to an address on LaSalle Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota; the record names no parent brand. The project was registered Oct. 12, 2026, with an estimated start date of Jan. 1, 2027, and an estimated completion date of Jan. 1, 2028, a 12-month build window. MoGo Architects PLLC, based in Houston, is the design firm of record.

What’s next

TDLR registration is a state accessibility-compliance filing triggered once a project’s estimated cost clears $50,000, not a City of Austin or Travis County building permit. The next public record to watch is a Travis County building permit covering the same S Hwy 183 address, which would confirm the project is moving from paper to construction on schedule for the January 2027 start. No tenant is named yet, so a lease filing would be the next marker worth tracking in Austin’s industrial market.

Sources: TDLR TABS registration TABS2027003340