Tesla Adds to Austin Footprint

Tesla has inked deals for over one million square feet of industrial space in Austin. That’s to go with the massive Gigafactory in Taylor and numerous sales centers in and around town.

The Austin Business reports that Tesla has leased 962,000 square feet across three buildings at the Kyle/35 business park. And just last week the company gobbled up another 127,000 square feet to exceed a million square feet. It’s mostly thought that the property is for the company’s battery operations.

Houston-based Alliance Industrial Co. is developing the site, which includes five buildings, and in the past was framed as a $115 million capital investment that could create roughly 1,500 jobs.

The Gigafactory has over 10 million square feet of floor space. Near Corpus Christi, Tesla broke ground last year on a lithium refining plant. Tesla also has staked a claim to 440,000 square feet for warehouse space in San Antonio.