🌐 Semiconductor Growth in Texas: CRE Development Opportunities 🏢

🏗️ Texas CHIPS Act & CRE: How Semiconductor Boom Shapes Development 🚀

August 27, 2025•2 min read

🏗️ Texas CHIPS Act & CRE: How Semiconductor Boom Shapes Development 🚀

🌐 Semiconductor Growth in Texas: CRE Development Opportunities 🏢

🏗️ Texas CHIPS Act: Impact on CRE Development

The Texas CHIPS Act is setting the stage for a new wave of commercial real estate (CRE) development across the Lone Star State. With billions in funding earmarked for semiconductor manufacturing, Texas is positioning itself as a national hub for advanced technology, reshaping demand for industrial, office, and mixed-use developments.

📈 What Is the Texas CHIPS Act?

The Texas CHIPS Act complements the federal CHIPS and Science Act by providing state-level incentives to attract semiconductor companies. This funding supports the construction of new manufacturing facilities, research hubs, and supply chain infrastructure. Major players like Samsung in Taylor, Texas and Texas Instruments in Richardson have already announced multi-billion-dollar expansions.

🏭 Industrial Real Estate Demand Surges

The most immediate impact is being felt in industrial real estate. Semiconductor plants require vast land parcels, advanced infrastructure, and highly specialized logistics support. Developers are racing to secure industrial sites near power, water, and transportation hubs—particularly in Central Texas and Greater Houston, where supply chains can scale.

👩‍🔬 Office & Lab Space for Innovation

Beyond manufacturing, the Texas CHIPS Act fuels demand for office and lab space. Research facilities, engineering hubs, and design centers are clustering around semiconductor campuses, creating opportunities for mixed-use projects that combine office, residential, and retail. For developers, this presents a chance to build ecosystems, not just standalone projects.

🏘️ Housing & Mixed-Use Ripple Effects

The influx of semiconductor jobs—many of them high-paying engineering and tech roles—is also driving housing and retail demand. Cities like Taylor, Austin, and Houston suburbs are seeing an uptick in multifamily projects, retail centers, and lifestyle developments. Mixed-use communities with walkability, restaurants, and green spaces are becoming essential to attract top talent.

💰 Financing & Investor Opportunities

For investors and developers, the Texas CHIPS Act creates multiple entry points:

· Acquiring land near semiconductor corridors

· Developing industrial warehouses and logistics centers

· Building multifamily housing for workers

· Investing in mixed-use projects that serve tech hubs

Financing tools like SBA 504 loans, bridge loans, and construction-to-perm financing are already being used to capitalize on this growth.

🌟 The Bigger Picture

With semiconductor supply chains being reshored, Texas has a rare opportunity to lead. For CRE, this means sustained demand for land, industrial, and mixed-use development. The Texas CHIPS Act isn’t just tech policy—it’s a real estate catalyst that could define growth corridors for decades.

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Bill Rapp, CRE Broker

I am a Houston commercial broker, with residential experience, as well as a lending background. I have been in the real estate industry for 14 years and counting, and I have worked in many roles within the industry and each has given me a unique perspective of the industry as a whole. My dedication to clients is rooted in this industry knowledge, but also includes my desire to go the extra mile in networking to source off market opportunities for my clients. Me and my team at eXp Commercial have a cutting-edge technology package that gets the widest exposure for each transaction. eXp Commercial offers a nationwide network through which we can deliver the best exposure and professional advice to achieve our clients’ goals while also minimizing their risk. Clients appreciate my methodical method of discovery in our initial consultation. Through which we can get to know each other and their specific’s business’s needs and objectives on a granular level. Our processes help navigate each transaction and its potential pitfalls through to a successful outcome for our clients. It is my stated goal to provide our clients with extensive market analysis and expertise that fosters innovative solutions and rewarding commercial real estate opportunities.

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