George Kiefer
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Broker-Owner of The Kiefer Group in Austin Texas
Austin Texas - Samsung will start manufacturing Apple’s iPhone camera sensors at its Austin facility beginning in March 2026. The company has also begun hiring personnel in Austin for the new Apple production. www.sammyfans.com/2025/12/23/s...
Samsung to start iPhone camera sensor output in March 2026
Samsung will manufacture Apple’s iPhone camera sensors at its Austin facility, with operations expected to commence in March 2026. It turns out that Samsung has set a timeline of March 2026 to begin o...
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December 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Austin Texas - Samsung will start manufacturing Apple’s iPhone camera sensors at its Austin facility beginning in March 2026. The company has also begun hiring personnel in Austin for the new Apple production. www.sammyfans.com/2025/12/23/s...
Austin Texas - Nvidia continues to add to its office footprint in North Austin by signing a new 79,000 square foot lease on Lakeline Blvd 78717. Earlier this year, Nvidia leased a new office of 100,000 square feet at One Uptown in The Domain area in 78758. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
World's largest company renews lease near Cedar Park as it invests in Austin - Austin Business Journal
Tech giant Nvidia, the world's richest company, is expanding in the area again.
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December 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Austin Texas - Nvidia continues to add to its office footprint in North Austin by signing a new 79,000 square foot lease on Lakeline Blvd 78717. Earlier this year, Nvidia leased a new office of 100,000 square feet at One Uptown in The Domain area in 78758. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
Austin Texas - Small nuclear reactor developer and manufacturer, Last Energy, moves its headquarters from Washington, D.C. to Austin and announces an expansion of their operations in Austin. The company's reactors are used by the data center industry. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
Last Energy secures $100M as small nuclear reactor firm expands Austin operations - Austin Business Journal
Austin now has two nuclear reactor startups with over $100 million in funding.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Austin Texas - Small nuclear reactor developer and manufacturer, Last Energy, moves its headquarters from Washington, D.C. to Austin and announces an expansion of their operations in Austin. The company's reactors are used by the data center industry. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
Austin Texas - An Austin-based 3D printing company, "Creative 3D Technologies," plans to build a new manufacturing site and hire 45 more employees. Creative 3D was founded in Austin in 2017. www.statesman.com/business/tec...
Austin-based 3D-printing startup to move HQ to Cedar Park, add jobs
Cedar Park City Council is to consider performance-based tax incentives to bring the startup's new headquarters to the city in a meeting this week.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Austin Texas - An Austin-based 3D printing company, "Creative 3D Technologies," plans to build a new manufacturing site and hire 45 more employees. Creative 3D was founded in Austin in 2017. www.statesman.com/business/tec...
Austin Texas - Durcon is expanding its longtime home in Taylor to modernize and add employees. Durcon makes chemical-resistant countertops and sinks, and is growing from 130,000 to 162,000 square feet, and is already hiring for the expansion. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
One of Taylor's oldest and largest manufacturers is expanding - Austin Business Journal
This longtime employer is expanding north of Austin.
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December 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Austin Texas - Durcon is expanding its longtime home in Taylor to modernize and add employees. Durcon makes chemical-resistant countertops and sinks, and is growing from 130,000 to 162,000 square feet, and is already hiring for the expansion. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
Austin Texas - 29,000-acre "Y Bar O Ranch" hits the market at $46.5 million. Immaculate views. One-of-a-kind property. Conveyances include minerals, livestock, equipment, 28 water wells, and a 4,000-square-foot, 4-bedroom headquarters known as "The Casa." www.mysanantonio.com/realestate/a...
$46M one-of-a-kind Big Bend country ranch hits market
Immaculate views await the future owners of this one-of-a-kind property.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Austin Texas - 29,000-acre "Y Bar O Ranch" hits the market at $46.5 million. Immaculate views. One-of-a-kind property. Conveyances include minerals, livestock, equipment, 28 water wells, and a 4,000-square-foot, 4-bedroom headquarters known as "The Casa." www.mysanantonio.com/realestate/a...
Austin Texas - Emma Stone sells her 7-bedroom, 11-bath, 10,187 square foot, 1.24-acre Tarrytown home in Austin Texas, for $26.5 million. She first purchased the residence back in 2021. people.com/emma-stone-s...
Emma Stone and Husband Have Sold Stunning $27 Million Texas Mansion after 4 Years — See Inside
Emma Stone has sold her 'luxury estate' located in Austin, Texas. The actress and her husband David McCary previously listed the property for $26.5 million back in May.
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December 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Austin Texas - Emma Stone sells her 7-bedroom, 11-bath, 10,187 square foot, 1.24-acre Tarrytown home in Austin Texas, for $26.5 million. She first purchased the residence back in 2021. people.com/emma-stone-s...
Austin Texas - The City of Austin greenlights a major deal with Southwest Airlines to add 2,000 employees in Austin. City documents indicate that the roles would carry an average salary of $180,000. www.statesman.com/business/tra...?
Austin greenlights $5.5M deal to bring 2,000 Southwest Airlines jobs
The incentive agreement is expected to support high-paying jobs averaging $180,000 and deepen Southwest’s Austin presence.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Austin Texas - The City of Austin greenlights a major deal with Southwest Airlines to add 2,000 employees in Austin. City documents indicate that the roles would carry an average salary of $180,000. www.statesman.com/business/tra...?
Austin Texas - Taiwanese electronics manufacturer, "Compal Electronics", has leased two sites and says it will create 900 jobs in Taylor, 100 jobs in Georgetown. The company builds computers, tablets, and smartphones for Apple, Google, and Dell. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
Taiwanese electronics manufacturer could create 900 jobs in Taylor, 100 in Georgetown - Austin Business Journal
Another tech giant is coming to the suburbs.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Austin Texas - Taiwanese electronics manufacturer, "Compal Electronics", has leased two sites and says it will create 900 jobs in Taylor, 100 jobs in Georgetown. The company builds computers, tablets, and smartphones for Apple, Google, and Dell. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
Austin, Texas - San Francisco, California-based defense contractor Perseus Defense will relocate its headquarters to the Austin metro area. The company will receive $500,000 in performance-based incentives. The move will create more than 400 jobs. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
Defense company building 'golden dome' of drone defense picks Buda for HQ - Austin Business Journal
There's a growing presence of defense tech companies in the Austin metro.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Austin, Texas - San Francisco, California-based defense contractor Perseus Defense will relocate its headquarters to the Austin metro area. The company will receive $500,000 in performance-based incentives. The move will create more than 400 jobs. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
Austin Texas - OpenAI to employ more than 400 people at its planned $3 billion data center campus northeast of Austin as part of $135 million tax incentive deal. California-based SB Energy Global is helping develop the 606-acre campus. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
OpenAI data center could create hundreds of jobs as part of $135M incentive deal - Austin Business Journal
Up to $135 million in incentives were approved for the huge project outside Austin.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Austin Texas - OpenAI to employ more than 400 people at its planned $3 billion data center campus northeast of Austin as part of $135 million tax incentive deal. California-based SB Energy Global is helping develop the 606-acre campus. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
Austin Texas - Routeware relocates corporate headquarters from Portland, Oregon, to Austin, Texas. The company provides integrated technology solutions for the waste and recycling industry. www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...
Tigard software maker moves HQ to Austin - Portland Business Journal
The Austin office opened Dec. 1. The company expects to add Austin employees as it grows in the region, according to a new release.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Austin Texas - Routeware relocates corporate headquarters from Portland, Oregon, to Austin, Texas. The company provides integrated technology solutions for the waste and recycling industry. www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...
Austin Texas - Elon Musk reveals how he will hit the 10 million Optimus Robot units per year production goal at Austin Giga Texas, and says the production of the humanoid robot in Austin will only accelerate from there. www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-re...
Elon Musk reveals what will make Optimus’ ridiculous production targets feasible
Musk recent post suggests that Tesla has a plan to attain Optimus’ production goals.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Austin Texas - Elon Musk reveals how he will hit the 10 million Optimus Robot units per year production goal at Austin Giga Texas, and says the production of the humanoid robot in Austin will only accelerate from there. www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-re...
Austin Texas - Massachusetts-based soft drink company "Polar Beverages" expands north of Austin, leasing another 140,000 square feet. The expansion is needed for growing brands like C4 Energy, Poppi, and Zevia. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
Massachusetts-based soft drink company expands in Temple - Austin Business Journal
"We will continue to invest in areas that people want to live and enjoy refreshing beverages," a company executive said
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November 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Austin Texas - Massachusetts-based soft drink company "Polar Beverages" expands north of Austin, leasing another 140,000 square feet. The expansion is needed for growing brands like C4 Energy, Poppi, and Zevia. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
Austin Texas - UT Austin, MD Anderson will move the planned $2.5 billion hospital, research campus, and medical center from downtown to a larger 230-acre site of UT land near "The Domain" to allow for a larger vision. Completion is targeted for 2030. communityimpact.com/austin/south...?
UT Austin, MD Anderson may move planned medical center from downtown to Northwest Austin
A multibillion-dollar project with two hospital towers was originally announced on the former Frank Erwin Center site downtown.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Austin Texas - UT Austin, MD Anderson will move the planned $2.5 billion hospital, research campus, and medical center from downtown to a larger 230-acre site of UT land near "The Domain" to allow for a larger vision. Completion is targeted for 2030. communityimpact.com/austin/south...?
Austin, Texas - Samsung, Applied Materials, and NXP supplier Yerico Manufacturing is opening a new 50,000-square-foot facility in Elgin in January 2026. The company specializes in providing services and parts for the semiconductor industry. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
'Auto mechanic' of semiconductor industry nears the opening of its new Elgin space - Austin Business Journal
This company fixes the things that break in tech factories.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Austin, Texas - Samsung, Applied Materials, and NXP supplier Yerico Manufacturing is opening a new 50,000-square-foot facility in Elgin in January 2026. The company specializes in providing services and parts for the semiconductor industry. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
Austin Texas - The valuation for the Austin-based humanoid robotics company "Apptronik" climbs to $5 billion. The company was founded in 2016 and spun out of the Human Centered Robotics Lab at the University of Texas, and is currently expanding and hiring. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
Humanoid robotics startup Apptronik's valuation climbs to $5B - Austin Business Journal
This Austin startup is raising a new round of venture funding at a $5 billion valuation — and it has big plans ahead.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Austin Texas - The valuation for the Austin-based humanoid robotics company "Apptronik" climbs to $5 billion. The company was founded in 2016 and spun out of the Human Centered Robotics Lab at the University of Texas, and is currently expanding and hiring. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
Austin Texas - Samsung will invest $1.9 billion into its North Austin facility, built in 1996, in order to introduce advanced semiconductor equipment for Apple's next-gen CIS chips and camera sensors needed for iPhone 18 and other next-gen Apple products. www.sammyfans.com/2025/11/18/s...
Samsung invests $2B to build Apple’s next camera sensors
Samsung aims to pour $1.9 billion into its Austin semiconductor facility in Texas, US. Reports emerge after South Korea’s trade deal with the US. The company is set to remodel its semiconductor facili...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Austin Texas - Samsung will invest $1.9 billion into its North Austin facility, built in 1996, in order to introduce advanced semiconductor equipment for Apple's next-gen CIS chips and camera sensors needed for iPhone 18 and other next-gen Apple products. www.sammyfans.com/2025/11/18/s...
Austin Texas - Seattle-based McKinstry, a construction services company that specializes in data centers, opened a fabrication facility in Hutto late last month. McKinstry has already begun hiring in Hutto. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
Construction services company McKinstry opens Hutto manufacturing facility - Austin Business Journal
A construction services company for data centers, life science developments, public projects and more aims to support its customers statewide from a new manufacturing facility northeast of Austin.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Austin Texas - Seattle-based McKinstry, a construction services company that specializes in data centers, opened a fabrication facility in Hutto late last month. McKinstry has already begun hiring in Hutto. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
Austin Texas - Dallas developer KDC to build a 220-acre Data Center next to the 1,268-acre, 6 million square foot Samsung mega-site in Taylor. City documents show the Data Center project would also have space for commercial and civic uses. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Big data center campus planned next to Samsung factory in Taylor
A Dallas-based developer is proposing to turn a 220-acre parcel directly northeast of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s rising factory in Taylor into a data center campus.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Austin Texas - Dallas developer KDC to build a 220-acre Data Center next to the 1,268-acre, 6 million square foot Samsung mega-site in Taylor. City documents show the Data Center project would also have space for commercial and civic uses. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Austin Texas - Samsung files to expand and upgrade its facility it built in 1996 in North Austin at 12100 Samsung Blvd. Samsung purchased 258 acres next to its existing North Austin facility in 2020. It plans to hire 500 more employees after the upgrade. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
Samsung aims to keep investing at its North Austin site - Austin Business Journal
Samsung is seeking to extend the designation of its facility in North Austin as a Texas Enterprise Project to facilitate billions of dollars in ongoing upgrades there.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Austin Texas - Samsung files to expand and upgrade its facility it built in 1996 in North Austin at 12100 Samsung Blvd. Samsung purchased 258 acres next to its existing North Austin facility in 2020. It plans to hire 500 more employees after the upgrade. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
Austin Texas - Tokyo Electron Austin is ramping up its new 48,700 sq ft training facility and its new 98,761 sq ft headquarters. The company is also seeking 100,000 sq ft for a new research facility and plans to open another 40,000 sq ft office in Taylor. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
First look: Tokyo Electron's training and research facility in Austin - Austin Business Journal
Have a look inside Tokyo Electron's only U.S. training facility right here in Austin.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Austin Texas - Tokyo Electron Austin is ramping up its new 48,700 sq ft training facility and its new 98,761 sq ft headquarters. The company is also seeking 100,000 sq ft for a new research facility and plans to open another 40,000 sq ft office in Taylor. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
Austin Texas - Tesla is expanding Giga Texas in Austin with a new Optimus Robot production plant, where Musk states the company will build 10 million robot units annually starting in 2027. Construction crews started ground leveling and clearing yesterday. www.teslarati.com/tesla-prepar...
Tesla prepares to expand Giga Texas with new Optimus production plant
Drone operator Joe Tegtmeyer recognized Tesla construction crews performing ground leveling and clearing efforts at the plant earlier today.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Austin Texas - Tesla is expanding Giga Texas in Austin with a new Optimus Robot production plant, where Musk states the company will build 10 million robot units annually starting in 2027. Construction crews started ground leveling and clearing yesterday. www.teslarati.com/tesla-prepar...
Austin Texas - Dallas-based "Skybox Datacenters" received an initial OK to build another data center project in Round Rock. There are 25 data center projects underway in the Austin metro with over $25 billion in capital investment. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
Data center project in Round Rock takes step forward - Austin Business Journal
Data center projects continue to proliferate across the region.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Austin Texas - Dallas-based "Skybox Datacenters" received an initial OK to build another data center project in Round Rock. There are 25 data center projects underway in the Austin metro with over $25 billion in capital investment. www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
Austin Texas - New Texas laws effective August 2025 expedite the removal of squatters and non-paying tenants. Key provisions include a requirement for courts to hold eviction trials within 21 days of a petition being filed. www.kvue.com/video/news/p...
How a real estate investor says 2 anti-squatter bills passed by the Texas Legislature are helping
Gov. Greg Abbott has said the state faces a squatting crisis, with property owners struggling to evict delinquent tenants.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Austin Texas - New Texas laws effective August 2025 expedite the removal of squatters and non-paying tenants. Key provisions include a requirement for courts to hold eviction trials within 21 days of a petition being filed. www.kvue.com/video/news/p...