SATX-NBF: Impact 9/9/2025

An 84,000-square-foot development called Land Play Business Park will break ground at 6035 I-35 N., New Braunfels, this winter.

Project details: The $17 million project is being developed by Alec McElhinny and Hari Pullakhandam and will consist of seven buildings dedicated to flex space. Flex space is a type of office warehouse space, McElhinny said in an email to Community Impact.

McElhinny said they were building Land Play Business Park in New Braunfels because it is a fast-growing market, and Costco, along with 10,000 homes, is being constructed nearby. He said he founded Land Play in his 20s and had a vision to build good architecture. He moved into his car to save up to buy his first land and commercial properties.

Looking ahead: McElhinny said they hope to complete the project by 2026.

Stretch Zone opened a location in within the Creekside shopping center at 190 Creekside Crossing, Ste. 1104, New Braunfels on July 14.

Some details: The franchise is locally owned by James and Christine Tanner. Stretch Zone offers practitioner-assisted stretching. 

• 190 Creekside Crossing, Ste. 1104, New Braunfels

The reconstruction of Retama Parkway is nearly complete in Selma.

What you need to know: On Sept. 2, the third phase of the Retama Parkway Reconstruction Project began between I-35 and Lookout Road. This will be the final phase of the project that began in October 2024. The contract for the project for approximately $5.31 million was awarded to Harper Brothers Construction, a contract that also included right-of-way improvements to portions of Alton Boulevard, according to previous Community Impact reporting.

Next steps: The project is anticipated to be completed by early October, City Administrator Johnny Casias said in an email to Community Impact.

A new national program for military veterans has officially launched, led by a nonprofit headquartered in San Antonio.

Learn more: Endeavors, a social and wellness services nonprofit, and K9s for Warriors, a nationwide military veteran support organization, have partnered to create a new mental health service.

The new national program, called Strength In Step, launched in July, Munji Nfor, the Strategic Engagement and Impact Specialist for Endeavors, said in an email to Community Impact.

Nfor said it will address “a critical and often invisible gap: the mental health struggles Veterans face while waiting to be paired with a service dog and through their lifelong Veteran journey.”

The new service will help to provide more intensive support to veterans during the difficult process of transitioning to civilian life after serving, Nfor said.

Thus, making the process of receiving important therapeutic benefits from service dogs easier is critical, particularly in the first 12 months after service, Endeavors said on an Instagram post.

• Endeavors Headquarters, 6363 De Zavala Road, San Antonio

Most Texas public schools are required to display donated posters of the Ten Commandments in classrooms under Senate Bill 10, a state law that took effect Sept. 1.

The details: On Aug. 20, a Texas federal judge temporarily blocked the following 11 school districts from displaying the Ten Commandments:

• Alamo Heights ISD
• Austin ISD
• Cy-Fair ISD
• Dripping Springs ISD
• Fort Bend ISD
• Houston ISD
• Lackland ISD
• Lake Travis ISD
• North East ISD
• Northside ISD
• Plano ISD