Featured Photo: City leaders and members of the Perfect Pitch organization celebrate the announcement of its new headquarters in the city. Image: Town of Cedar Park.

Posted: 9-27-2021

Cedar Park (Williamson County) – A youth baseball and softball organization will move its headquarters to town after canceling plans to bring development to Hutto.

The city council voted on September 23 to approve the deal with Perfect game, as recommended by the city’s Economic Development (Type 4A) and Community Development (Type 4B) corporations at last week’s meeting.

Perfect game inc., currently based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will make an estimated capital investment of $ 4 million and hire 40 full-time employees. Perfect Game will also allow the city to use the ball fields for the community, local nonprofits and government entities for at least 25 days a year, free of charge.

Construction of the facility is scheduled to begin on June 1, 2022 and end on March 1, 2024.

Under the agreements, Perfect Game commits to a 20-year lease for 80 acres of land owned by the city from its community development company 4B. Besides, PG Cedar Park Group LLC purchased 30 adjacent acres for commercial development.

The projects encompass a 112-acre site located near the northeast intersection of Ronald Reagan Boulevard and East Whitestone Boulevard. The city’s Type B Community Development Corporation recently purchased the land from Krienke family.

Along with the development of a head office, Closing project, the development will include a baseball and softball tournament complex with 16 artificial turf ball fields with seating and related equipment.

VBX first report on the project in September 2019, when the City of Hutto announced that the Kansas City-based company Development of inheritance would build a mixed-use development that was to be anchored by Perfect Games’ new national headquarters.

The project is expected to help attract and develop large hotels and convention spaces and other destination projects, in line with Cedar Park’s strategic plan, and local residents will be able to enjoy the amenities.

The city expects teams across the country to use the project’s complex tournaments, which will result in more than 60,000 overnight stays in the first year and about 150,000 overnight stays by the 10th year.

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Mayor Corbin Van Arsdale said the development should help the city’s economy.

“Economic vitality is one of our city council’s strategic goals and this partnership with Perfect Game literally takes it out of the park,” Arsdale said. “This project with the nation’s leading baseball and softball scouting organization will generate over $ 20 million in new net revenue for the town of Cedar Park and attract a whole new economy that will expand employment and business opportunities for decades to come. ”

Perfect Game President Jerry ford says Central Texas was the organization’s number one location choice and that they are extremely excited that it is located in Cedar Park.

“We believe Cedar Park management shares our vision and goals not only for the baseball and softball games, but also for the community,” said Ford. “This project will benefit the community through the significant local economic impact Perfect Game provides by hosting top-notch tournaments and related activities that attract hundreds of thousands of families from across the United States.”

Master Developer Josh sanders with August Capital Advisors (ACA), was hired by Perfect Game to be its Texas state manager in March, said he was thrilled with the location and the project.

“As a local resident of central Texas, I am delighted to be the prime contractor for this project,” he said. “I applaud the ability of Cedar Park’s leadership to have the vision and strategic goals to facilitate the many local economic impacts and community-related benefits this project will generate for the Town of Cedar Park and its community is incredible.”

ACA has acquired or developed more than $ 350 million of business development in central Texas since its inception in 2011.

When completed, Sanders says Perfect Game will move into its new on-site headquarters, and that his group will develop many restaurants, shops and hotels to support and serve local residents, as well as families who come to town for games. . Development.

Perfect Group will develop the project through the entity PG Cedar Park Group LLC, as well as its partnership with ACA. Kimley-Horn is on board the project.

VBX project ID: 2021-6D14

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