Mac Haik Enterprises behind plans for big Georgetown industrial park

Project could bring more than 1.5 million square feet of industrial space to the city north of Austin

By Justin Sayers – Senior Staff Writer, Austin Business Journal

Aug 26, 2025

Updated Aug 28, 2025 11:00am CDT

For perspective, the largest industrial park in the region tracked by the Austin Business Journal, Kyle 35 Logistics Park, offers just under 1.5 million square feet. The entities purchased the property Aug. 21 for what's being called the Georgetown Gateway Business Park at 700 County Road 142, according to Williamson County property records.

The Houston-based real estate company has a vast portfolio that also includes commercial space, shopping centers, hotels and billboards. It's led by Mac Haik, a former wide receiver who played parts of four seasons for the Houston Oilers of the National Football League.

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Russell Bormann, an adviser for the Mac Haik team, said the project will mark the company's first foray into the industrial market. He previously worked for large-scale industrial developers, including Portman Holdings and Patrinely Group LLC.

"(Mac Haik) wanted to get into industrial, and just given the current operations in Georgetown, they wanted to be in Georgetown," he said. "They wanted to move into doing industrial and this opportunity came to us and we thought it was a good opportunity for us to do something large-scale."

He said they "see value" in Georgetown, which is about 30 miles north of Austin and has a population that recently topped 100,000 for the first time.

"He wanted to continue his efforts in putting capital towards the city of Georgetown and going after the strong labor base that's there that could support these higher-paying manufacturing jobs that are the tenants that we'd be going after," Bormann said.

The property is planned to include six industrial buildings, ranging in size from 120,000 square feet to the two largest buildings at 502,900 square feet, which could be used for warehouse or distribution, data centers, cold storage and light manufacturing, according to Georgetown City Council documents. A building measuring 500,000 square feet is roughly the size of five H-E-B grocery stores or the Frost Bank Tower in downtown Austin.

The plan also includes about 3 acres of commercial space that officials noted is anticipated to be used for either restaurants or fuel service.

Bormann said they intend to avoid speculative development, given the supply-demand constraints currently in the Austin market. What they're aiming to do is attract end-users and tenants looking to be in the North Austin area. But that plan could change if the "environment in Austin changes," he said, and vacancy rates decline significantly.

"We just want to go after build-to-suits or forward-sells or sell land to big users that want to build their own manufacturing or corporate setting," he said. "Those are the type of deals that we want to be involved in." He said the project is in the design phase, but if a user is found, a ground breaking could take place as early as the first quarter of 2026.

Aquila Commercial LLC's Leigh Ellis, Omar Nasser, Blake Patterson and Madison Lewis are handling leasing. Others involved in the project include Pamela Madere, an attorney with Jackson Walker LLP, who is handling entitlements; Kimley Horn and Associates Inc. as engineer; and, Method Architecture as the architects.

The property was previously owned by Seton Fund of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul Inc., a subsidiary of Ascension Seton Foundation, and Georgetown Healthcare Community Services Inc., a subsidiary of Georgetown Health Foundation. But those entities transferred it over to Mac Haik subsidiary Gateway Texas Industrial Park JV LP on Aug. 21.

The project would add more industrial space to Georgetown. The city has become a hotbed of manufacturing. GAF Energy LLC, Total Site Solutions Inc., CelLink Corp., US Farathane Corp., Hanwha Advanced Materials LLC, Austin Cutlery & Tool LLC, Sanmina Corp. and more have moved to the area in recent years.

It would also represent another massive development at the city's far north end, such as Columnar Investments' Heirloom development, which is across from a new H-E-B store. Several of the industrial parks in the area have been developed by Titan Development Ltd.

The largest industrial hub in Georgetown tracked on ABJ's list of industrial parks is the Gateway 35 Commerce Center. It offers about 715,000 square feet across three buildings.

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