H-E-B announces plans to develop tech facility in Austin

Former warehouse will be used as workspace H-E-B employees

H-E-B has announced plans to develop a world-class tech facility and innovation lab in East Austin, Texas, for its growing H-E-B digital team and Favor Delivery, the company’s Austin, Texas-based on-demand delivery service acquired earlier this year.

Set for completion in spring 2019, H-E-B will turn the recently renovated industrial warehouse into a creative and collaborative workspace for H-E-B partners (employees). H-E-B enlisted HPI Corporate Services, Austin, Texas, as its tenant broker, and IA Interior Architects, San Francisco, to fully customize the 2-story, 81,000-square-foot facility, which is located in walking distance to several amenities such as restaurants, breweries, coffee shops and the 7th Street H-E-B store.

“This state-of-the-art space will be a hub for creativity and innovation, as we continue to develop the ultimate digital experience for our customers,” says Jag Bath, chief digital officer and president and CEO of H-E-B Favor. “Bringing H-E-B and Favor closer together will allow us to promote collaboration between our two companies, as we strengthen our commitment to building out H-E-B’s omni-channel services.”

With this expanded Austin footprint, H-E-B and Favor plan to add several hundred jobs in product management, product design and software engineering.

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Marina Mayer is Editor-in-Chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, a sister publication of Food Engineering. Previously, she spent four years as managing editor and executive editor of Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery and Dairy Foods, both sister publications. In this role, Mayer was responsible for reporting on market trends, ingredient R&D, production technology and new products within the dairy, snack food and wholesale bakery markets. Prior to joining BNP Media, she served a five-year tenure as editor of quality control for Manufacturers' News, Inc., where she was named “Manager of the Year” in 2006. Previously, she worked as an editorial assistant for InsiderMagazine and worked as a contributing features writer for her college newspaper, the Indiana Daily Student. Mayer was a recipient of a Young Leader Scholar award, presented from American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE), which is given annually to only five U.S. journalists, 30 years of age and under. She is a graduate of Indiana University with a bachelor’s in journalism. She can be reached at mayerm@bnpmedia.com.