California film studio builds huge production facility in Central Texas

 Houston Chronicle:

Bastrop reels in multimillion-dollar film studio from California company 
Complete with six film studios and restaurants on site, Bastrop's massive multipurpose entertainment complex sets its sites on August 2023
A California company is ever closer to establishing a massive new film studio in ... Bastrop? After receiving initial approval by Bastrop City Council last summer, the Bastrop 552 complex now has a projected first-phase opening date of August 2023. Part of that first phase, which Austin Business Journal reports will cost $40.3 million, will include six studios, a three-story office building, mill house, warehouse, and storage units.

When we say "massive" we do indeed mean "massive." Owned by California-based Line 204 Studios, the new Bastrop facility is actually designed to be a sort of film studio/entertainment complex hybrid. Clocking in at 546 acres, designs for the complex include a film studio with production facilities, sound stages, backlots, storage, and other ancillary spaces, as well as lodging, restaurants, event venues, and recreational facilities, according to documents filed with the City of Bastrop.

The site itself sits on the Colorado River, a sort of PacMan-shaped property bordered in parts by the river, Lovers Lane, and a residential neighborhood. The project also sought a Media Production Development Zone sales tax exemption from the Texas Film Commission. The MPDZ was passed by the Texas Legislature in 2009, and gives tax exemptions "for the construction, maintenance, expansion, improvement, or renovation of a media production facility at a qualified media production location over a two year period." In December, Bastrop City Council approved their request.
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As a post above demonstrates California government greed keeps giving businesses and residents a reason to leave California and come to Texas.  Bastrop is a nice town on the Colorado River named after the Baron de Bastrop who recruited settlers to come to Texas before the revolution.

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