Siete Family Foods, the better-for-you food maker, appears to be expanding its footprint in the Austin metro.
The company, which recently was purchased by PepsiCo Inc. in a $1.2 billion deal, is taking about 218,000 square feet in a warehouse building in the Buda Commerce Center, according to a Feb. 3 filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Siete will be occupying a portion of the five-building commerce center's Building 3, located at 271 Commerce Center Drive, according to the filing. A brochure for the center lists Building 3 as 395,567 square feet, and it indicates that 176,000 square feet remain available.
Siete's project, estimated to cost $250,000, involves "modifications to the existing office pod in a previously permitted shell warehouse building," the recent TDLR filing states. The project is slated to begin in March and be completed toward the end of April. Information found in TDLR filings are preliminary and subject to change.
Siete didn't immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did S. Tipton Studio, the design firm tapped for the project.
The Buda Commerce Center, owned by Stream Realty Partners and located along I-35 in Buda at I-35 and Rodriguez Lane, was completed last year. Stream Realty brokers also haven't responded to requests for comment about it.
Separately, it remains unclear in the wake of the purchase by PepsiCo if Siete will move its headquarters out of Austin. The company recently doubled down on its Austin ties, however, expanding its sponsorship of the Austin FC soccer team by adding the Siete logo to the right sleeves of team jerseys.
The company was founded in 2014 and came to popularity as a maker of gluten-free tortillas. It has built an empire on better-for-you food options — free of grain, gluten and dairy — and continues to grow its product line, ranging from signature tortillas to tortilla chips, potato chips, cookies, seasonings and more.