H-E-B announced last week that its South Congress store will open Dec. 4. The San Antonio-based grocer originally unveiled plans for the new store on Austin’s most popular street in 2019.

After roughly two years of construction, H-E-B announced its 145,000-square-foot building on South Congress Avenue and East Oltorf Street will open to shoppers starting Dec. 4. According to a release from H-E-B,

Dubbed a “landmark project” by the company, the H-E-B on South Congress Avenue is expected to be ready for business starting the first week of December. The details Originally

H-E-B will open its location at 2400 S. Congress Ave. on Dec. 4 at 6 a.m., company officials confirmed Monday. The company first shared plans back in December 2021 to demolish its original Congress store, which first opened in 1957. H-E-B has been operating out of a temporary space at the Twin Oaks Shopping Center, located at 2301 S. Congress Ave.

AUSTIN, Texas - A new grocery store, three years in the making, is almost ready to open its doors on South Congress Avenue. H-E-B demolished the store at 2400 S. Congress Avenue in February 2022 with plans to build a modern store in the location that's held the grocer since 1957.