A food truck park with indoor facilities is coming to Fulshear after its city council permitted the concept to help revitalize its downtown.
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The Track FTX will have a 4,500 SF building with indoor “social space,” tables, restrooms, a kitchen and a bar area, as well as multiple patios, the Houston Business Journal reported. The project will be at 8418 First St. in the growing Fort Bend County city.
Despite the indoor kitchen, patrons will largely be served by food trucks parked outside of the building.
"It’s labeled a food truck park, but it’s essentially more of a food hall or dining hall,” Fulshear Planning Director Josh Brothers said to the HBJ.
The park is expected to include at least two spots for food trucks, with one there permanently.
The property owner, Noval Parsell, will lead development of the $2M project and plans to soon approach architects, though there is not yet an estimated construction timeline, according to the HBJ. Fulshear City Council approved a specific use permit for the project on July 15.
City officials said they are hopeful this project will activate Fulshear’s “underdeveloped” downtown. The city is trying to retain the downtown’s charm amid rapid growth, Brothers said.
Fulshear was the second-fastest-growing city in the country last year, with its population exploding more than 25% from 2022 to 2023. Just over 1,000 people lived in the small farming community in 2010, the Houston Chronicle reported. The population ballooned to over 42,000 in 2023.
Thousands more homes are to be built in the area with a spate of master-planned communities like Hines’ nearly 3,000-acre development.
Fulshear is working to improve its downtown infrastructure with an almost $3.8M project that began in October to improve a portion of Harris Street, construct a pedestrian plaza and add street parking.
A stipulation of approval for The Track FTX was that the developers secure parking agreements with neighboring businesses, the HBJ reported.
“We recognize the value of the property as such that we don’t want to see it eaten up by parking lots,” Brothers said. “We’d rather that land be utilized with buildings and amenities.”
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