A 2025 Crandall economic-development agreement included a surprisingly specific employment commitment: at least 42 full-time jobs connected with a proposed Home Depot store.
The agreement information filed with the Texas Comptroller identified a minimum $30 million investment in construction and improvements. It also described a store opening deadline of September 1, 2028.
Those were agreement commitments, not evidence that a store had already opened in 2025. The public record captures the terms attached to the project at that time.
The arrangement also put numbers on the incentives. The state database listed a total monetary value of $4.25 million and an expiration tied to that amount or December 31, 2042, whichever occurred first.
Its summary described a rebate of half the city’s one-percent sales-tax share, capped at $3 million over the agreement’s life, together with fee incentives. Half the city’s share is different from half of every sales-tax dollar a customer pays.
That distinction makes the record useful beyond the prospect of a new shopping destination. It shows how a major retailer’s proposed arrival becomes a negotiation involving employment, investment, deadlines, and public revenue.
The local trivia is the exact job figure. Behind the familiar orange brand was a document specifying 42 full-time positions, making employment part of the transaction rather than leaving it as a general expectation.
