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New Buildings

🎓 The University of Houston plans to start construction on a medical research building this September that will cost $58.5 million to build, ranking first among the week’s new construction projects. Construction on the 57,000-square-foot building at 5150 Medical Service Drive is scheduled to end June 2028.

Job filing number: TABS2026021493

🛒 H-E-B’s first store in Dallas proper will start construction in March 2027. The grocery chain plans to spend $52 million on the 131,420-square-foot store at the corner of Interstate 635 and Hillcrest Road, which will have an interior mezzanine, one main store level and a 361,995-square-foot parking lot. Construction should wrap up in September 2028.
Job filing number: TABS2026021349

🍎 Birdville Independent School District filed plans to build a new elementary school at 5600 Chapman Road in Watauga. Grace Hardeman Elementary School will span 102,128 square feet over two stories. Construction on the $50 million project is scheduled to begin this month and end July 2027.
Job filing number: TABS2026021140

Renovations

✏️ Terrell Independent School District filed the most expensive renovation plans of the week. The project involves redoing classrooms, the gym, the cafeteria and a fine arts space of Herman Furlough Middle School. The $28.4 million project will start this September, end June 2028 and cover 27,837 square feet of the school.
Job filing number: TABS2026021578

💾 Deposition Technology, an Austin-based company that processes semiconductor equipment, filed plans to spend $27 million on an expansion and renovation project that will cover 126,900 square feet of the facility at 3733 Drossett Drive in Austin. The scheduled start date was November 2025, and work is expected to end March 2027.
Job filing number: TABS2026021531

🏥 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center plans to spend $14.8 million adding on to Dallas' Clements University Hospital, at 6201 Harry Hines Boulevard. The renovation project involves a new operating room, a pump room, storage rooms, an anesthesia workroom, two post-anesthesia care unit rooms, two day surgery rooms and two consultation rooms. Work on the 4,968-square-foot project begins this August and ends June 2027. 
Job filing number: TABS2026021286