Pizza Hut at Eastlake Square in El Paso, TX

A 1,700 sq ft tenant improvement package for a new Pizza Hut restaurant was completed at the Eastlake Square Shopping Center in El Paso. The project, filed as Pizza Hut at Eastlake Square, involved renovation and alteration work at 13647 Eastlake Blvd. Suite B207. The construction was privately funded on private land for private use, with an estimated cost of $225,000.

The scope of work included building a restaurant with carry-out service, drive-thru service, and a small dining room designed to seat approximately 25 people. The project was registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) in June 2023, with construction starting in August 2023 and a scheduled completion date of December 2023.

Project Details and Costs

The estimated cost of $225,000 for the 1,700 sq ft space results in a cost of $132 per square foot. This figure is above the county median of $66 per square foot for similar renovation and alteration filings in El Paso County. The total estimated cost is close to the county median of $204,600 for this type of work. The scheduled build window of 109 days was close to the county median of 120 days.

The owner of record is ROP Eastlake Square, LLC. The design firm of record is Dezynd, which has six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $3,300,000, including multiple Burger King locations in the Houston area. The registered accessibility specialist for this project was James A Gee.

TDLR closed the project file in December 2023, which marks the end of the accessibility review process for this construction. The project status is listed as Project Closed. Local coverage reported that a Pizza Hut is one of the businesses open in the new, 19,200 square-foot Eastlake Square shopping center, as seen in July.