THE SHOPS AT BABCOCK (SHELL BLDG)

The Shops at Babcock (Shell Bldg) is a new construction retail shopping center located at 15031 Babcock Road in San Antonio. The project, filed under the name The Shops at Babcock (Shell Bldg), covers 37,526 sq ft of shell building space. This development is situated in Bexar County and was registered with TDLR in June 2024.

Abiso Babcock, LP serves as the owner and developer of record for this privately funded project. Luna Architecture is the design firm of record, while Stephen A Meyer is the registered accessibility specialist. The estimated cost for this new construction is $8,500,000, resulting in a cost of $227 per square foot. The scope of work is strictly limited to the new construction of the retail shopping center shell building only.

Construction Timeline and Status

Plan review was completed in June 2024, and construction began in August 2024. The filing indicated a completion date of August 2025. The final inspection passed in March 2026. TDLR closed the project file in August 2026, which marks the end of the accessibility review process for this construction. This status confirms that the regulatory review phase is complete, though the record does not indicate when the business opened.

Context and Comparisons

This project’s cost is above the county median for its type, placing it in the top quarter of the 8,291 new construction filings in Bexar County. The scheduled build window of 394 days is longer than the county median of 207 days. The $227 per square foot cost is also above the county median of $115 per square foot. Abiso Babcock, LP has three other TDLR-registered projects totaling $4,883,000, including a Chick-fil-A location in San Antonio. Luna Architecture has six other registered projects totaling $37,455,842, including the Boerne Town Center.

City of San Antonio permit records show at least 25 permits on file at this street address. The 25 most recent permits were issued between April 2026 and August 2026. These include five On Premise Sign permits, four Comm Finish Out Permits, four Mechanical Permits, three Plumbing General Permits, and three Electrical TOPS Permits. The declared valuations on these permits total $1,255,000.

For context, the U.S. Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates for ZIP 78249 indicate a population of about 61,772 and a median household income of $80,851. The area has 24,058 housing units with a median owner-occupied home value of $284,200. Bexar County’s unemployment rate was 4.8 percent in June 2026, higher than a year earlier.