convenience store with gas station

Ventures LLC is building a new convenience store and gas station at 5960 Fairmont Pkwy #100 Suite 616 in Pasadena, Texas. The project involves the new construction of an 8,750-square-foot shell building, which includes a 6,650-square-foot convenience store. The estimated cost for this development is $700,000.

TN Associates INC serves as the design firm of record for the project. The registered accessibility specialist on file is David M Dante. The project was registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) in August 2024, and plan review was completed in the same month. Construction was scheduled to begin in October 2025, with a planned completion date of May 2026.

Project Status and Financials

The TDLR status for this filing is Review Complete. However, TDLR has not yet recorded a final inspection, so the current state of the site is not confirmed in the public record. The estimated cost of $700,000 is close to the county median for new construction in Harris County, which is $750,000. The project size of 6,675 square feet is below the median size of 8,976 square feet for similar filings in the area.

The cost per square foot for this project is calculated at $105. This figure is above the county median of $88 per square foot for new construction projects in Harris County. The scheduled build window for this project is 182 days, which is close to the county median build window of 219 days.

Owner and Local Context

Ventures LLC has two other TDLR-registered projects in Pasadena, totaling $650,000. These include a liquor store valued at $250,000 and a shell building valued at $400,000, both with review complete. TN Associates INC has six other registered projects totaling $5,135,000, with locations in Houston, Frisco, and Richmond.

The project is located in ZIP code 77050. According to U.S. Census American Community Survey 2023 five-year estimates for this ZIP code, the population is about 5,854. The median household income is $30,346, and the median owner-occupied home value is $119,700. The housing stock is an even mix of owner- and renter-occupied units.

The Harris County unemployment rate was 5.4 percent in June 2026, which is higher than a year earlier. This project is privately funded on private land for private use. No specific business opening date is listed in the public record, and the status of the business operations is not confirmed by the TDLR filing.