Medina Electric Cooperative District Office in Hondo, TX

Medina Electric Cooperative completed a 43,560-square-foot warehouse and vehicle storage facility at 237 TX-173 North in Hondo, Texas. This new construction project, filed under the name Medina Electric Cooperative District Office, was privately funded on private land for the cooperative's exclusive use. The total estimated cost was $4,326,362, resulting in a construction cost of $99 per square foot. The project scope included district office renovations alongside the new storage and vehicle facilities.

Guernsey served as the design firm of record for this development. Eddie Hare was the registered accessibility specialist associated with the project. The registration with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) occurred in December 2024, with plan review completed in the same month. Construction began in June 2025, and the filing indicated a scheduled completion date of January 2026. The final inspection was passed in March 2026, and TDLR closed the project file in October 2026, marking the end of the accessibility review process for this construction.

Project Context and Comparisons

This project is one of several recent filings by Medina Electric Cooperative. The cooperative has three other TDLR-registered projects totaling $8,550,000, including a separate Warehouse and Vehicle Storage project in Hondo valued at $5,800,000 and a Corporate Office project valued at $250,000. All three of these other projects are also closed. Guernsey, the design firm, has six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $61,620,036 across various Texas locations, including projects for Pedernales Elect Coop and Southwest Texas Electric Cooperative.

When compared to 129 TDLR-registered new construction filings in Medina County, this project's cost is above the county median of $1,250,000. The median size for these filings is 8,339 square feet, while this project is significantly larger at 43,560 square feet. The median cost per square foot for the county is $200, making this project's $99 per square foot below that median. The scheduled build window for this project was 200 days, which is shorter than the county median of 288 days.

The area around Hondo, in ZIP code 78861, has a population of about 13,715 residents according to U.S. Census American Community Survey 2023 five-year estimates. The median household income in this area is $64,491, and the median owner-occupied home value is $210,100. Housing in this region is predominantly owner-occupied. Medina County's unemployment rate was 4.6 percent in August 2026, which is lower than the rate a year earlier.