Bus Barn for Opportunity School in Amarillo, TX

A 3,620 sq ft metal building is under construction at 406 South Osage in Amarillo, Texas. The structure, filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs as a Bus Barn for Opportunity School, is designed to store buses and vans on the existing school campus. The project is a new construction effort with an estimated cost of $285,605.

Opportunity School serves as the owner and developer of record for this facility. The design firm of record is Playa Design Studio, which has handled several other projects in the Amarillo area. The registered accessibility specialist for the project is Leslie Kit Carter. The work is privately funded on private land for private use.

The project was registered with TDLR in April 2025, and plan review was completed in the same month. Construction was scheduled to begin in April 2025 with a completion date of August 2025. The TDLR status 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.

Project Scope and Cost

The scope of work involves the construction of a new metal building specifically for the storage of buses and vans. The estimated cost of $285,605 results in a cost per square foot of $79. This figure is below the county median of $154 per square foot for new construction projects in Potter County. The scheduled build window of 122 days is shorter than the county median of 244 days.

Opportunity School has one other TDLR-registered project totaling $3,000,000 in Amarillo, which is closed. Playa Design Studio has six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $11,050,000, including The Vineyard Condos and Austin Hose Phase II. The site is located in ZIP code 79104, where the median household income is $47,768 and the median owner-occupied home value is $94,500 according to U.S. Census estimates.