Tarzan & Jane Travel Center

The Tarzan & Jane Travel Center in Odessa is a new construction project spanning 13,125 sq ft on private land in Ector County. The facility, filed under the name Tazan and Jane Travel Center, is designed to function as a gas station retail space that includes sit-in dining, food preparation areas, coffee brewers, and a reverse osmosis water system.

Seth Covington is the owner and developer of record for this development, which is located at Headlee Estates Block 1 Lot 1 Parcel # 13673.00100.00000 in Odessa, TX 79762. The project is privately funded and intended for private use. Rose-Villacorte Architecture LLC serves as the design firm of record, overseeing the layout and specifications for this multi-use travel center.

Project Scale and Cost

The estimated cost for this construction is $8,000,000, which calculates to $610 per square foot. This figure places the project above the median estimated cost for new construction filings in Ector County, which stands at $778,500. Similarly, the project’s size of 13,125 sq ft exceeds the county median of 6,050 sq ft, and the per-square-foot cost is significantly higher than the county median of $127. The scheduled build window of 365 days is longer than the county median of 212 days, reflecting the complexity of integrating retail, dining, and utility systems into a single new build.

Construction was scheduled to begin in August 2025, following the completion of plan review in June 2025. The completion date listed on the filing is August 2026. TDLR has not yet recorded a final inspection, so the current state of the site is not confirmed in the public record. Jack Randall Roseberry is the registered accessibility specialist associated with the project, ensuring the design meets required standards.

Seth Covington has one other TDLR-registered project, Tarzan and Jane in Stanton, valued at $750,000. Rose-Villacorte Architecture LLC has been involved in six other registered projects totaling $12,225,000, including a Tarzan & Jane Travel Center in Midland. The local area, ZIP code 79762, has a population of about 40,141 and a median household income of $74,560 according to Census estimates. Ector County’s unemployment rate was 4.4 percent in June 2026.