New Manufacturing & Warehouse Facility

Conax Properties, LLC has filed for the construction of a new 207,000 sq ft manufacturing and warehouse facility on South Grove Road in Ennis, Ellis County. The project, registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) in June 2025, involves the new construction of a facility dedicated to PVC roofing, including storage and office spaces. The estimated cost for this development is $50,000,000.

The owner of record is Soprema, while Carroll Daniel Engineering serves as the design firm. Roger L Stephens is the registered accessibility specialist for this project. The filing indicates that construction was scheduled to begin in August 2025, with a planned completion date of August 2026. Although this scheduled completion date has passed, the TDLR record has not yet recorded a final inspection, meaning the current state of the site is not confirmed in the public record.

Project Scale and Cost Context

This development represents a significant investment within the local construction market. The estimated cost of $50,000,000 is above the county median for new construction filings, which stands at $900,000. The project’s size of 207,000 sq ft is substantially larger than the median size of 7,453 sq ft for similar filings in Ellis County. The computed cost per square foot is $242, which is above the county median of $148 per square foot. The scheduled build window of 370 days is longer than the county median of 244 days for comparable projects.

The project is privately funded and situated on private land for private use. Nearby businesses in the area include the Sherwin-Williams Manufacturing Plant, Schirm USA Corporate Headquarters, and Syngenta Crop Protection. The surrounding ZIP code 75119 has a population of about 30,809, with a median household income of $76,983 according to U.S. Census estimates.

A City of Ennis planning and zoning commission agenda listed Conax Properties LLC as the owner and Pape-Dawson Engineers as the applicant for the project. The Ellis County unemployment rate was 4.6 percent in June 2026, according to FRED data. The project’s registration status is Review Complete, but the lack of a final inspection record in the TDLR database indicates that the construction status remains unverified in the official public record.