HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS

Holiday Inn Express Paris is a new construction hotel project located at HWY 82 @ SE LOOP 286 in Paris, Texas. The development is registered with TDLR as a new hotel project with an estimated cost of $5,500,000. The building will cover 56,565 sq ft, resulting in a cost of $97 per square foot. Riverbend Paris LLC is the owner and developer of record for this privately funded project.

Construction Timeline and Scope

Plan review for the project was completed in January 2026. Construction is scheduled to begin in March 2026 and is scheduled to finish in May 2027. This build window spans approximately 412 days, which is longer than the median scheduled build window of 212 days for similar new construction filings in Lamar County. The project status is listed as Review Complete, indicating that the regulatory review phase has been finalized before ground-breaking.

RSS Architects LLC serves as the design firm of record for the development. The firm has been involved in six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $29,215,000, including properties in Killeen, Bastrop, League City, Weslaco, and New Braunfels. The registered accessibility specialist for this specific filing is Naresh K Dham. The project is situated in a commercial corridor that already includes other lodging and retail options such as American Inn & Suites and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen.

Regional Context and Market Position

The estimated cost of $5,500,000 places this project in the top quarter of new construction filings in Lamar County, exceeding the county median of $650,000. However, the cost per square foot of $97 is below the county median of $125. The size of 56,565 sq ft is significantly larger than the median size of 5,988 sq ft for other new construction projects in the area. This scale suggests a substantial addition to the local hospitality infrastructure in the Paris ZIP code area.

The area is part of Lamar County, where the unemployment rate was 5.4 percent in July 2026, higher than a year earlier. Census estimates for ZIP 75460 indicate a population of about 23,717 and a median household income of $44,241. The project is being built on private land for private use, distinct from nearby registered projects such as Paris Regional Health and Starbucks Coffee, which involve renovations or different construction scopes. The filing confirms the project is privately funded and does not involve public land or public use.