The Veterinary Care Centers of Texas (Clinic) - Tenant Improvement

The Veterinary Care Centers of Texas is renovating a 7,520 sq ft shell space at the Sioux Retail Center, located at 1610 Sioux Drive in El Paso. This tenant improvement project is estimated to cost $1,800,000, resulting in a cost of $239 per square foot. The work involves altering the existing structure to create a new veterinary clinic, a scope that places this project in the top quarter of estimated costs for renovation and alteration filings in El Paso County.

Ranger Properties, LLC is the owner of record for this privately funded development on private land. Mijares-Mora Architects, Inc. serves as the design firm, a practice that has registered six other projects in the region totaling $14,481,400. The registered accessibility specialist for the project is Eckhard K Fennig, ensuring the design meets required standards during the plan review process.

Construction Timeline and Status

Construction on the site is scheduled to start in March 2026. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation completed its plan review in June 2026, confirming the design meets accessibility requirements. Based on the filing, the project is scheduled to finish in November 2026. This timeline represents a build window of 245 days, which is longer than the 120-day median for similar renovation projects in the county.

The Sioux Retail Center sits in ZIP code 79925, an area with a population of about 40,241 according to U.S. Census estimates. The median household income in this region is $57,735, and the median owner-occupied home value is $176,300. Nearby businesses include Bravo Cadillac El Paso, Mister Car Wash, and Comfort Suites El Paso Airport, indicating a commercial corridor that supports both automotive and lodging services alongside the new medical facility.

This project is one of 546 renovation and alteration filings registered in El Paso County in the last 24 months. The estimated cost of $1,800,000 is significantly above the county median of $203,814 for this work type. The size of the space, at 7,520 sq ft, is also larger than the median project size of 3,500 sq ft, reflecting the substantial scale of the new veterinary clinic infrastructure.