Food & Nutrition Services Freezer Addition in Portland, TX

The Gregory-Portland Independent School District is adding a 2,200-square-foot metal building to its existing food and nutrition services facility at 200 Fulton Place in Portland, Texas. This addition includes a 2,000-square-foot walk-in freezer, expanding the district's capacity for meal preparation and storage. The project is registered with TDLR under the name Food & Nutrition Services Freezer Addition.

TDLR completed plan review in April 2026 and construction is scheduled to finish in December 2026, with work starting May 2026. The estimated cost for this addition is $1,100,000, which calculates to $500 per square foot. This cost per square foot is above the county median of $243 for similar additions to existing buildings in San Patricio County.

Project Details

LaMarr Womack & Associates, LP serves as the design firm of record for this project. Steve R Zoerner is the registered accessibility specialist. The filing indicates that the project involves public funds and public land. The total square footage of the new addition is 2,200 sq ft, with the majority dedicated to the walk-in freezer unit.

The Gregory-Portland Independent School District has six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $18,030,464, including recent work on the high school and elementary schools in Portland. LaMarr Womack & Associates, LP has four other TDLR-registered projects totaling $2,736,000, including work in Corpus Christi and Portland. The scheduled build window for this freezer addition is 214 days, which is close to the county median of 228 days for similar projects.

Portland is located in San Patricio County. According to U.S. Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates for ZIP code 78374, the population is about 20,152. The median household income is $81,580, and the median owner-occupied home value is $225,800. The San Patricio County unemployment rate was 5.4 percent in July 2026, higher than a year earlier.