Daves Hot Chicken

Daves Hot Chicken is building a new 2,820-square-foot restaurant at 5960 S Soncy Rd in Amarillo. This ground-up construction project is scheduled to finish in May 2027, with work starting in August 2026. The development is privately funded on private land for private use.

Jamal Enterprises, LP is the owner of record for this new construction project. The estimated cost is $900,000, which calculates to $319 per square foot. This cost is close to the median estimated cost of $850,000 for similar new construction filings in Randall County. However, the $319 per square foot is above the county median of $162 per square foot.

Design and Regulatory Status

Fusion-AE serves as the design firm of record. Bonita L Anderson is the registered accessibility specialist for the project. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) completed plan review in June 2026. The TDLR status is listed as Review Complete. The project was registered with TDLR in May 2026.

Jamal Enterprises, LP has four other TDLR-registered projects totaling $4,500,000. These include Wendy's locations in Amarillo, Borger, and Pampa, all of which are closed. Fusion-AE has six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $2,450,000, including Whataburger and Maman locations in various Texas cities.

Local Context

The site is located in ZIP code 79119. U.S. Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates for this ZIP code show a population of about 23,202. The median household income is $100,546, and the median owner-occupied home value is $335,700. Housing in this area is mostly owner-occupied, with 9,839 housing units.

The scheduled build window is 286 days, which is close to the county median of 245 days for new construction projects. Randall County unemployment rate was 3.6 percent in June 2026, higher than a year earlier. This data provides context for the local labor market during the construction period.