Nori Co.

Nori Co. is renovating Suite 110 of Hawn Tower at 114 East Central Avenue in Temple to create a new sushi cafe. The project involves a 2,944 sq ft finish out on the second floor of a building in Bell County. The filing describes the work as a renovation and alteration to convert the space into a food service establishment.

Project Scope and Cost

The estimated cost for the project is $130,000, which computes to $44 per square foot. This figure is below the county median for similar renovation and alteration filings in Bell County. The scheduled build window was 93 days, a duration close to the 120-day median for projects of this type in the area. The project is privately funded on private land for private use.

Registration and Status

The project was registered with TDLR in May 2026 with a target completion date of September 2026. The owner of record is Turner Behringer Temple One, LLC, and the design firm of record is First Draft, Inc. Richard Todd Lozano is the registered accessibility specialist.

Although the completion date on the filing has passed, no plan review or inspection has been recorded. Therefore, whether the construction proceeded as scheduled is not confirmed in the public record. The TDLR status remains Project Registered. A listing on data.texas.gov indicates the permit application was pending in review but this does not confirm final construction status.

First Draft, Inc. has been involved in six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $8,300,000, including work in Harker Heights, Killeen, and Temple. The local area profile for ZIP 76501 shows a population of about 17,223 and a median household income of $50,764. Bell County unemployment was 5.5 percent in June 2026, higher than a year earlier.