Southern Tire Mart - Socorro, El Paso County, Texas

Southern Tire Mart is building a new 45,000-square-foot facility at 11350 Gateway Boulevard East in Socorro, Texas. This new construction project includes truck bays, passenger bays, a warehouse, and a sales center. The estimated cost is $10,000,000, which works out to $222 per square foot. TDLR completed plan review in July 2026, and the project is scheduled to finish in December 2027.

Duff Real Estate, LLC is the owner of record. The design firm of record is Lauren Ashley Bankston, and Jeremy Samuel Eppley is the registered accessibility specialist. The project is privately funded on private land for private use. Construction is set to start in December 2026.

Project Scale and Context

This facility is significantly larger than the median new construction project in El Paso County. The median size for such filings is 8,020 square feet, while this project is 45,000 square feet. The estimated cost of $10,000,000 is above the county median of $800,000. The $222 per square foot cost is also above the county median of $111.

The scheduled build window is 365 days, which is longer than the county median of 214 days. Duff Real Estate, LLC has six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $18,500,000. These include Southern Tire Mart locations in New Braunfels, Texarkana, McKinney, and Greenville, as well as a satellite distribution facility in Odessa.

Socorro is in El Paso County, with a population of about 43,126 according to U.S. Census estimates for ZIP 79927. The median household income is $51,735, and the median owner-occupied home value is $125,300. Housing in this area is predominantly owner-occupied.

El Paso County had an unemployment rate of 4.8 percent in July 2026, higher than a year earlier. This project represents a substantial investment in the local construction sector, adding new commercial space for tire services and distribution.