Waco Gateway II

A 225,600 sq ft cold dark shell industrial warehouse is rising at 3015 Gateway Blvd in Waco, Texas. This new construction project, registered with TDLR in July 2026, is scheduled to finish in June 2027. The filing specifies that no interior buildout is planned at this time, leaving the structure as a raw shell for future tenants.

The owner of record is PDC Bagby Gateway I, LTD, with Method Architecture serving as the design firm. Kathy S Rodriguez is the registered accessibility specialist for the project. The estimated cost of $1,500,000 places the build at a rate of $7 per square foot. This figure is below the county median of $142 per square foot for similar new construction filings in McLennan County.

Construction work is set to begin in September 2026, following the completion of plan review in August 2026. The total build window is 273 days, which is close to the median scheduled build window of 245 days for comparable projects in the area.

Design Firm and Regional Context

Method Architecture has six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $18,653,194. These include developments in Dallas, Brookshire, Austin, Tomball, and Houston. The Waco Gateway II project adds to the firm's portfolio of industrial and commercial structures. The local area profile for ZIP code 76712 indicates a population of about 28,719 and a median household income of $96,267, according to U.S. Census ACS 2023 estimates.

The project is privately funded on private land for private use. The McLennan County unemployment rate was 4.6 percent in June 2026, higher than a year earlier. This industrial development contributes to the local infrastructure without altering the existing residential housing stock, which is predominantly owner-occupied.