Meat Science & Technology Center

The Meat Science & Technology Center is a new 77,902-square-foot facility under construction at 3844 Finfeather Rd. in College Station. Developed by Texas A&M University, the building serves as a small meat processing plant, laboratory, and university teaching facility. The project’s estimated cost is $94,248,000, which works out to $1210 per square foot.

TDLR completed plan review in October 2026 and construction is scheduled to finish in February 2028, with work starting September 2026. The registered accessibility specialist for this filing is William T Winning.

Scale and Context

At $94,248,000, this project sits in the top quarter of estimated costs for new construction filings in Brazos County. The county median for similar work is $700,000, with the middle half ranging from $225,000 to $2,200,000. The project’s size is also significant; the median new construction size in the county is 10,000 square feet. The cost per square foot of $1210 is above the county median of $116.

The scheduled build window for this center is 504 days, which is longer than the county median of 212 days. Texas A&M University has six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $55,378,210. These include the Texas A&M AgriLife Rio Grande Valley Research Center in McAllen, valued at $42,000,000, and the TAMU Campus Building 1416 in College Station, valued at $200,000. Other university projects include the Central Utility Plant, the TAMU West Campus Data Center, and the Eagle Lander in Texarkana.

Local Area Details

The project is situated in ZIP code 77024, which has a population of about 37,647 according to U.S. Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates. The median household income in this area is $142,039, and the median owner-occupied home value is $1,164,400. There are approximately 18,599 housing units in the ZIP code, with housing mostly owner-occupied. Brazos County unemployment was 5.4 percent in July 2026, higher than a year earlier.