Pine Market - Building 9B in Montgomery, TX

A new 7,758-square-foot retail shell is under construction at 954 New Day Ave in Montgomery. The project, filed as Pine Market - Building 9B, represents a significant addition to the local commercial landscape with an estimated cost of $2,000,000. This new construction is privately funded on private land for private use, marking a focused investment in retail infrastructure within Montgomery County.

Project Scope and Ownership

The owner of record is Pine Market Building 9, LLC, which also has one other TDLR-registered project in the area. That separate filing, Pine Market 9A, is also valued at $2,000,000. Together, these two projects indicate a coordinated development effort by the same LLC. The scope for Building 9B is strictly limited to shell construction for retail purposes, meaning the structural and exterior envelope is the primary focus of this phase of work.

Ernest G Taylor serves as the registered accessibility specialist for this filing. The project was registered with TDLR in October 2026. Plan review is pending, and construction is scheduled to begin in January 2027. The completion date on the filing is targeted for October 2027. This timeline establishes a scheduled build window of 303 days, which is longer than the county median of 213 days for similar new construction filings.

Cost and Market Context

The estimated cost of $2,000,000 places this project in the top quarter of new construction filings in Montgomery County. The median estimated cost for comparable projects is $800,000. At $258 per square foot, the cost per unit area is above the county median of $100 per square foot. This higher per-square-foot cost reflects the specific requirements and scale of the retail shell being built in this ZIP code area.

The surrounding area, defined by ZIP code 77316, has a population of about 31,917 people according to U.S. Census estimates. The median household income in this area is $129,418, and the median owner-occupied home value is $396,500. Housing in this region is predominantly owner-occupied, with approximately 11,879 housing units. The Montgomery County unemployment rate was 4.6 percent in August 2026, lower than a year earlier, providing a stable labor market backdrop for the construction activity.

The project status is Project Registered. This indicates that the administrative requirements for accessibility compliance have been initiated under the Texas Accessible Building Standards program. The focus remains on the physical construction of the retail shell, with no indication of interior fit-out or business opening in the current filing details.