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Mcallen, TX Construction Projects

What's being built in Mcallen — 1,942 projects on file from Texas public records

1942
Total Projects
$2.94B
Total Investment
733
New Construction
1209
Renovations
20.8M
Total Sq Ft
$1.5M
Avg. Value

What is being built in Mcallen, Texas?

Mcallen, Texas has 1,942 construction and development projects on file worth $2.94B — 733 new construction and 1,209 renovations or remodels, 73 of them filed in the last six months. Each record is a real filing from Texas public construction records and names the project, its declared value and the date it was registered.

What new businesses are coming to Mcallen?

The most recently filed new-construction projects in Mcallen are Handel's Ice Cream ($250K), DHR Research Lab ($264K), DHR Health Imaging Center ($980K), IGLESIA BAUTISTA NATIVIDA ($250K). A new-construction filing is the earliest public signal that something new is being built, usually well before it opens, so this list leads street-level visibility rather than following it.

What new home communities are being built in Mcallen, TX?

Among the 200 most recent construction filings in Mcallen, 5 are for residential communities — amenity centers, subdivision sections, streetscapes, parks and apartment buildings — naming Pecan Luxury Apartments, Villas Tres Lagos, TAYLOR VILLAS CASA CLUB, Villas at Primrose, Villas at Tres Lagos. Texas accessibility (TABS) registration covers the shared, public and multifamily buildings in a new community, not private single-family houses, so these filings show where new neighborhoods are being built out, often before homes there are listed for sale.

Individual houses are permitted by the city, not registered with the state. See Mcallen home builders for the companies building there.

Hidalgo County Economy

Driving Mcallen construction · FRED

Unemployment:6.3%
Median Home:$259K
Bldg Permits:7,301/yr
Population:922K
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Compare project scale, registration dates, and locations across 200 loaded TDLR filings from 1,942 registered projects. This is the loaded selection, not a measure of every project in the market.

Mcallen
Estimated construction value$416MSum of 200 shown records with value
Records in view200 / 200Ready to inspect and compare
Largest record’s share10.1%Share of reported value shown
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Select a block to inspect0 without reported value · Smaller records grouped
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Comparisons use only these 200 records. Missing values are excluded from totals. Recorded value is not revenue or a quality rating.

Status Breakdown

Closed1140
Review Complete490
Inspection Complete191
Registered120
Review Complete (Pending enforcement action.)1

By County

Hidalgo1933Cameron5Bexar1Harris1Anderson1Henderson1

Top Property Owners

1
Simon Property Group
85 projects · $104.4M
2
City of McAllen
60 projects · $109.7M
3
SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE
28 projects · $55.6M
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Top Design Firms

1
Boultinghouse Simpson Gates Architects
49 projects · $71.4M
2
Cantu Construction
16 projects · $6.9M
3
TREVINO ENGINEERING
10 projects · $5.0M
4
CITY OF MCALLEN
9 projects · $6.1M
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Construction & Development in Mcallen, Texas (McAllen-Edinburg-Mission Metro)

Mcallen is experiencing significant construction and development activity with 1942 registered projects valued at $2.94B. The city's development portfolio includes 733 new construction projects and 1209 renovation projects, representing 20,837,364 square feet of built space across commercial, residential, and mixed-use developments.

Development Activity

  • 733 new construction projects (38%)
  • 1209 renovation/remodel projects (62%)
  • Average project value: $1.5M
  • 73 new projects in last 6 months

Key Players

Mcallen's construction market features 3 major property owners and 4 active design firms driving development across the city.

Leading developers include Simon Property Group and City of McAllen, working with architecture firms such as Boultinghouse Simpson Gates Architects and Cantu Construction.

Our database tracks all TDLR-registered construction projects in Mcallen. Projects span Bexar and Harris and Cameron and Hidalgo and Anderson and Henderson counties, providing comprehensive coverage of commercial construction, residential development, and infrastructure improvements throughout Mcallen and the surrounding area.

73 New Projects
Registered in the last 6 months

All Projects

1942 TDLR · 0 Site Plans

Showing 20 of 200 listed TDLR filings

Registered
$250K

Handel's Ice Cream

7501 N 10th Street, Suite 20, Mcallen, TX 78504

2,607 sqftOct 20, 2026
Registered
$264K

DHR Research Lab

1212 East Dove Unit 100, Mcallen, TX 78504

1,811 sqftOct 19, 2026
Review Complete
$412K

Urgent Care Facilities

6316 N 10th Street, Building C1, Mcallen, TX 78504

5,133 sqftOct 8, 2026
Review Complete
$2.0M

Park West

11201 N. 10th St., Mcallen, TX 78504

20,023 sqftOct 1, 2026
Registered
$300K

Sol Suites

1629 N 10th St, Mcallen, TX 78501

4,800 sqftSep 25, 2026
Review Complete
$746K

Target 1490 Remodel

7400 N 10th ST, Mcallen, TX 78504

68,092 sqftSep 23, 2026
Review Complete
$5.3M

Rio Bank Jackson

720 East Jackson Avenue, Mcallen, TX 78501

19,000 sqftSep 15, 2026
Registered
$205K

Re Pilates Studio

4208 Tres Lagos Blvd. Bldg. D, Suite 240, Mcallen, TX 78504

1,612 sqftSep 11, 2026
Review Complete
$8.0M

AMORE PRODUCE

5401 HONDURAS, Mcallen, TX 78501

40,711 sqftSep 8, 2026

Mcallen construction questions

How many construction projects are there in Mcallen, Texas?
There are 1,942 registered construction projects in Mcallen, Texas with a total estimated value of $2.94B and 20,837,364 square feet of development. The average project is valued at $1.5M.
What kind of construction is happening in Mcallen?
Mcallen has 733 new construction projects (38%) and 1,209 renovation or remodel projects (62%) on file, together totaling 20,837,364 square feet. Work spans commercial, residential and mixed-use development.
Who is building in Mcallen?
The most active property owners on file in Mcallen are Simon Property Group, City of McAllen, SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE. The architecture and design firms appearing most often on Mcallen filings are Boultinghouse Simpson Gates Architects, Cantu Construction, TREVINO ENGINEERING.
Where does this Mcallen construction data come from?
Every project on this page is a TDLR-registered construction filing from Texas public records, not an estimate or a listing. Each entry keeps the project name, declared value, owner and registration date exactly as filed, which is why a project can appear here months before any visible work starts on site.

Figures on this page are counted from the Mcallen filings themselves and change as new records are registered. How Zabalist sources Texas construction records.

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