Permits and filings: Austin Retina, Central National Bank and a $20.5M Bell County annex lead October's state filings

Bite-size construction filings from the 254. Figures are owners' estimates filed with the state.

From Sept. 30 through Oct. 28, owners registered 39 projects worth about $119.9 million with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in McLennan, Bell and Coryell counties, the core of the Waco and Killeen-Temple metros: 21 in McLennan (about $31.8 million), 15 in Bell (about $47.5 million) and 3 in Coryell (about $40.5 million). The registrations are required for accessibility review.

McLennan County

• Austin Retina Associates filed for an $8 million, 14,845-square-foot eye care center at 2401 Ambassador Drive in Waco. The state filing names ARA - Waco LP as owner and RBDR PLLC as designer. Work is scheduled from Dec. 1 to Jan. 31, 2028.
• Central National Bank filed for a $5.8 million renovation of the second floor at 4901 Bosque Blvd., plus a new rear canopy, 16,466 square feet in all. RBDR PLLC is the designer. Work is scheduled from Nov. 1 to May 31.
• Freeman Holdings of Waco LLC filed for a $5 million, 25,707-square-foot pre-engineered jet hangar, the "Bruiser Hangar," at 7815 Karl May Drive. Sterling & Kap Architects is the designer.
• CC Waco 521 Land Holdings GP LLC filed for $4 million of curb ramps and sidewalks for Riverway Phase 1A at North Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Riverway Parkway. Walker Partners is the engineer.
• MSH Investments LLC filed for a $1.5 million, 41,820-square-foot addition to an existing fabrication facility, "Allied West Expansion B & Annex," at 1705 Bluebonnet Parkway in McGregor.
• GeoQuest USA Inc. filed for a $1.1 million, 8,000-square-foot production building for precast concrete wall panels at 136 Waco Sand Road. Kingham Dalton Wilson is the designer.
• Cornerstone Caregiving filed for a $1 million, 15,840-square-foot second-floor office renovation and finish-out at 225 S. 5th St. downtown. The owner is listed as Cobra Kai Ventures, and the designer is Lokal Workshop LLC.
• A 7-Eleven convenience store with fuel sales, estimated at $950,000 and 4,756 square feet, was filed for Lake Shore Drive and Steinbeck Bend Drive. DM Investment Properties LLC is the owner.
• Martin Inderman Development registered the $450,000 clubhouse and fitness building for The Lariat of Waco at 2300 S. New Road. The filing describes a 299-unit multifamily project with multiple three-story buildings and carriage houses.
• Restaurant and retail finish-outs: Scooter's Coffee at 1700 W. Waco Drive ($650,000, drive-thru), a SpinXpress Laundry at the same address ($350,000), and Jersey Mike's Subs at 1517 I-35 N. Frontage Road ($300,000).
• Alliance Bible Church filed for $800,000 for a 1,524-square-foot welcome center addition and renovations at 7201 Country Club Drive.

Bell County

• Bell County registered a $20.47 million, 28,728-square-foot Justice Center Annex at 1350 Huey Drive in Belton. Burns Architecture is the designer. Work is scheduled from Dec. 1 to April 15, 2028.
• First Baptist Church of Temple filed for a $14 million, roughly 31,355-square-foot children's wing addition at 8015 W. Adams Ave. Pillar Architecture Studio is the designer.
• A $2.8 million, 8,200-foot Greenway Trail and Thoroughfare Connector Trail was registered at 20702 SE H K Dodgen Loop in Temple. Rowan Stampede LLC is the owner and Langan is the engineer.
• Whataburger filed for a $2.3 million, 2,725-square-foot restaurant (Unit #570) at 307 I-35 in Belton.
• 7Brew filed for a $1.5 million, 510-square-foot coffee shop at 1080 S. Fort Hood St. in Killeen.
• South Texas Partners LLC filed for a $1.5 million, 21,375-square-foot shell retail center at 2551 Blue Meadow Drive in South Temple.
• Horizon Bank filed for a $1.2 million, 1,680-square-foot branch with a drive-thru at 900 E. Main St. in Little River-Academy.
• Harker Heights registered $871,594 in sidewalks along both sides of FM 3423 (Indian Trail) near I-14.
• Retail remodels: Target in Harker Heights ($746,372, 61,456 square feet), Sherwin-Williams at 2319 S. 57th St. in Temple ($646,629, 13,464 square feet) and an Ollie's Bargain Outlet upfit at South Loop Shopping Center, 2603 Thornton Lane ($560,000, 33,504 square feet).

Coryell County

• Copperas Cove ISD registered $19.01 million for 115,446 square feet of renovations and a 20,581-square-foot addition at Fairview-Miss Jewell Elementary, 710 S. 5th St. GLS is the designer.
• Gatesville ISD registered a $14.6 million junior high expansion and renovation and a $6.9 million, 17,972-square-foot high school field house, both at 307 S. Lovers Lane. Huckabee is the designer.

Casey's keeps remodeling. Across 254 Biz's 254-area counties (outside Williamson and Travis), eight Casey's convenience-store projects worth about $6.2 million were registered in the window: remodels in Waco (5601 Bagby Ave.), Mart, Valley Mills, Rockdale, Hearne and two in Marlin, plus a new $1.2 million store at 125 Pirate Drive in Granbury.