City Building Inspector Lanny Holland said several new projects are either underway or about to start, ranging from new retail development and reopening restaurants to renovations at the city’s elementary schools.
One of the most exciting developments will be The Village at 3501 N. St. Mary’s St.
Plans for the five-unit retail outlet center call for a modern and spacious development that will comprise 48,500 square feet of interior store space and a 242-vehicle parking lot.
Located near the Charco Road intersection with the U.S. Highway 181 Business Route, the building will be designed to provide two 7,200-square-foot store spaces, one 13,650-square-foot store and two other spaces providing 10,200 square feet.
Holland said the facility was designed by Shawn Campbell of Canyon Lake and anyone interested in leasing information may contact (830) 980-7497.
“It’s really a nice looking facility,” Holland said of the design.
Asked if the community needs more retail outlet space, Holland said it does.
The units at the Dollar Tree Center on the Wal-Mart Supercenter property on FM 351 East have filled up quickly.
In fact, a new Army/Marine Corps recruiting office is expected to open in that facility by the first of July.
Holland said electricity has been connected to that 1,440-square-foot space and the air conditioning was expected to be turned on this week.
The government is spending $39,000 on that development.
Another major project scheduled for the north end of town will be at the Pantry North convenience store complex at 3803 N. St. Mary’s St.
Holland said the owners, the Quiroga family who own three other Pantry locations around the city, will be razing its existing office space north of the convenience store and rebuilding new offices on that foundation.
The family also plans to remodel the convenience store extensively.
Holland has issued a building permit for the project and said it is expected to cost about $39,000.
Beeville residents looking for more convenient banking outlets will be pleased to know that the International Bank of Commerce is about to build a satellite facility inside the H-E-B Food Store.
The bank is spending $45,000 to put in four teller windows and an office space in the area of the store where magazines used to be displayed.
That facility will take up 408 square feet of space there.
Holland said he has issued a building permit for the construction but no completion date has been set.
He said a lot of restaurant activity is underway in parts of the city, including:
•Remodeling of the Jake’s All American Barbecue building at 2503 N. St. Mary’s St. Holland said the owner is planning to reopen the facility as a restaurant sometime in the future.
•The former Long John Silver’s Sea Food Shoppe at 2510 N. St. Mary’s St. is now reopened as Aloha’s, a snack shop that sells fruit cups, ice cream, sno-cones and more.
•The former Green Door restaurant at 4524 N. U.S. Highway 181 Business is being remodeled and is expected to open soon as a restaurant specializing in steaks, seafood, salads and sandwiches.
Also, Norberto Garcia, the owner of what was once City Cleaners at 301 W. Corpus Christi St. is spending about $10,000 to install restrooms in the building.
Holland said the structure is expected to reopen as a rental hall for celebrations and parties.
The most significant school construction project is ongoing at St. Mary’s Charter School, 400 N. Tyler St.
Holland said the school is adding three kindergarten classrooms and a playscape at a cost of $1.2 million.
The Beeville Independent School District is spending almost $2 million upgrading its bus barn facility at 910 N. Polk St. and remodeling the entrances to some of its elementary school campuses.
The bus barn project will end up replacing the entire structure at that location with a 46,000-square-foot building that will include a training room, office spaces and two large bus bays, one of which will be outside the enclosed building.
The project will include parking spaces in front of the building.
Program manager John Hryorchuk of Owners Building Resources said the $505,000 project is about 45 percent complete and he expects the work to be done sometime in mid-December.
Baron Commercial is in charge of the construction and Hryorchuk said the project is on schedule.
Work also is scheduled this summer at R.A. Hall Elementary School, 1100 W. Huntington St., where $550,000 in additions and alterations will be done to the entrance.
“It’s probably the most extensive change,” Holland said.
Plans are to take out two classrooms and replace them with office space for school counselors and nurses.
A similar project is scheduled for FMC Elementary School, 2001 N. St. Mary’s St., at a cost of $506,000. Again, the entrance to the building will be remodeled to accommodate new counseling and nurses offices.
A new entry and new office space is to be completed at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, 701 E. Hayes St., at a cost of $300,000.
Holland said the BISD also plans to take out a building permit for the construction of some new classrooms at Moreno Middle School.
However, his office has yet to receive any confirmation of the extent or cost of that job.
On top of all that, the First United Methodist Church, 106 E. Cleveland St., will be taking on a $900,000 remodeling project.
Holland has issued a building permit for that.
The primary goal of that project, Holland said, will be to bring the church’s facilities up to current American with Disabilities Act standards, including restrooms and elevator.
He said his office also has been contacted about the possibility of some housing construction as well.
Holland said it is good time to be involved in the construction industry here.
“The city of Beeville has a lot of good stuff coming right now,” Holland said.
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