GAINESVILLE, Texas — A review of City of Gainesville building permit records and state licensing filings shows more than $14 million in commercial construction and public infrastructure work either underway or recently completed, spanning new retail chains, a five-building commercial complex, airport expansion, a downtown road rebuild, and a local bank's headquarters expansion.
New retail: TJ Maxx, Five Below, Mavis Tire, and Take 5
The Gainesville retail corridor is adding several national tenants at once.
At 900 E. Highway 82 — the commercial center anchored by Belk — TJ Maxx is building out a 28,080-square-foot space in Suite 1104. State licensing records show the project valued at $274,885, designed by Cadlib LLC for owner Gainesville Realty, Ltd., with a completion date of Aug. 15. Five Below is simultaneously finishing out Suite 1010 in the same center, with mechanical, electrical, and plumbing permits totaling approximately $147,000. Sign permits at both suites confirm construction is in progress.
On N. Grand Avenue, a $685,000 permit covers the build-out of a new Mavis Tire store at 302 N. Grand Ave. Mavis is a growing national tire chain with more than 2,000 locations; the Gainesville store would be its first in the area. No opening date has been announced.
Take 5 Oil Change, an express drive-through oil service chain, has opened at 405 W. Highway 82. State records list the project at $850,000 for a new 1,682-square-foot building owned by Take 5 Properties SPV LLC.
Separate permits at 1210 Highway 82 confirm the ALDI grocery project previously reported by CCR, with three commercial trade permits totaling $6.6 million for a new single-story retail grocery store. A 7-Eleven fueling center at the I-35 and U.S. 82 interchange is also in progress — CCR reported on the $1.4M project in June, with state records showing construction running July 2026 through May 2027.
Five-building commercial complex at 1903 W. Hwy 82
The largest single private project in the permit data is a five-building retail and medical office complex at 1903 W. Highway 82, permitted at $2.5 million. The project covers 33,720 square feet across five commercial buildings, designed by FK + Architect for owner Praveen Chintha. State licensing records show construction started in March 2026 with a completion date of March 2027. No tenants have been publicly announced.
Healthcare and professional services
Gainesville Dental is finishing a significant remodel at 817 N. Grand Ave., Suite 103. State records identify the facility by name and list the project at $285,750 for 1,880 square feet of interior renovation, owned by Grand Avenue Investments LLC. Multiple additional trade permits at the same address bring the total scope above $400,000.
First State Bank is expanding its headquarters at 1818 N. I-35, completing an 8,000-square-foot fourth-floor office finish-out valued at $400,000. State records list the start date as May 18 and the completion date as July 2 — meaning the buildout is wrapping up this week.
Airport: air ambulance, mechanics shop, and new hangars
Gainesville Municipal Airport is seeing a cluster of new aviation activity.
CareFlite, a nonprofit air medical transport organization serving North Texas, received a certificate of occupancy in April for a new hangar at 2081 Westair Drive. The hangar was permitted at $840,000 and includes living and workspace, suggesting a staffed base of operations. CareFlite operates fixed-wing and rotor-wing aircraft for patient transport across the DFW region; a Gainesville presence would expand air ambulance coverage for Cooke County.
CFDI Aero signed a five-year lease starting June 1 for the multi-use hangar near the terminal, where it plans to operate an aircraft mechanics shop at $2,500 per month. Two additional private hangars are under permit: $185,000 at 2085 Westair Drive (completed May 2026) and $85,000 at 2110 Airport Drive (issued March 2026).
Infrastructure: Medal of Honor Boulevard and city utilities
The City is moving forward on a $681,700 reconstruction of Medal of Honor Boulevard and Culberson Street, designed by Kimley-Horn and Associates. The project replaces approximately 1,300 linear feet of roadway with reinforced concrete, installs new water and sewer lines, adds stormwater drainage, and rebuilds sidewalks, lighting, raised crosswalks, and landscaped medians. A construction contract has not yet been awarded.
Separately, the city is relocating water and sewer lines at GAF's manufacturing facility at 1301 Corporate Drive before an anticipated construction contract award there — a signal the roofing manufacturer may have expansion work planned. The city has also applied for a $21 million Texas Water Development Board grant to replace the Moss Lake raw-water pump station, a project already included in the State Water Plan.
CCR reported in June on several of these infrastructure items following a City Council meeting that also covered Axis Energy Services' expansion incentive at 109 E. Foreline St. Camp Howze Industrial Rail Park, which broke ground last month, is also advancing under a separate $1 million GEDC loan for rail service components and site work.
Permit records are updated through the city's EnerGov portal. CCR will continue tracking commercial activity as the City of Gainesville publishes monthly issued-permit reports.