Batting cages for the Hooks at Whataburger Field along with a new pavilion at Driscoll Children’s Hospital and a slew of new apartment complexes top the list of $52 million in building permit requests submitted within a single week in Corpus Christi.
From apartments to hamburgers to batting cages to hospital pavilions, permit requests filed in the city’s development department certainly added up during the last days of August. A total of $52.5 million in construction is planned for Corpus Christi, according to plans filed Aug. 26-Sept. 2.
The biggest of those requests was made by Driscoll Children’s Hospital, which plans to build a $34.1 million pavilion at 3533 S. Alameda. The pavilion will be home to a new pediatric intensive care unit that has been years in the planning. The two-story addition will also house a new outpatient surgery center and an outpatient lab.
The Calallen Apartments at 14838 Northwest Blvd. filed seven requests ranging from $2.1 million to $1.8 million for a total of $8.4 million in construction. The project includes four apartment buildings, a maintenance building, a cabana, an office and a clubhouse.
Vick’s Famous Hamburgers wants to build at 626 N. Port Ave. for a total of $350,000, while the Islamic Society of Southern Texas plans for $855,000 in new construct at 7341 McArdle. The Hooks plan to spend $450,000 for batting cages and practice facilities at Whataburger Field. PlainsCapital Bank plans a new building at 5921 Saratoga Blvd. totaling $2.2 million.
Other requests include:
• Painting With a Twist, $9,000, tenant finish-out (TFO), 5425 South Padre Island Drive, Suite 145
• TT Electronics NItrogen Storage, $4,800, storage, 4222 S. Staples, Building 2
• Sufi Shish Kabob, $55,000, TFO, 7150 South Padre Island Drive
• Aman’s Jewelry, $45,000, TFO, 7150 South Padre Island Drive
• AT&T tower, $6,000, remodel, 828 South Padre Island Drive
• AT&T tower, $15,000, remodel, 3030 Fig St.
• Olay cart-away silo, $5,000, accessory structure, 2422 Etring, Building 3
• Olay cart-away hopper, $7,000, accessory structure, 2422 Etring, Building 2
• Olay cart-away, $44,500, accessory structure, 2422 Etring
* Studio 21 (Hawn Urban Apartments), $1.6 million, remodel, 817 N. Carancahua St.
• Cabana Apartments Building 10, $55,000, new construction, 6602 Everhart Road
• Ruth St. Townhomes Building 2, $158,000, new construction, 2937 Ruth St.
• Ruth St. Townhomes Building 1, $158,000, new construction, 2937 Ruth St.
• Transport industrial lot #2, $724,000, new construction, 5330 Transport Industrial Drive
• Dependable Aire new office/warehouse, $155,000, new construction, 4802 Bear Lane
• T-Mobile tower, $15,000, remodel, 3649 Leopard St.
• Solid Rock Church, $14,000, new construction, 3035 Ayers St.
• Contractors Building Supply, $1.9 million, new construction, 7219 Interstate 37 access road
• Bishop Garriga Middle School gym addition, $230,000, new construction, 3114 Saratoga Blvd.
• Nelson Chiropractic office, $45,000, TFO, 4117 S. Staples St.
The city’s development department also issued permits. Of the 32 issued, 24 were new commercial for The District at Timbergate. Each was issued for $14,616 for a total of $350,784. The District at Timbergate is a $26.1 million apartment complex. The original permit for that amount was issued in January 2015.
Other permits issue included:
• Walmart #0490, $212,288, new commercial, 1250 Flour Bluff Drive
• Riverstone Apartment, $40,000, new commercial, 3521 Airline Road
• Running light PUD, $7,000, new commercial, 15025 Harbor View Drive
• Sames Ford, $750,000, new commercial, 4754 Crosstown SH #286
• USCG facility, $15.4 million, new commercial, 249 Glasson Drive
• Banditos Mexican Cantina, $19,000, TFO, 6418 S. Staples Street
• Coastal Wellness #2, $88,119, TFO, 9929 South Padre Island Drive
• Li’s Reflexology, $18,244, TFO, 6313 Wooldridge Road
