Penske Dallas, Regus, and Parry’s Pizza
Dallas-Fort Worth industrial and commercial construction
Fleet facilities, distribution centers, branches, and build-outs across the metroplex, with completed fleet, workplace, and retail work already there.
- Penske Dallas: 17,340 SF, five bays, fuel island, CNG sensing, wash, and lifts
- Regus two-floor high-rise build-out and a 16-week retail build-out in the metroplex
- Bids leveled in BuildingConnected against the DFW trade market
The second market, with work already on the ground
Dallas-Fort Worth is AP’s second priority after Houston, with completed projects already in the market. The Penske Dallas regional truck facility put fueling, CNG sensing, a wash, and lifts into one compact building. The Regus build-out took two floors of a Dallas high-rise from shell to open-plan workplace with a two-story staircase. Parry’s Pizza, in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs, went from first-generation shell to opening in 16 weeks.
What the metroplex asks of a contractor is range and discipline. The same week can involve a truck yard on a freight corridor, a branch in a suburb with strict design review, and a build-out in a high-rise with loading-dock rules. AP brings one preconstruction and delivery system to all of them.
What DFW owners get from AP
Completed metroplex work
Fleet, workplace, and retail projects delivered across the metroplex, each with its own jurisdiction and schedule pressure.
DFW pricing
Trade bids from prequalified firms that work the metroplex, leveled in BuildingConnected on the full scope.
City-by-city permitting
The specific city or county path mapped for each parcel, with licensed consultants preparing submittals and AP sequencing them.
One accountable team
A Project Manager, Superintendent, and Project Coordinator on the job, with Houston leadership involved from preconstruction through turnover.
DFW project
Penske Dallas Regional Facility
17,340
Total facility
5
Service bays
20K
Diesel capacity
2,863
Office
A 17,340 SF regional truck facility with five bays, a two-lane fuel island, CNG sensing, a truck wash, tire carousel, and truck lifts, delivered on a pre-engineered metal building with split-face masonry.
Freight corridors and where facilities go
Industrial Dallas-Fort Worth is organized by its highways and its airports. Distribution and fleet users follow I-35W north through the Alliance corridor, I-35E through Dallas toward Denton, I-20 along the southern edge, I-30 between the two downtowns, and I-45 toward Houston. The loops matter too: I-635 across north and east Dallas, Loop 820 around Fort Worth, and SH-114 and SH-121 around DFW Airport. Each corridor has its own mix of land, truck traffic, and neighboring uses, and that mix shapes the site plan before the building is drawn.
For a fleet or distribution facility that means the same questions AP works through everywhere: how tractors get in from the public road, where they queue and stage, how the yard drains, and whether the paving section matches the axle loads it will carry for the next twenty years. The Penske Dallas facility had to fit rental, fueling, wash, and service on a compact site, and circulation decided the layout.
Industrial submarkets across the metroplex
AP pursues fleet, distribution, and light-industrial work in each of the metroplex’s main industrial areas, and each one asks something different of the site plan.
- AllianceTexas and the north Fort Worth corridor: master-planned industrial land along I-35W and SH-114 near Fort Worth Alliance Airport, built around large distribution buildings and steady truck flow.
- Southern Dallas along I-20 and I-45: distribution and truck-oriented sites across Dallas and southern suburbs such as Lancaster, Wilmer, and Hutchins, close to rail.
- Great Southwest, between Arlington and Grand Prairie: an established industrial district near SH-360 where older buildings and infill sites are common.
- The DFW Airport area: Coppell, Irving, and Grapevine, where air cargo, distribution, and service users want quick access to SH-114, SH-121, and I-635.
- The north suburbs: Frisco, Plano, McKinney, and The Colony along SH-121 and the Dallas North Tollway, where retail, bank branches, automotive service, and flex buildings follow new neighborhoods.
Knowing which submarket a parcel sits in tells AP early what the truck volume, neighboring uses, and city expectations will be.
Rail, air, and intermodal freight
Freight reaches the metroplex by rail and air as well as by road. BNSF runs an intermodal facility at AllianceTexas, and Union Pacific operates an intermodal terminal in southern Dallas County near Wilmer. DFW International Airport and Fort Worth Alliance Airport both draw cargo, distribution, and aviation-support users to the land around them.
Being near these hubs changes the job in practical ways. Yard paving, gate layout, and trailer parking deserve the same care as the building. Sites near the airports can also bring height limits and FAA review for cranes and tall structures, which AP checks before the crane plan is set.
A metroplex of jurisdictions
The metroplex is not one city. It is dozens of municipalities across several counties, and a site a few miles from another can sit under a different code adoption, a different fire marshal, a different drainage authority, and a different design review. Some suburbs enforce detailed exterior standards on commercial buildings. Others move fast on industrial permits but review site drainage closely. Unincorporated county parcels follow county and state rules with no city permit at all.
The core counties are Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, and Denton, with Rockwall, Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman, and Parker around them. Inside them, cities such as Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Irving, Grand Prairie, Plano, Frisco, McKinney, and Denton each run their own building inspection and fire marshal’s office. A driveway onto a state highway or its frontage road also needs TxDOT access approval, and parcels near the Trinity River and its forks often face floodplain review. The North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) leads regional transportation planning for the corridors.
AP handles this as a preconstruction task. For each parcel we confirm the jurisdiction, list the approvals, identify who prepares each submittal, and put review durations into the master schedule. Civil engineers, architects, and other licensed consultants prepare the applications. AP coordinates the sequence and keeps it moving so the permit is ready when the site is.
Clay soils and the building pad
Much of the metroplex, especially on the Dallas side, sits on the expansive clay of the Blackland Prairie. The soil swells when wet and shrinks when dry. A slab poured without planning for that movement can crack, heave, or pull doors and walls out of line.
AP treats the geotechnical report as a pricing document, not a formality. Its recommendations on pad preparation, moisture conditioning, select fill, and foundation type go straight into the estimate and the schedule.
The same clay matters in the truck yard. Heavy-duty paving needs a subgrade that is treated and compacted to the engineer’s design, often stabilized with lime or cement, so the pavement holds up under tractor and trailer loads.
Hail, storms, and winter freeze
North Texas sits in the path of strong spring storms, and hail is a regular concern for building owners. On a new facility AP coordinates the roof system, rooftop units, skylights, and exposed equipment with the designer and the owner’s insurer. Impact resistance becomes a decision made early, not a repair after the first season.
Winter freeze events are less frequent but disruptive, as the February 2021 storm showed across Texas. Fire sprinkler piping, exposed water lines, wash bays, and fuel and DEF systems need freeze protection planned in design: heated riser rooms, insulated or heat-traced piping, and dry systems where the engineer calls for them.
How AP covers DFW from Houston
AP’s headquarters is in Houston, and Dallas-Fort Worth is served as a primary service area from that headquarters. In practice that changes less than owners expect. The Project Superintendent is on the site every day wherever the site is. The Project Manager and Project Coordinator run the schedule, submittals, and change control from the same system used on every AP project. Preconstruction and leadership travel to the metroplex for site walks, owner meetings, and the milestones that need them in the room.
Owners who search for a commercial builder near me in North Texas usually want two things: someone who knows the local rules and someone who will be on site. AP answers the first with parcel-by-parcel preconstruction and the second with a superintendent on the job every day.
Pricing is local. Subcontractors enter AP’s database through a prequalification process covering financial capacity, safety record, and relevant experience, and the database includes firms that work the metroplex. Bids are run and leveled in BuildingConnected so a DFW owner sees a DFW number on the full scope.
Pricing a DFW project early
AP’s instant estimate runs on a cost index that uses Dallas-Fort Worth as its baseline market. A metroplex owner can enter the building type, size, and site conditions at the instant estimate and get a planning-level range for building cost before the first call.
The range covers the building only. Site work, fees, design, FF&E, contingency, and financing are excluded. On a fleet or distribution site, the yard and pad can be a large share of the total, so AP prices them once the parcel and geotechnical report are in hand.
Fleet, retail, and workplace work
Three completed projects show the range. Penske Dallas is a 17,340 SF regional truck facility with five bays, a two-lane fuel island holding diesel, gasoline, and DEF, CNG sensing in the shop, a truck wash, a tire carousel, and truck lifts, on a pre-engineered metal building with split-face masonry. Regus is a two-floor first-generation build-out in a Dallas high-rise with a two-story statement staircase and an open-concept plan. Parry’s Pizza, in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs, is a first-generation shopping-center build-out finished on a 16-week schedule with an industrial warehouse design concept.
Those are three different owners, three different jurisdictions, and three different delivery pressures. The common thread is a schedule built in preconstruction and a team that stayed accountable to it.
Delivery in DFW
How a Dallas-Fort Worth project runs
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Site and jurisdiction
The parcel, its city or county, drainage authority, and utility providers confirmed before pricing starts.
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DFW pricing
Trade bids from prequalified metroplex subcontractors, leveled in BuildingConnected, with long-lead items flagged.
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Staffed for the job
Superintendent on site daily, PM and Coordinator on the schedule, leadership at the milestones.
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Open on the date
Commissioning, inspections, and turnover sequenced to the operational or opening date set in preconstruction.
Completed in Dallas-Fort Worth
All projectsPenske Dallas Regional Facility
Regus
Parry’s Pizza
About Dallas-Fort Worth
Dallas-Fort Worth grew up around two different cities on the Trinity River. Dallas built its name on banking, trade, and corporate offices, and its skyline, Reunion Tower, and the Arts District still show it. Fort Worth kept more of its cattle-town roots, from the Stockyards on the north side to its ties to the Chisholm Trail, and calls itself the city where the West begins.
Between the two downtowns sit Arlington, Grand Prairie, Irving, and Grapevine. Arlington is home to AT&T Stadium, Globe Life Field, and Six Flags Over Texas. DFW International Airport fills the middle of the map, and American Airlines keeps its headquarters close by in Fort Worth.
The land changes from east to west. Dark Blackland Prairie soils cover much of the Dallas side, while Fort Worth sits nearer the Cross Timbers and the rolling country beyond. Lakes such as Lewisville, Grapevine, Ray Hubbard, and Joe Pool shape where people live and spend their weekends.
The economy is broad. Aerospace, with Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, sits beside logistics, finance, health care, and technology, and corporate relocations keep land moving. The north suburbs, from Frisco to McKinney, have grown from farm towns into cities of their own.
Building in Dallas-Fort Worth: questions
What has AP Construction built in Dallas-Fort Worth?
The Penske Dallas regional truck facility, 17,340 SF with five bays, a two-lane fuel island, CNG sensing, a truck wash, and lifts; a two-floor first-generation Regus build-out in a Dallas high-rise; and a first-generation shopping-center build-out for Parry’s Pizza in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on a 16-week schedule.
Does AP have an office in Dallas?
No. AP is headquartered in Houston and serves Dallas-Fort Worth as a primary service area. Project teams are staffed for the job, the superintendent is on site daily, and preconstruction and leadership travel between Houston and the metroplex as the project requires.
Which DFW markets does AP pursue?
Truck and fleet facilities, distribution centers and warehouses, light industrial and manufacturing, bank branches, automotive service centers, retail build-outs, and substantial workplace projects. The metroplex has demand in all of them, and AP has completed fleet, retail, and workplace work there.
How does permitting differ across the metroplex?
Dallas-Fort Worth is dozens of cities plus several counties, and each city runs its own plan review, fire review, and inspection process. A site in Dallas, Fort Worth, a suburb, or an unincorporated county parcel will follow a different path. AP maps that path for the specific parcel in preconstruction.
Can AP price a DFW project against the local subcontractor market?
Yes. Bidding runs through BuildingConnected with trades from AP’s prequalified database, including firms that work the metroplex. Bids are leveled line by line so the owner sees Dallas-Fort Worth pricing on the full scope. Every invited firm comes from that prequalified list, so the comparison is between contractors already vetted for the work.
How fast can AP deliver a DFW build-out with a fixed opening date?
The Parry’s Pizza build-out in the metroplex ran on a 16-week schedule. Speed on a build-out comes from preconstruction: long-lead items released early, the landlord’s shell condition verified, and permits sequenced so the opening date is planned rather than hoped for.
Which DFW industrial areas suit a fleet or distribution facility?
The usual short list includes AllianceTexas and the north Fort Worth corridor, the I-20 and I-45 area of southern Dallas County, Great Southwest between Arlington and Grand Prairie, and the land around DFW Airport. The right choice depends on where the trucks run, labor access, utility capacity, and which city reviews the permit.
How do expansive clay soils affect a building in Dallas-Fort Worth?
Much of the metroplex sits on Blackland Prairie clay that swells when wet and shrinks when dry. Without the right pad preparation, slabs and paving can crack or heave. AP prices the geotechnical recommendations, such as moisture conditioning, select fill, or lime stabilization, into the estimate before the owner commits to a number.
How should a North Texas facility be built for hail?
Hail is a recurring risk across North Texas, so impact resistance belongs in design rather than in the first insurance claim. AP coordinates the roof system, rooftop units, skylights, and exposed equipment with the designer and the owner’s insurer, then confirms the specified products are what actually gets installed.
What freeze protection does a DFW fleet or warehouse facility need?
Metroplex winters are mostly mild, but hard freezes do happen and can shut a facility down. Fire sprinkler risers, exposed water lines, wash bays, and DEF dispensers are the usual weak points. AP coordinates heated riser rooms, heat trace, insulation, and dry systems where the engineers specify them, and checks them during commissioning.
Does a DFW site on a highway frontage road need TxDOT approval?
Yes, in most cases. A new or changed driveway onto a state highway or its frontage road, common along I-35E, I-20, and SH-121, needs a TxDOT access permit in addition to the city’s site plan approval. AP puts that review on the master schedule in preconstruction so it does not hold up site work.
Does AP build in Frisco, Plano, and the other north Dallas suburbs?
Yes. The north suburbs along SH-121 and the Dallas North Tollway are part of AP’s DFW service area, and AP completed the Parry’s Pizza build-out in The Colony on a 16-week schedule. Each suburb sets its own design standards and review process, which AP confirms for the specific parcel before pricing.
Does the AP instant estimate work for a Dallas-Fort Worth site?
Yes. AP’s cost index uses Dallas-Fort Worth as its baseline market, and DFW sites default to a moderate soil adder for expansive clay. The result is a planning-level range for building cost only. Site work, fees, design, FF&E, contingency, and financing are excluded, so treat it as a starting point for the first conversation.
Planning a facility in Dallas-Fort Worth?
Send us the site and the program. We will confirm the jurisdiction, price it against the metroplex trade market, and tell you what the schedule will demand.