Southwest Christian School registers $21M Fort Worth athletic center

Southwest Christian School has registered a $21.0 million indoor athletic center with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, according to a filing posted Oct. 28, 2026. The Fort Worth school’s planned 62,000 sq ft facility is designed by Corgan, the Dallas-based architecture firm, and is set to break ground in February 2027.

Why it matters

The filing adds another large institutional project to the Dallas-Fort Worth construction pipeline at a time when much of the region’s visible development activity centers on multifamily and industrial product. A $21.0 million build by a private school is a reminder that institutional and nonprofit owners, not just commercial developers, are putting capital into new construction in Tarrant County. For contractors and suppliers watching the metro’s project pipeline, a filing of this size from a school is a smaller but steady category worth tracking alongside the bigger commercial registrations.

The numbers

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation registration lists Southwest Christian School Inc as the project owner, with an address at 6901 Altamesa Blvd in Fort Worth. The record puts the estimated cost at $21.0 million for 62,000 sq ft of new construction, described on the filing as ground up construction of an athletic center for the school. Corgan is named on the record as the design firm. No general contractor is listed on the TDLR filing itself.

What’s next

The registration sets an estimated start date of Feb. 1, 2027, with completion targeted for July 15, 2028, a build window of roughly 17 months. Texas law requires projects of this size to register with TDLR before a building permit is issued, so the filing establishes the project’s scope and cost ahead of the next visible step: a city of Fort Worth building permit application naming a general contractor. No permit tied to the project has yet appeared in city records. The American Developer will update this story if a contractor is named or if the project’s timeline or cost changes once permitting begins.