Fort Worth permit puts Stop Six community center at $33.6M

Two Fort Worth permit applications, filed eight days apart, declare $33,629,365 for the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center replacement and aquatic center in the Stop Six area. The city’s own project page lists $25.7 million for the same two pieces.

Why it matters

For a GC or sub pricing Fort Worth civic work, the two documents give two different sizes of job. The record does not say why they differ. A permit valuation is the applicant’s declared figure, not a contract price or a confirmed budget. The gap could reflect site work, escalation, scope or the way the permit form is filled in. Treat it as a question for the bid package, not a conclusion.

The owner also reads differently. Both permits name Fort Worth Housing Authority as owner. The city’s project page says the Park & Recreation Department manages the project and funds it from the 2022 bond program. The page names no owner. We report both and resolve neither.

The numbers

Permit PB26-13456, filed Sept. 28, 2026, is at Incomplete Submittal. It describes a community center of about 28,000 sq ft with multi-use spaces, a senior center, a youth activity center, a public library and social services space. It also lists an exterior 8-lane, 25-yard lap pool, a leisure pool with about 2,540 sq ft of water surface and an aquatics building of about 5,000 sq ft.

Permit PB26-13783, filed Oct. 6, 2026, is Pending. It carries the same owner, project name, legal description and valuation, with no description text. We counted $33.6 million once, not twice.

The city page lists $17,500,000 for the community center and $8,200,000 for the aquatic facility. That totals $25,700,000, which is $7,929,365 below the permit figure.

What’s next

The city page gives no construction schedule. The first permit still needs a complete submittal, and the second is pending review. Bidders should watch for a bid package from the city that settles the budget and the owner. For other large Fort Worth filings this week, see the Texas Health patient tower and the Dallas-Fort Worth hub.