City planning November 5, 2026 · Starbase · City Hall

An estimated $12 million Starbase City Hall is registered with Texas

A new Starbase City Hall was registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, at an estimated cost of $12 million. The filing describes an 11,500-square-foot new "civic building" for "business office use with City Hall, police station (limited detention rooms), and dispatch."

It lists a planned start of Dec. 1, 2026 and completion by Dec. 31, 2027. The registration is a state accessibility filing. It isn't a building permit or a groundbreaking, and the cost and dates are the filing's estimates.

• Who's on the form: It lists "Space X" as owner, the tenant as "Not Assigned" and Gensler's Houston office as design firm.
• The money: It says, "This project is privately funded, on private land for private use." It answers "No" to whether the private funds come from the tenant.
• The address: The filing gives Lot 19, Block 1, Monica Subdivision, "1 Rocket Rd." County appraisal records place Lot 19 on Hwy 4, about 6 miles west of the village.
• City limits: The lot sits inside Starbase city limits, per the city's Oct. 1, 2026 map and county tax records.
• The lot: County records list a parking lot on Lot 19, on 0.78 acre, with a $57,902 improvement value. They list Space Exploration Technologies Corp. as owner, under a deed recorded April 8, 2021, and a 2026 county market value of $178,913.
• What the filing doesn't say: who would pay for construction, or what arrangement, if any, the city has for the building.

The next date on the filing is the planned Dec. 1, 2026 start.

Sources: Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, project TABS2027005233, registered Nov. 5, 2026 · City of Starbase, city limits map · Cameron County Appraisal District, property 172778, 2026 roll · Cameron County Clerk, warranty deed 2021-14984 · USDA NAIP aerial via USGS, June 2022

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