Dallas Cannabis & Hemp Facility Construction

Texas operates a limited medical program (the Compassionate Use Program, CUP) for low-THC cannabis with a small set of state-licensed dispensing organizations. Recreational cannabis is not legal. Hemp and CBD processing are legal under the Texas Hemp Farm Act (2019). TCG builds within the regulatory framework that applies on a given project: CUP-licensed cultivation and processing for the medical program, hemp and CBD processing facilities, or shell-and-envelope builds positioned for expanded program capacity if Texas law evolves.

Dallas-Fort Worth cannabis construction runs $118 to $620 per SF depending on use. Indoor cultivation $178 to $455, processing and extraction $232 to $610, dispensary buildout $145 to $335, warehouse conversion to cultivation $118 to $340, and combined cultivation plus processing $200 to $520. See national cannabis cultivation cost guide.

TCG actively builds across the DFW metroplex and brings national cannabis facility experience (a decade and over 1,000,000 SF of IMP installed across 38 states) to Texas operators. Within Texas, that means current hemp and CBD processors, CUP-licensed operators, and any operator preparing facility plans for expanded program capacity. Active commercial cannabis cultivation in Texas remains limited to the CUP program; we frame Texas projects against national experience applied to Texas regulatory context.

Sealed envelope (IMP delivers continuous insulation with no thermal bridges and integrated vapor barrier), heavy electrical service (typically 60 to 90 W per SF total facility for flower-heavy builds), dehumidification sized for the latent load, CO2 enrichment, irrigation and fertigation systems, security and surveillance for licensed operations, and process flow that separates mothers, clones, veg, flower, dry, cure, trim, and packaging zones. See IMP for controlled environments.

Indoor cultivation environments hold tight temperature and humidity setpoints against aggressive internal latent loads. Insulated metal panels deliver R-7 to R-7.2 per inch continuous insulation, integrated vapor barrier, smooth wipeable interior surfaces, fast installation, and proven controlled-environment performance. TCG self-performs IMP installation across 38 states with over 1,000,000 SF installed.

Flower-heavy cultivation runs 60 to 90 W per SF total facility (LED at 35-45 W per SF canopy, HPS at 50-60 W per SF canopy, HVAC and dehumidification adding 40-60 percent on top of lighting kW, process tail at 10-15 percent). A 40,000 SF flower-dominant facility needs roughly 2,000-4,000 kW connected load, or 2,500-5,000 A at 480V 3-phase. We coordinate Oncor (or the local cooperative) service capacity from preconstruction because ERCOT interconnection plus transformer lead times of 40-80 weeks is the schedule risk.

Polyaspartic and epoxy floor systems for cultivation rooms and dry areas (chemical resistance, smooth wipeable surface, fast cure), urethane cement at processing wet areas, and properly sealed transitions at room boundaries. Specialty flooring is self-performed through our 10-year Cannafloors partnership which specializes in cannabis-specific flooring across the US.

Extraction facilities (CO2, ethanol, hydrocarbon) need explosion-proof zoning per NFPA 30 and 70, classified electrical, hood and exhaust ventilation, fire suppression engineered to the solvent class, separation from other tenancies, and TABC-style proximity rules where applicable. Hemp and CBD extraction operates under the Texas Hemp Farm Act framework with state agriculture and DEA-adjacent compliance considerations.

Permitting depends on whether the project is CUP-licensed cultivation/processing, hemp/CBD processing, or warehouse conversion. State licensing (Texas DPS for CUP, Texas Department of Agriculture for hemp) runs in parallel with local permitting through City of Dallas Development Services or the suburban authority. Typical local permitting runs 4 to 8 months for ground-up and 2 to 5 for warehouse conversion TI. Design-build overlaps both.

Indoor cultivation ground-up: 12 to 18 months from groundbreak. Warehouse conversion to cultivation: 6 to 12 months. Processing and extraction facility: 10 to 16 months. Dispensary TI: 3 to 6 months. Combined cultivation plus processing: 14 to 22 months. Add 3 to 8 months of preconstruction, design, state licensing coordination, and permitting before groundbreak.

TCG builds across the DFW metroplex (City of Dallas, Fort Worth, Plano, Frisco, Irving, Arlington, Garland, McKinney, Denton, Mesquite, Richardson, Allen, Grand Prairie, Lewisville, Carrollton) and across Texas including Austin, Houston, and San Antonio. National cannabis experience spans 38 states. See core sector page.