Grayson College has registered two major projects for its Denison campus with the state this month: an $18.2 million maintenance and operations complex and a $15 million overhaul that would turn its health sciences building into a dedicated science lab building.
Both filings in the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation's project database list the college's main campus address, 6101 Grayson Drive, and name WRA Architects of Plano as the design firm. Each lists the owner as Grayson County Junior College.
A new home for maintenance crews
The larger project, registered Friday, Oct. 9, is new construction estimated at $18.2 million. The filing describes about 43,868 square feet in a one-story building and a pre-engineered metal building, holding offices and shop space for the college's operations and maintenance work.
Construction is listed to run from Jan. 1, 2027, to Jan. 31, 2028. The filing marks it as a project involving public funds.
Science labs in a familiar building
The second registration, dated Oct. 5, covers 49,045 square feet of renovation inside the existing Health Sciences Building, which the filing says is being converted into a dedicated sciences lab building. The estimated cost is $15 million, with work scheduled from May 3, 2027, to Jan. 14, 2028.
The filing does not say where the programs now in that building will go. The college is building a new health sciences home: at a beam-signing in May, KTEN reported, the Dr. Mary Moses Health Sciences Center was scheduled to be finished by fall 2027, with a 24,000-square-foot simulated hospital for hands-on training.
The renovation filing lists its funding as private, while the maintenance complex filing lists public funds. The registrations do not explain the difference, and neither says how the work would be paid for.
