Cowboy Kia Conroe is planning a $19 million sales-and-service facility at 3555 I-45 North, opening a substantial new chapter for the longtime local dealership. The 65,412-square-foot project would give the business a major new presence farther north along the interstate.
Cowboy Kia currently operates at 443 Interstate 45 South. Its plans call for ground-up construction at the northern address, with both automotive sales and service space plus site improvements.
The two addresses tell the local story: an established Conroe business is investing in another location along its familiar freeway corridor. What ultimately happens to the current dealership remains unconfirmed.
More than two decades in Conroe
Cowboy Kia has operated in Conroe for more than two decades. Its Better Business Bureau profile dates the local business to November 2004, while the dealership’s official website continues to identify the I-45 South address.
That history gives the new project a different meaning from a brand arriving in town for the first time. Conroe drivers already know the Cowboy Kia name, and the planned facility would extend that established presence farther north.
The existing operation offers new and used vehicles, parts and maintenance services. The new project’s sales-and-service scope carries both sides of that business into the development plan, rather than describing only a showroom.
Cowboy Kia Conroe plans 65,412 square feet
At roughly 65,000 square feet, the planned facility represents a substantial automotive project. The state registration identifies new construction, so this is a ground-up dealership development rather than a renovation within the current building.
The $19 million estimate covers the construction project described in the filing. Its scope includes site improvements, but the registration does not provide a detailed breakdown of those outdoor works.
For scale, another LOMA-designed Kia project, Parkway Kia, appears in state records at approximately 46,300 square feet. Cowboy Kia’s reported area is about 41% larger than that comparison project.
That benchmark helps put the Conroe investment in perspective. It does not establish how much larger the new building would be than Cowboy Kia’s current dealership, whose floor area TCM has not verified.
LOMA brings experience with Kia dealerships
LOMA Architecture will design the Conroe facility. The firm’s Kia portfolio includes Parkway Kia, Mesquite Kia and Westside Kia, giving it experience with the manufacturer’s dealership requirements.
In its Parkway Kia project announcement, LOMA described its familiarity with Kia America’s ChangeUp design program. That experience provides useful context for the design assignment, although Cowboy Kia’s final architectural details remain unconfirmed.
The Parkway rendering shows how LOMA has approached a separate Kia sales-and-service facility. It is a comparison image, not a preview of the building planned for 3555 I-45 North.
TCM has also covered a proposed Kia of Central Austin dealership. The projects illustrate separate investments in the brand’s Texas facilities; neither establishes the layout or amenities of the Conroe project.
Cowboy Kia Conroe looks farther north on I-45
Interstate 45 has long served as one of Conroe’s principal commercial corridors, with automotive dealerships among its familiar roadside businesses. The new address keeps Cowboy Kia within that established automotive setting while placing its planned facility farther north.
The filing identifies Jetbird Properties as the owner. Historical Texas records connect Jetbird LTD with the assumed names Conroe Kia, Cowboy Kia and Cowboy Kia of Conroe.
Jetbird entities therefore have longstanding ties to the dealership’s Conroe operation. The records establish that business history, but they do not fully explain the current legal relationship between Jetbird LTD and Jetbird Properties.
A construction schedule, not an opening date
The state registration, TABS2027002129, lists construction from January 1, 2027, through January 31, 2028. Those are filed estimates, and the completion date is not an announced dealership opening.
The public scope also leaves several operating details open. It does not establish a service-bay count, showroom allocation or vehicle-storage capacity. Those details will require project-specific plans or further information from the dealership.
For residents following development along I-45, the confirmed plan is substantial: a new sales-and-service facility for a familiar Conroe business. After more than two decades locally, Cowboy Kia is preparing its next physical chapter along the same interstate that anchors its current operation.