Jersey Mike’s is the latest construction-confirmed tenant headed into The Shops at Babcock, a recently developed Northwest San Antonio retail center now marketed as nearly fully occupied.
The sandwich shop is planned for 15031 Babcock Road, Suite 106, near the Babcock Road and Loop 1604 intersection. Its arrival adds another familiar food option to a center that has steadily progressed from new retail shells to individual business build-outs and operating storefronts.
Jersey Mike’s Plans at Shops at Babcock
A state construction registration outlines a 1,273-square-foot interior finish-out within an existing multi-tenant building. The project carries a filed construction estimate of $300,000, with Oculus Inc. listed as the design firm.
The scope covers non-structural architectural work plus mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems. In practical terms, this is the work needed to adapt an existing retail shell for the sandwich shop, rather than construct another building.
The filing, TABS2027001755, lists a projected construction window of November 1, 2026, through January 1, 2027. Those dates describe an estimated work schedule; they do not establish an announced opening date or confirm that construction has started.
Shops at Babcock Moves Beyond Retail Shells
The larger development gives this small restaurant project its local significance. An earlier state registration for The Shops at Babcock called for approximately 37,526 square feet of new retail shell construction, with an estimated construction value of roughly $8.5 million.
That shell work created space for multiple businesses to build their own interiors. The subsequent tenant projects show the next stage: turning those spaces into places where nearby residents can grab a meal, shop or handle everyday errands.
Today, JLL’s marketing materials describe the broader Shops at Babcock property as 98.7% occupied. That is the brokerage’s reported figure, rather than an independently audited occupancy measure. It also should not be read as a statement that every tenant has opened for business.
Together, the earlier shell filing, later tenant construction activity and current marketing point to a center well along in its transition from new construction to an established neighborhood shopping destination.
Food and Services Fill Shops at Babcock
Jersey Mike’s joins a series of construction registrations associated with the development. Examples include Kaito Sushi Teriyaki Asian Fusion, Smoothie King and Great Clips, reflecting a mix of dining and everyday services.
Smoothie King is already operating at the center, providing a visible example of that transition from planned space to an open business. The other construction records document tenant activity, but a filing alone does not establish a business’s opening status.
For neighbors, the useful change is the growing range of reasons to visit one shopping center. A smoothie stop, a haircut and a sandwich shop serve different needs while helping give the recently built property a more complete neighborhood tenant mix.
A Babcock Road Stop Near UTSA
The Shops at Babcock sits within the busy retail environment around Babcock Road and Loop 1604, near UTSA and surrounding residential and commercial development. JLL highlights the nearby university population and the property’s infill setting in its marketing.
Those surroundings help explain the center’s neighborhood role. The planned restaurant would give people already traveling through this part of Northwest San Antonio another quick meal option alongside the center’s other businesses.
Jersey Mike’s already has an established San Antonio-area presence. The Babcock filing lists Derek Murph as the tenant contact; his name also appears on earlier Jersey Mike’s projects at Summerfield Crossing on Northwest Military Highway and Stone Ridge Marketplace on U.S. 281. Those projects also used Oculus Inc.
That recurring contact and design team show a repeat development pattern. At Shops at Babcock, however, the larger takeaway is the center itself: another modest tenant build-out marks continued progress from newly constructed retail shells toward a largely occupied neighborhood shopping center.