Wingstop is gearing up to bring its saucy playbook to FM 1960, with a new restaurant planned for the Champions Village Shopping Center in northwest Houston. Permit filings and comments from the franchisee's construction director point to a late May renovation start and a possible summer opening, even though the official permit timeline stretches longer. The restaurant is slated to fill a roughly 1,500 square foot space on the busy FM 1960 retail strip.
Permit timeline and project details
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation lists the project under TABS2026011436 and shows the tenant as "GSR - Daniel Deville" at 5503 Farm to Market 1960 W, Suite 104. The public record sets a May 28, 2026 start date and a September 5, 2026 completion date for a 1,537 square foot interior renovation with an estimated construction budget of about $300,000. The filing also names First National Realty Partners as the property owner and Wilkus Architects as the design firm, according to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Franchisee expects to beat the schedule
According to What Now Houston, Daniel Deville, director of construction for franchisee GSR Group, said he expects work to wrap ahead of the posted schedule and for the new Wingstop to open by June 2026. The outlet also notes that the brand already operates roughly 50 locations across Houston and that Texas has one of the highest concentrations of Wingstop restaurants in the country.
What the brand brings
Wingstop has been expanding quickly. According to investor materials from Wingstop, the chain operates and franchises more than 3,000 restaurants worldwide. The brand leans on a tight menu designed for carryout and delivery, and the Wingstop site spells out the company mantra: "We're not in the wing business. We're in the flavor business," a pitch that helps explain why franchisees often favor compact, fast turn units along busy corridors.
Neighborhood fit
The Champions Village location sits near Champions Forest and Willowbrook on a stretch of FM 1960 that has seen a wave of quick service buildouts in recent months. Local permit trackers and neighborhood outlets were among the first to flag the project and to slot it in with other corridor openings, as covered by My Neighborhood News. Nearby growth for the chain, including when Wingstop fever spreads to Kingwood, has already put more of FM 1960 and the surrounding communities on the brand's radar.
What to watch: the TDLR project record remains the clearest official timeline, and Wingstop or the franchisee will likely post a firm opening date on the chain's store finder or through local announcements once they are closer to a ribbon cutting. For now, the permit schedule and the franchisee's estimate both point to a summer 2026 opening window, with the possibility of a June soft launch if construction stays ahead of plan.
