Your parking lot is the first thing customers, tenants and visitors touch when they arrive. Potholes, faded lines and standing water make a property look neglected and create real liability. As part of our San Antonio asphalt paving work, we pave new parking lots and rebuild worn-out ones for retail centers, office buildings, apartment communities, medical offices, churches, schools and warehouses. For HOA streets, private roads and truck yards, see commercial paving.
Parking Lot Paving Services
- New parking lot construction: excavation, subgrade preparation, flexible base, hot mix asphalt, drainage grading and striping for new developments and pad sites.
- Parking lot expansions that tie cleanly into existing pavement and grades.
- Full-depth reconstruction where the base has failed, including removal and replacement or full-depth reclamation of the existing pavement.
- Mill and overlay: milling the worn surface and placing a new layer of asphalt when the base is still sound. See asphalt resurfacing.
- Repairs and patching for potholes, utility cuts and failed areas. See asphalt repair.
- Maintenance: crack sealing, sealcoating and parking lot striping.
Designed for How Your Lot Is Actually Used
Not every part of a parking lot carries the same load. Parking stalls see mostly passenger cars, while drive aisles, entrances, fire lanes and delivery routes carry garbage trucks, delivery trucks and fire apparatus. We design a heavy-duty pavement section (thicker base and asphalt) for those traffic lanes and a standard section for parking stalls, so you’re not overpaying for thickness where it isn’t needed or underbuilding where it is. For dumpster pads, where trucks set down heavy loads in one spot, a concrete pad is usually the better choice.
Drainage matters just as much. Every lot we build is graded so water reaches curb inlets, flumes or detention areas instead of ponding in stalls and soaking into the base.
We'll inspect your pavement and give you a written quote. Mon–Sat: 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
ADA and Texas Accessibility Standards
Commercial parking lots in Texas need to meet the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Texas Accessibility Standards (TAS), which are administered by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR). That includes the required number of accessible spaces, van-accessible spaces with wider access aisles, maximum slopes in accessible spaces and aisles, accessible routes to the building entrance, and proper signage. Many commercial projects also need to be registered with TDLR for review and inspection.
Repaving or restriping is the best time to fix accessibility problems, because the layout is being redone anyway. We lay out accessible parking to the current standards and coordinate with your architect or accessibility specialist when the project requires it.
Keeping Your Business Open During Paving
Most property owners can’t shut down for a week. We phase large lots into sections, keep entrances and fire lanes open, and schedule work for nights, weekends or slow periods when needed. Before work starts, you get a phasing map and dates you can share with tenants and customers.
Parking Lot Paving Cost
New parking lot paving in San Antonio often runs roughly $3.50 to $7 per square foot, depending on the pavement section, the amount of excavation and base work, drainage, and the size of the project. A mill and overlay of a structurally sound lot typically costs much less than full reconstruction. Larger projects usually have a lower cost per square foot. See our asphalt paving cost guide for examples.
Pavement Maintenance for San Antonio Parking Lots
A new lot is only half the job. Sun, water and traffic wear asphalt down every year, and small problems grow fast once water reaches the base. Crack sealing keeps rain out, sealcoating shields the surface from UV and oil, and parking lot striping keeps stalls, arrows and fire lanes easy to see. Done on schedule, it costs far less than repaving early. Here’s the plan we recommend:
A Maintenance Plan That Protects Your Investment
| When | What | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Every year | Inspect, seal new cracks, patch small failures | Stops water from reaching the base |
| Every 2–3 years | Sealcoat and restripe | Protects against UV and oxidation, keeps lines visible |
| Every 12–20 years | Mill and overlay | Renews the surface while keeping the base |
Parking Lot Paving FAQs
How long does a new asphalt parking lot last?
A properly designed and built asphalt parking lot can last 20 years or more in San Antonio with regular crack sealing, sealcoating and timely repairs. Lots that are never maintained often need major work in half that time.
Should I overlay my parking lot or rebuild it?
If the cracking is mostly on the surface and the lot isn’t rutted or soft, a mill and overlay is usually the most cost-effective choice. If there’s widespread alligator cracking, potholes and soft areas, the base has failed and an overlay won’t last. Those areas need full-depth repair or reconstruction.
How soon can cars park on a new lot?
New asphalt can usually take light traffic within 24 to 48 hours. Striping is applied after the surface has cooled and cured enough, and heavy trucks should be kept off fresh asphalt as long as practical.
Can you pave in phases so my business stays open?
Yes. We split the work into sections, keep access open to your entrances, and can schedule nights or weekends to limit disruption.
Related Services
Commercial Paving
Private roads, HOA streets, industrial yards, churches and schools across Bexar County.
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Sealcoating
Protective sealcoat that shields asphalt from Texas sun, oxidation, oil and water.
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Parking Lot Striping
Layout, re-striping, ADA stalls and fire lane markings.
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