City of Houston plans $7.0M maintenance building on Airline Dr.

City of Houston has registered a $7.0 million maintenance building at 8002 Airline Dr. in north Houston with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, a new-construction filing that names the city itself, not a private developer, as owner.

Why it matters

TABS registration TABS2027004638, filed Oct. 28, 2026, lists City of Houston at 611 Walker St. as owner, with Quinn Pitt, P.E. as owner contact and Huitt-Zollars Inc. as design firm, details the project headline alone does not carry. The filing marks the project as involving public funds, public land or a federally funded roadway, the category TDLR uses for government work. For builders and contractors tracking City of Houston capital work, a registered project with a design firm already assigned is an early look at a job that has not yet gone out for a general-contractor bid.

The numbers

The project calls for new construction of a one-story, 15,542 square foot, Type IIB, Group B building, named “New TDO Building at Airline” and listed as a maintenance facility, at an estimated cost of $7,008,073. TDLR lists an estimated start of Jan. 1, 2028 and completion by Jan. 31, 2029, a roughly 13-month build window. No tenant is listed on the filing. The registered site address is 8002 Airline Dr., Houston, TX 77037, in Harris County, and the form was filed by a registered accessibility specialist on the city’s behalf.

What’s next

With design work already assigned to Huitt-Zollars Inc., the next public milestone to watch is a City of Houston procurement posting for the general contractor ahead of the Jan. 2028 estimated start. More of the Houston TDLR pipeline is on our Houston markets page.