Houston-Metro TDLR Filings: $638M Across 18 Projects
Eighteen TDLR registrations of $5M or more across seven Houston-area counties total $638M. Six filed Nov. 9-10 add $211.5M.
- Source Briefing
- Public record
- Data feed
Eighteen projects of $5 million or more were registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation across the Houston region between Oct. 29 and Nov. 10, 2026. Together they carry estimated costs of $637,982,942, according to our tally of the state’s TABS database.
Why it matters
TABS registrations come before construction, so the list shows where design work is landing ahead of bidding. The mix runs from county government and schools to apartments, warehouses and retail. Two Waller County filings alone account for $167.5 million, more than any county except Harris.
The news that moved today. Free email. Every weekday morning.
The numbers
By county, in estimated cost:
- Harris: 8 filings, $204.7M
- Waller: 2 filings, $167.5M, led by the Waller County Justice Center in Hempstead at $100M and IDV Brookshire Building 07 at $67.5M
- Fort Bend: 2 filings, $128.4M
- Liberty: 1 filing, $60M, the Carvana facility in Dayton
- Galveston: 2 filings, $40.4M
- Montgomery: 2 filings, $31M
- Brazoria: 1 filing, $6M
Six of the 18 were registered Nov. 9-10: the Waller County Justice Center ($100M), Carvana - Dayton ($60M), Pelican Cypress Plaza in Cypress ($26M), Target Hospitality in The Woodlands ($13M), a Fort Bend data center power project ($6.5M) and Shadowbend Storage in Brazoria County ($6M). They total $211.5 million. The average filing across all 18 is about $35.4 million.
What’s next
A registration is not a permit, and costs are the owner’s estimates at filing. We will update this tally weekly and track which of these filings reach permits or bid advertisements. For the prior roundup, see Houston TDLR pipeline, October, and for the wider picture, the Houston market page.
On the record
Our tally of 18 TDLR TABS registrations of $5M or more in Harris, Fort Bend, Waller, Liberty, Galveston, Montgomery and Brazoria counties, registered Oct. 29 to Nov. 10, 2026, totals $637,982,942; Harris County holds 8 filings at $204.7M
Our data · tdlr.texas.gov
Primary record
- Our dataSix of the 18 were registered Nov. 9-10 and total $211,517,000, led by the Waller County Justice Center at $100MView the record on tdlr.texas.gov
- TDLR TABS: Carvana - Dayton (TABS2027005413)Carvana - Dayton: $60.0M TDLR registration
- TDLR TABS: Pelican Cypress Plaza (TABS2027005444)Pelican Cypress Plaza: $26.0M TDLR registration