CIVIC + MULTIFAMILY

Site Development + Stormwater

Tabor Street

Affordable Housing

HOUSTON, TEXAS

Seven units on 0.23 acres – unlocked underground detention

THE SITE.

Project Overview

Tabor Street Affordable Housing sits on a 0.23-acre infill site — small, tight, and unforgiving. Every square foot mattered. Traditional detention would have consumed valuable buildable area and constrained the layout from the start.

Detention — rethought.

With no room to spare, the solution moved underground. An
underground detention strategy preserved developable area while meeting City of Houston stormwater requirements.

Variances + approvals.

Floodplain rules, grading reality, utility conflicts, access pinch points — handled upfront. The architecture and park vision stayed intact — and the schedule stayed moving.

Stormwater quality — built into the landscape.

Two City of Houston variances were required to make the site work. Both were secured — aligning approvals with the construction schedule and keeping the project moving.

The result.

Seven affordable housing units delivered on a constrained infill site — supported by City of Houston housing initiatives and approved on an accelerated schedule.

SCOPE.

Site civil design

Stormwater + drainage engineering

Detention analysis + underground detention design

Variance coordination — City of Houston

Permitting + agency coordination

Design support through construction milestones

SNAPSHOT.

Client

The City of Houston

Site Size

8000 Sq Ft

Location

1404 Tabor St., Houston, TX 77009

Key Constraint

Need constraint/challenge