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

Architect

Gensler

Site Size

8000 Sq Ft

Location

1404 Tabor St., Houston, TX 77009

Key Constraint

0.23 acre site – detention integrated underground to preserve building area