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MULTIFAMILY
Site Civil + Stormwater - Underground Detention + COH Variances
TABOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Houston, Texas
Seven units — 0.23 acres — engineered to fit when space ran out.
Small sites don’t leave room for easy answers.
Tabor Street Affordable Housing delivers seven units on just 0.23 acres. The footprint was tight — and every square foot mattered. Traditional detention would have taken up too much space and limited the building layout.
So the solution moved underground.
Gradient Group designed an underground detention approach that maximized developable area while meeting stormwater requirements. The project also required two City of Houston variances — both approved — keeping the schedule intact and the project moving toward construction.
GRADIENT SERVICES
- Site civil design
- Stormwater + drainage engineering Detention analysis + design — underground detention Variance coordination — City of Houston
- Permitting + agency coordination Design support through construction schedule milestones
PROJECT SNAPSHOT
- 0.23-acre infill site — designed to deliver seven affordable housing units Underground detention strategy
- Selected to maximize building area on a tight layout
- Two City of Houston variances secured — approvals aligned to support a fast construction timeline
