KELSEY SEYBOLD MEMORIAL CITY 15 TI in Houston, TX

Kelsey Seybold Memorial City 15 TI is a $4,100,000 renovation of 26,320 sq ft of interior space on the 15th floor of Memorial Hermann Tower at 929 Gessner Road in Houston. The project involved an interior buildout of an outpatient clinic within existing building space, with no exterior or site work included in the scope. The TDLR record for this construction was closed in August 2025.

The renovation was executed by Metro National dba MC Medical Campus LP, the owner of record. Powers Brown Architecture served as the design firm, while Ernest G Taylor acted as the registered accessibility specialist. The work began in October 2024 and was scheduled for completion by August 2025. The filing explicitly notes that the project is privately funded on private land for private use.

Project Scale and Cost

The estimated cost of $4,100,000 places Kelsey Seybold Memorial City 15 TI above the median estimated cost for similar projects in Harris County. The county median for renovation and alteration filings is $250,000, with the middle half ranging from $126,522 to $600,000. This project’s cost is in the top quarter of the county data. The size of 26,320 sq ft is significantly larger than the county median of 4,000 sq ft for this type of work.

The cost per square foot for this buildout was $156. This figure is above the county median of $80 per square foot for renovation and alteration projects. The scheduled build window was 322 days, which is longer than the county median of 92 days for similar filings. These metrics reflect the complexity and scale of an outpatient clinic buildout within a high-rise medical tower.

Local Context and Records

The project is located in the Memorial City area of Harris County. Other registered projects in the same area include the Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center and Elite Dermatology Memorial. Powers Brown Architecture has six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $8,308,825, including work in Katy, Houston, and Leander. City of Houston permit records show two building permits on file at this street address, issued between March 2026 and March 2026. These permits describe hospital equipment remodels, indicating continued activity at the location following the main construction phase.

TDLR closed the project file in August 2025, which marks the end of the accessibility review process for Kelsey Seybold Memorial City 15 TI. The status is listed as Project Closed. No further construction updates are recorded in the TDLR system for this specific filing. The area profile for ZIP code 77024 shows a median household income of $142,039 and a median owner-occupied home value of $1,164,400, according to U.S. Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates.