Pfluger Corpus Christi Office Renovation

The Cosmopolitan Corpus Christi is a 2,050 sq ft renovation project located at 401 Horth Chaparral Street Unit C in the Central City area of Corpus Christi. The filing, registered with TDLR in February 2025, identifies the project as the Pfluger Corpus Christi Office Renovation. The estimated cost for this work is $349,515, which computes to $170 per square foot. This cost is above the county median for similar renovation filings in Nueces County, which stands at $275,000. The scheduled build window of 158 days is longer than the county median of 112 days for comparable projects.

Scope and Design

Corpus Christi Cosmopolitan, LLC is the owner of record for this privately funded project on private land. Pfluger Architects serves as the design firm of record. The scope of work includes minor demolition, renovation, and tenant finish out of the space. Specific tasks involve new interior partitions, electrical and plumbing systems, millwork, and floor, wall, and ceiling finishes and fixtures on the ground floor, along with a mechanical mezzanine. Jonathan Eric Rivera is the registered accessibility specialist for this filing.

TDLR completed plan review in February 2025, and construction was scheduled to begin in March 2025 with a completion date of August 2025. TDLR has not yet recorded a final inspection, so the current state of the site is not confirmed in the public record. The project status is listed as Review Complete. Pfluger Architects has six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $80,977,268, including Flour Bluff Hornet Stadium in Corpus Christi and Leander Elementary #32 in Leander.

Local Context

The site is situated in a central city neighborhood near several local government offices, including the Nueces County Courthouse and the 28th District Court. Census estimates for ZIP code 78401 indicate a population of about 4,668 and a median household income of $37,796. The area is predominantly renter-occupied, with a median owner-occupied home value of $76,100. Other registered projects in the area include the Olive Garden Restaurant and Longhorn Steakhouse, both new construction, as well as the Hilliard Center renovation.

Nueces County unemployment was 4.9 percent in July 2026, higher than a year earlier. The project is one of 228 renovation or alteration projects registered in Nueces County in the last 24 months. The estimated cost of $349,515 places this project above the median cost for its type in the county, reflecting the specific scope of interior finishes and mechanical work involved in the tenant improvement process.