HMH Dunn 1 Catering Kitchen Putback in Houston, TX

The HMH Dunn 1 Catering Kitchen Putback project at the Houston Methodist Hospital Dunn Building is complete. Located at 6565 Fannin Street in Houston, this renovation covered 1,700 square feet on Level 01. The scope involved the restoration and redesign of catering kitchen equipment within the facility.

Houston Methodist Hospital, the owner of record, registered this project with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) in March 2025. The filing indicated an estimated cost of $350,000, which translates to $206 per square foot. This cost per square foot is above the Harris County median of $80 for similar renovation and alteration filings.

Design and Construction Details

C/V Architects served as the design firm of record for this project. The registered accessibility specialist was Jeromy G Murphy. The scheduled build window was 91 days, which is close to the Harris County median of 92 days for comparable construction types. The project was privately funded on private land for private use.

Construction started in March 2025, following the completion of plan review in the same month. The final inspection was passed in April 2026. The TDLR status for this filing is Project Closed, as the agency closed the project file in August 2026, which marks the end of the accessibility review process for this construction.

Context and Comparisons

This project is one of several registered by Houston Methodist Hospital, which has six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $10,290,600. C/V Architects has also worked on six other projects totaling $4,013,000. In the surrounding ZIP code 77030, U.S. Census estimates show a population of about 12,976 and a median household income of $79,415.

City of Houston permit records at this street address show four permits issued between February 2026 and July 2026. These include various hospital office and equipment remodels. The Harris County unemployment rate was 5 percent in August 2026, lower than a year earlier.