HMMOB SUGARLAND MOB 3 SUITE 420 - DR SHAYA in Sugar Land, TX

At 16605 Southwest Fwy, Suite 420, in Sugar Land, Fort Bend County, Houston Methodist is executing a 500 sq ft renovation and alteration project. The filing identifies the specific scope as the expansion of the suite break room, the modification of the suite IT room, and the conversion of the suite lab area into a nurses' station. This work is part of the broader Houston Methodist Sugarland campus, specifically within the MOB 3 building.

The project carries an estimated cost of $80,000, which equates to $160 per square foot. This cost is below the county median for similar renovation and alteration filings in Fort Bend County, placing it in the bottom quarter of comparable projects. However, the cost per square foot is above the county median of $80. The scheduled build window of 116 days is longer than the county median of 92 days for this type of work.

Houston Methodist is the owner of record for this project. The registered accessibility specialist is Laura Fulkerson. The project is privately funded on private land for private use. TDLR completed plan review in July 2025, and construction was scheduled to finish in August 2025. The TDLR status is Review Complete, but the agency has not yet recorded a final inspection, so the current state of the site is not confirmed in the public record.

Context and Comparison

This 500 sq ft project is significantly smaller than the median size of 3,376 sq ft for renovation and alteration filings in Fort Bend County. The estimated cost of $80,000 is below the median estimated cost of $239,400 for the same project type in the county. Houston Methodist has six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $60,130,000, including major hospital expansions in Cypress and Houston. The nearest registered projects in the area include the Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital and several new construction medical office buildings in the Branford district.

The ZIP code 77479 has a population of about 92,355 and a median household income of $162,381, according to U.S. Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates. The area is predominantly owner-occupied, with a median home value of $462,200. Fort Bend County unemployment was 5 percent in July 2026, higher than a year earlier. This project fits within a dense cluster of medical and retail businesses, including AMC First Colony 24 and several clothing stores, near the existing hospital campus.