Suds Deluxe Car Wash in Houston, TX

Suds Deluxe Car Wash is a new construction project located at 6705 Fondren Road in Houston, Texas. The filing describes the scope as building a new drive-through car wash on a site with an estimated cost of $1,200,000. The structure is planned to cover 2,157 square feet, resulting in a cost per square foot of $556. This project is privately funded and situated on private land for private use.

The owner of record is CW21 Fondren LLC, with Charles William Pope listed as the design firm. David M Mcmillan serves as the registered accessibility specialist. The project was registered with TDLR in September 2025, and plan review was completed in the same month. Construction was scheduled to begin in October 2025, with a completion date of March 2026 listed on the filing.

Status and Context

Although the scheduled completion date has passed, TDLR has not yet recorded a final inspection. This means the current state of the site is not confirmed in the public record. The project is not confirmed to be open or operating based on the available construction data. The status remains under review until a final inspection is recorded.

In Harris County, the median estimated cost for new construction filings is $750,000. This project’s cost is above the county median for its type. The median size for comparable projects is 9,000 square feet, while this project is 2,157 square feet. The median cost per square foot in the county is $88, making this project’s $556 per square foot significantly above that benchmark. The scheduled build window of 181 days is close to the county median of 220 days.

Charles William Pope has five other TDLR-registered projects totaling $4,800,000. These include Car Wash Express in San Antonio, Taco Bell in San Antonio, Suds Deluxe Car Wash in Liberty Hill, Burger King in Temple, and Church’s Chicken in Killeen. Most of these projects have completed review or are closed. The area around Fondren Road includes other registered projects such as Piney Point Retail and Memorial Tower 2, which are renovations or alterations.

According to U.S. Census estimates for ZIP code 77036, the population is about 71,036, and the median household income is $43,853. The area has 30,508 housing units, with housing predominantly renter-occupied. The median owner-occupied home value is $217,400. Harris County’s unemployment rate was 5.2 percent in July 2026, higher than a year earlier.