Parking Lot Expansion - Forty Holy Martyrs Church in Sugar Land, TX

The Forty Holy Martyrs of Sabaste Orthodox Christian Church in Sugar Land filed a registration for a parking lot expansion project valued at $89,000. The work is defined strictly as paving for a new 14,500 square foot area located at 340 Eldridge St. This filing represents a new construction effort focused solely on expanding the paved surface for vehicle access to the church property in Fort Bend County.

Abboud Engineering, LLC is listed as the design firm of record for this project. The registered accessibility specialist is Helen R Peter. The owner of record is Forty Holy Martyrs of Sabaste Orthodox Christian Church, Inc. The project is privately funded and situated on private land for private use. The estimated cost of $89,000 translates to $6 per square foot, a figure that is below the county median for similar new construction filings in Fort Bend County.

The timeline outlined in the filing indicates a construction start date of March 2026 and a target completion date of April 2026. This scheduled build window of 32 days is shorter than the county median of 199 days for comparable projects. The project was registered with TDLR in February 2026. However, the public record shows that no plan review or inspection has been recorded since registration. Consequently, it is not confirmed in the public record whether the construction proceeded as scheduled or if the project is complete.

Project Context and Comparisons

Among 4,180 TDLR-registered new construction filings in Fort Bend County, this project’s estimated cost falls in the bottom quarter. The median estimated cost for these filings is $700,000, with the middle half ranging from $259,250 to $1,800,000. The median size for these projects is 9,200 square feet, whereas this parking lot expansion is 14,500 square feet. The median cost per square foot for the county is $100, significantly higher than the $6 per square foot estimated for this paving-only project.

Abboud Engineering, LLC has six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $5,931,250. These include the Meridian Group in Houston ($656,250), Westminster Plaza in Houston ($625,000), and Jade Professional Building in Houston ($350,000). Other projects in the same area include the FBISD BP056 Special Education Transportation Center for Excellence and the Schlumberger Sugar Land Campus. The ZIP code 77478 has a population of about 22,699 and a median household income of $116,205 according to U.S. Census ACS 2023 estimates.