United Raymay Shop Building

United Raymay Auto Shop is a new construction project located at 16230 Aldine Westfield Rd in the Savoy area of Houston. The filing describes the scope as the construction of two new buildings for an auto shop, totaling 7,500 square feet. The estimated cost for this development is $800,000, which works out to $107 per square foot. This project is registered with TDLR as a new construction filing, indicating a ground-up build rather than a renovation of an existing structure.

The owner of record is Chukwuma Uzo, and the design firm of record is Nedu Engineering Services, Inc. Saber Nikbakht is the registered accessibility specialist for the project. This initiative is privately funded and situated on private land for private use. The project was registered with TDLR in July 2026, and plan review is pending while completion is targeted for May 2027. The construction start date per the filing is December 2026, establishing a scheduled build window of 165 days from start to the targeted completion date.

Project Context and Comparisons

Among 22,076 TDLR-registered new construction filings in Harris County, this project's cost of $800,000 is close to the county median of $750,000. The scheduled build window of 165 days is close to the county median of 219 days. However, the cost per square foot of $107 is above the county median of $88. The design firm, Nedu Engineering Services, Inc., has three other TDLR-registered projects totaling $626,775, including work in Houston and Dallas. These include Celestial Church of Christ, 52 Social, and Distinction International Christian Church.

The site is located in ZIP code 77036, where the U.S. Census Bureau estimates a population of about 71,036. The median household income in this area is $43,853, and the median owner-occupied home value is $217,400. There are 30,508 housing units in the area, with housing predominantly renter-occupied. Harris County unemployment was 5.2 percent in July 2026, a figure higher than a year earlier.