Project

Project Houston is a new construction project for Eli Lilly and Company located at 12550 Timber Forest Dr, Houston, TX 77044. The facility, filed as Oligo Manufacturing Building 11, covers 232,887 sq ft with an estimated cost of $131,000,000. Construction is scheduled to finish in October 2027, with work starting in August 2026.

The scope includes the building envelope, primary structural framing, interior stairs, and elevator shafts. CRB Architects P.C. is the design firm of record. This privately funded project is on private land for private use.

Construction Status and Scale

TDLR completed plan review in August 2026, and the registration status is Review Complete. The project was registered with TDLR in July 2026. The estimated build window is 455 days, which is longer than the Harris County median of 219 days. The cost per square foot is $563, above the county median of $88 per square foot. The total estimated cost is above the county median for its type, placing it in the top quarter of recent filings.

Eli Lilly and Company has four other TDLR-registered projects in the area, totaling $247,000,000. These include Small Molecule Headblock Building 20, Oligo Headblock Building 10, Small Molecule Manufacturing Building 21, and Small Molecule Utility Building 22, all in Houston with review complete status. CRB Architects P.C. has two other registered projects totaling $29,000,000, including Oligo Headblock Building 10 and a closed project in Pearland.

Local Context

The ZIP code 77044 has a population of about 55,746, with a median household income of $92,416. There are 18,273 housing units, and the median owner-occupied home value is $274,500. Housing in this area is predominantly owner-occupied. The Harris County unemployment rate was 5.4 percent in June 2026, higher than a year earlier. This context frames the economic environment for the construction activity in the region.