Pitstop Express - Heights

Pitstop Express - Heights is a new construction project for a convenience store and gas station at 101 Heights Blvd. in Houston. The building will cover 5,478 sq ft, with an estimated cost of $1,600,000. Construction is scheduled to begin in December 2026, and the project is targeted for July 2027 for completion.

Heights Pitstop, LLC is the owner of record, and Heights Venture Architecture & Design is the design firm. The registered accessibility specialist is Janel Carona Bloom. The project is privately funded on private land for private use. Plan review is pending, and the TDLR status is Project Registered. The cost per square foot is $292, which is above the Harris County median of $88 for similar new construction filings. The total estimated cost is also above the county median of $750,000.

The scheduled build window is 241 days, which is close to the Harris County median of 219 days. Heights Venture Architecture & Design has six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $6,260,000. These include Pitstop Express locations in Houston and Fulshear, as well as projects for Pharr Travel Real Estate LLC and Building 13 in Pearland. The design firm’s other projects range in cost from $280,000 to $2,500,000, with various statuses including project registered, review complete, and inspection complete.

Local coverage on houstonarchitecture.com describes the project as a new build for a convenience store/gas station at 101 Heights Blvd. with construction scheduled to start on 12/1/26. The ZIP code 77007 has a population of about 45,337 and a median household income of $140,878, according to U.S. Census ACS 2023 estimates. The area has 26,281 housing units, with a median owner-occupied home value of $501,300. The housing mix is an even split of owner- and renter-occupied units. The Harris County unemployment rate was 5.4 percent in June 2026, higher than a year earlier.