High-Rise Apartment Planned For Former Women’s Center HQ
California-based Fairfield Residential has purchased the property of the former Houston Area Women’s Center headquarters, with apparent plans to raze the structure to make way for a high-rise apartment building.
The multifamily development company confirmed to the Houston Business Journal it purchased the 1010 Waugh Drive property in December but declined to comment on its specific plans. The HBJ reported Fairfield Residential appears to be preparing to demolish the building to build the residential high-rise.
Preliminary project plans for Fairfield at the same address on Waugh Drive were registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on Nov. 22. Those plans call for a 630K SF high-rise multifamily building with a parking garage that is estimated to cost $85M. The company anticipated work beginning in January and being completed by Q3 2025.
Early plans filed with the TDLR are subject to change, HBJ reported.
Fairfield Residential has 15 other residential properties throughout the Houston metro in a range of classes, according to the company website, including an affordable senior living complex in Pasadena and the newly built 1810 Main in Houston’s downtown, which is now leasing with studios starting at $1,600.
Fairfield Residential’s development at 1010 Waugh would place it near several other new or soon-to-open apartment developments in the Allen Parkway corridor.
The Sovereign, a 290-unit complex at 3233 West Dallas St., part of GID’s 24-acre Regent Square development, was completed in 2014. The Sterling at Regent Square, with 55K SF of retail and 590 residential units, opened across the street about a year ago.
Also nearby are Hanover Co.’s Autry Park mixed-use development, Mill Creek Residential’s 17-story Modera Waugh apartment tower and The NRP Group’s 367-unit apartment complex called Lumen, which is now leasing, HBJ reported.
The Houston Area Women’s Center supports survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and sex trafficking with 24-hour hotlines, safety planning, emergency shelter and advocacy support.
The agency announced in October that it was expanding with a new headquarters, residential campus and four Survivor Empowerment Hubs across the city, Houston Public Media reported.
