Downtown Transit Center & Community Administration Building

JGM, Inc. was retained by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas (METRO) to provide architectural and engineering services for the METRO’s Downtown Transit Center and Administration Office Building.

Location:

 Houston, Texas

Client/Owner:

 Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County

Services:

 Architectural

Construction:

 $12 million

Completion:

 2004

About this Project

Jenkins/Gales & Martinez was retained by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas (METRO) along with a local architecture firm, to provide architectural and engineering services for the METRO’s Downtown Transit Center and Administration Office Building. This new Transit Village is the central focus of METRO’s $300-million, 7.5 mile, 16-station light rail transit starter line.
To complement the starter line’s completion schedule, METRO pursued an extremely fast-track for design and construction for its headquarters. The site will form a hub for bus and rail transit, with a covered nine-bus bay facility and a rail station adjacent to METRO’s administrative headquarters. The design achieved METRO’s objectives to create a downtown landmark, economical to operate and easy to maintain, while also responding to the challenges of South Texas’s environment of high humidity, potential for hurricanes and high water table.
Downtown Transit Center Community Administration Building