The Blinn College District Board of Trustees approved a guaranteed maximum price of $68 million for the development of a new academic building on the Blinn-Waller Campus during its Dec. 4, 2025, meeting.
The facility, which will be the first building constructed on the new campus, represents a significant milestone in the College District's long-range expansion in Waller and the surrounding region.
The academic building is planned as an approximately 82,000-sq.-ft., three-story structure that will include classrooms, laboratories, student support areas and administrative spaces that will form the foundation for future campus development.
The new facility will help meet rapidly growing regional demand for higher education and workforce training. The population within a 20-mi. radius of the campus is projected to increase from 851,109 residents in 2024 to 1,024,349 by 2034, positioning Blinn to serve an expanding student population and support the region's workforce needs.
In a related action, the board authorized the College District to proceed with the issuance and sale of $55.5 million in Series 2026 revenue bonds. Bond proceeds will support the construction of the Waller Campus academic building. The College District will fund the remaining project costs from its cash reserves. Blinn also will use its reserves to establish the bond reserve fund and to pay the cost of issuing the bonds.
The new academic building is part of Blinn's significant investment in Waller and northwest Houston. In addition to the courses Blinn offers at Waller ISD facilities, construction is under way on a 17,000-sq.-ft. Waller Workforce and Technical Education Complex that will begin offering classes this summer.
