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    Cy-Fair Town Center Developments

    in The Great Northwest

    Posted · Edited by mrfootball

    Thanks for the link. Look at the demographic report for Cypress (population, income, etc). Some of the best demographics in the Greater Houston area:

     

    Cypress Demographics

    Population: 142,640

    Household Income: Median $107,053 | Average $130,119

     

    Compare to The Woodlands

    Population: 107,769
    Household Income: Median $105,151

     

    or Sugar Land

    Population: 82,830

    Household Income: Median $102,270 | Average $124,443

     

    (Source: ESRI)

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    Noble Energy Center II At 1002 Noble Energy Way

    in The Great Northwest

    Posted · Edited by mrfootball

    Noble energy is relocating it's HQ to the former HP campus and will build a new 20-story office building at the intersection of 249 & Louetta. When completed, the Noble Energy campus will comprise of nearly 1 million square feet of office space.

     

    "To prepare for additional employee growth through 2025, Noble plans to build a 20-story tower across from the existing buildings that will be connected with a sky bridge. The new building is expected to be complete by 2015, at which time about 1,600 employees are expected to be working at the facilities, Robison said."

     

    Link:

    http://impactnews.com/articles/northwest-houston-poised-for-future-economic-growth/

    Houston In The 1980s

    in Historic Houston

    Posted · Edited by mrfootball

    Remember J. Christophers, good stuff. It is a lot like Kineally's pizza. I think they still have a location in Kingwood. I also remember many a little league (Spring/Klein) baseball party at the pizza place over in the Kroger shopping center at the corner of Kuykendahl and Louetta. The name escapes me, but the pizza was good...was it Royal Pizza?

    We lived in Ponderosa in the 80's , I remember the BMX track over on the other side of the bridge along Kuykendahl. We always used to ride bikes and hike down there by the creek. A guy I went to school with made the papers after finding a Kimodo Dragon down by Cypress Creek. It was evidently released by a pet owner.

    Tomball Memorial High School At 19100 Northpointe Ridge Ln.

    in The Great Northwest

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    http://www.hcnonline.com/content/articles/2010/10/01/tomball_magnolia_potpourri/news/100610_po_as_tmhs_update1.jpg

    A recent aerial photograph shows continuing construction of Tomball Memorial High School in the southern portion of Tomball Independent School District at 19100 Northpointe Ridge Ln.

    http://www.hcnonline.com/content/articles/2010/10/01/tomball_magnolia_potpourri/news/100610_po_as_tmhs_update4.jpg

    Construction is well underway at Tomball Memorial High School, Tomball Independent School District's second high school, which is set to open to students in August 2011.

    Read Article

    Tomball Memorial HS

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    ExxonMobil Spring Campus

    in Going Up!

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    Exxon is apparently going to be moving to an area in Spring (Klein ISD), South of Spring Creek, west of I-45 near the Hardy Tollroad Intersection where they own a 1,400 acre tract. They already have legislative approval to create an Improvement District there where they have plans to develop 20 Office Buildings (3 million sq. ft), wellness center, labs as well as a town center, retail and housing.

    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/6841225.html

    Another link from the Business Journal

    My linkhttp://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/othercities/houston/stories/2010/01/18/story2.html?b=1263790800^2732161

    Ulrich Intermediate School At 10103 Spring Cypress Rd.

    in The Great Northwest

    Posted

    I've been going to the KISD zoning committee meetings for Ulrich Intermediate. Looks like the favored option is to use the railroad tracks as the dividing line taking everything to the west. My concern is that this creates a very low income school population. I have a feeling that Ulrich is going to start out as a Title 1 school. My neighborhood is right outside the edge of the boundary and my fear is that one day we will get moved to Ulrich (seems like we are affected any time a school anywhere close to us is rezoned).

    There was another option on the table which provided a very good mix (socio-economically) for Ulrich but the Krimmel folks in Gleannloch near threw a fit when they saw that option - thats when the district came back at the second meeting with the new option to use the railroad tracks.

    What do you think? Should I be worried about property values if Ulrich is a Title 1 school?

    I doubt it would be a Title 1 School. What are the neighborhoods that will be zoned to it? Are there a lot of apartments? That other Middle School outside Windrose doesn't have stellar numbers either. Will this new school relieve that?

    Post Oak Shopping Center At 1703-1751 Post Oak Blvd.

    in Uptown and Galleria Area

    Posted · Edited by mrfootball

    SHAME ON YOU for trying to get referral kickbacks! The original link he posted had an Affiliate ID in it.

    Morons. I wish I was getting a kickback or at least some sort of freebie. I'd be a pretty good paid spokesman.

    Unfortunately, not though. That's just the link I found with the coupon code that gives you the unpublished 11.3 cent rate.

    I'll try not to share helpful info on this board in the future. Hate to upset the assclowns.

    Post Oak Shopping Center At 1703-1751 Post Oak Blvd.

    in Uptown and Galleria Area

    Posted

    Here's my PSA for those of you in Deregulated utility markets, FYI - this is the cheapest time of year to lock in your electricity rate. They'll start going back up in about a week or so.

    I lucked out last year and got a 10.9 cent rate (ambit) for a one year fixed rate which saved me about $1433 off Reliant's usual rate. I recall some REPs were charging 22-25 cents per kwhr last summer!

    Current Best price in Houston that I found was with Champion Energy at 11.3 cents per kwhr (+$4.95 recurring fee) for a 12-month fixed rate contract. Promo code "SAVERPLUS"

    Get it while you can...

    Champion Energy

    If anyone knows of any better rates right now in Houston, post'em!

    Spring Independent School District

    in Points North

    Posted · Edited by mrfootball

    Could I chime in?

    I have a group of friends who grew up in the subdivisions of Olde Oaks, Oak Creek, Ponderosa, Westador. They always talk about what a wonderful experience it was growing up in these areas of FM 1960. And the schools were great schools, back then.

    This would have been about 20 years ago my friends were kids growing up there.

    I have heard the stories (and seen the statistics on schooldigger and others) about the DRAMATIC decline of the schools these subdivisions are zoned to. However the subdivisions themselves are still nice (from what their parents who still live there say).

    So was it overdevelopment of apartments nearby that caused the dramatic decline? Or something else?

    And how does Spring ISD claim the schools are diverse, when it's obvious from looking at stats (like Westfield High) it is mostly one minority racial group in the majority?

    Honestly after hearing these stories, it makes me completely paranoid about where to buy a home. The subdivision can look really great, even having mansions (like Olde Oaks and Northgate Forest) where you would NEVER think the schools within the subdivision (like Oak Creek/Reynolds Elem and Wells Middle) would rank so low. Generally when you see a bunch of estate-type homes that's supposed to be a good sign for the area? I'm just really confused.

    Can a longtime resident of the area or a real estate expert on the area explain all this to me?

    I grew up in Greenwood Forest and Ponderosa Forest (graduated HS in 1991). People used to move into these neighborhoods for the great schools, beautiful homes, low crime, big trees, greenery and overall nice quality of life. These neighborhoods (and Olde Oaks, Northgate, etc.) still look great and still have many of the original owners. There are quite a few millionaires living in those $150,000 homes that never appreciated. Unfortunately, due to the way these school zones are drawn, they have large geographic areas on the Southside of FM 1960. Originally, development in the area consisted of nice single-family custom homes in the aforementioned charming, wooded neighborhoods along FM 1960. In those days, there really weren't that many apartments. The entire area on both sides of FM 1960 was white, middle and upper middle class.

    Over the years however, with the lure of cheap, available land and great schools, low-income housing began to sprout up on the South side of FM 1960 while nicer developments continued to grow on the North side of FM 1960. This along with the fact that Spring ISD made a decision in the late 80's to annex a portion of land from Aldine ISD in order to get what they thought at the time was valuable (taxable) commercial property along I-45. The trade off was an overnight change in demographics that snowballed, creating lots of problems in Spring ISD which resulted in decreased demand for this area by the middle and upper middle class families that had dominated it for decades. Same story for Klein Forest, except it's downfall was the fact that Klein ISD has a weird shape due to the fact that they gerrymandered in more 'diverse' neighborhoods stretching towards Houston, back in the 1970's in order to obtain more federal dollars. So instead of moving into these school zones, the white Middle / Upper Middle class demographic opted for newer communities nearby, north of FM 1960 - which has been one of the biggest growth areas in the nation for the past 20 years.

    Some areas along FM 1960 have faired better than others, and it is directly attributed to the schools and their drawing zones. Klein, Klein Oak, Cy-Fair and Cy-Creek draw mainly from areas of north of FM 1960 (which is nearly built out from FM 1960 going North all the way past Spring-Cypress and from I-45 all the way West to 529) and have remained more desirable along with the new high schools created to absorb the new growth (Klein Collins, Cy-Woods, Cy-Ranch).

    Hope that helps.

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