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Does anyone know anything about this project? I wonder the exact location? Maybe it has since been demolished for housing? The article was half cut in half so I cannot read the top half, maybe giving more information. Found in the scrapbook of Barbara Jordan's Activities, January - December 1977. Company based in Atlanta and operates a Houston branch office as an affiliate of North American Van Lines. The Houston project is based on an agreement negotiated by Mike Hill, a broker with Coldwell Banker Commercial Brokerage Co. Twenty-four companies are now occupying distribution, office, light manufacturing and service space in Northwest Industrial Park, a 197-acre development started in 1967 by the Hines Industrial Corp. subsidiary of the Houston-based Gerald D. Hines Interests.

I never knew Hines bought an industrial business park in Southeast Houston. Hines Acquires Underwood Distribution Center - Rebrands as Independence Logistics Park 2.2 million-square-foot rail served park in Port of Houston kicks off new development https://www.hines.com/news/hines-acquires-underwood-distribution-center-rebrands-as-independence-logistics-park (HOUSTON) – Hines, the international real estate firm, announced today that it has acquired the Underwood Distribution Center, a Class A industrial park located in the heart of the Southeast submarket near the Port of Houston in LaPorte, Texas, from BlackRock. Financials on the deal were not disclosed. The project consists of a five-building logistics park and 2.2 million square feet, plus three development parcels. Hines’ first addition to the development will be Building 6, capable of a 167,000-square-foot front-load distribution building with delivery slated for the fourth quarter of 2017. Hines Managing Director Charlie Meyer added, “With Pinto Business Park in the north, Beltway Southwest in the southwest and now Independence Logistics Park in the southeast, we are happy with our continued growth in Houston.”

The Hines business parks are overlooked for some reason. They've actually been developing a lot within the past decade. Hines Launches 150-Acre Business Park in Katy, TX https://www.hines.com/news/hines-launches-150-acre-business-park-in-katy-tx (HOUSTON) – Hines, the international real estate firm, has entered into an exclusive joint venture with Katy Partners, LTD to develop a 150-acre land parcel in Katy, Texas, into the newest Hines business park, named Pintail Crossing. With frontage on Interstate 10, the Class A, master-planned business park is located at the northwest corner of Interstate 10 and Igloo Road between the Amazon and Igloo distribution centers.

Came across a smaller business park on Hines website earlier this week. Beltway Southwest Business Park https://www.hines.com/properties/beltway-southwest-business-park-houston In 2015, Hines acquired approximately 75 acres of land in southwest Houston located at the northeast corner of Beltway 8 and Fort Bend Toll Road to develop Beltway Southwest Business Park, a Class A, master-planned business park capable of accommodating approximately 950,000 square feet of light manufacturing and distribution space.

I noticed this on Hines website the other day. I never knew about this! https://www.hines.com/properties/grand-national-business-park-houston In 2018, Hines acquired 107 acres at the southeast corner of the Sam Houston Tollway (Beltway 8) and Gessner Road in the heart of the northwest submarket of Houston. Hines developed over 1.2 million square feet of industrial/logistics space and included an amenity retail center on the Beltway 8 frontage along with a business-class hotel. Branded as Grand National Business Park, phases one, two and three consist of more than 1.2 million square feet of logistics space. The project is the newest large, modern format distribution park in the northwest submarket of Houston and is able to meet requirements of 20,000 square feet to 1 million square feet. Hines sold Phase One of Grand National Business Park in October 2020 and Phase Two in July 2021.

Hines is building a new warehouse center at 2304 Reed Road near Almeda Road.

Hines Announces Stabilization of Phase I of Boulevard Oaks Business Park and Start of Second Phase. https://www.hines.com/news/hines-announces-stabilization-of-phase-i-of-boulevard-oaks-business-park-and-start-of-second-phase (HOUSTON) — Hines, the international real estate firm, today announced the completion and stabilization of the 450,000-square-foot first phase of Boulevard Oaks Business Park, and the start of construction on the second phase—which will be comprised of six additional buildings totaling approximately 1.15 million square feet. At buildout, Boulevard Oaks Business Park will consist of 10 Class A industrial buildings totaling approximately 1.6 million square feet of floor area on 120 acres of land. Boulevard Oaks Business Park is the premier corporate logistics park in southwest Houston, located just north of Beltway 8 along West Fuqua Street. The business park lines both sides of West Fuqua Street, a tree-lined, four-lane divided thoroughfare with direct access to a full interchange on Beltway 8; creating an insulated, unique environment in an extremely accessible location. The four-building first phase of the park is currently 95% occupied by eight tenants, with one block of rear-load space remaining, totaling 25,000 square feet. Phase II will consist of six additional buildings—three rear-load facilities between 110,000 and 160,000 square feet, two front-load facilities between 105,000 and 125,000 rentable square feet, and one cross-dock facility totaling 530,000 square feet. The anticipated completion date for the second phase of the project is the third quarter of 2020. Hines Director, Laura Denkler, stated, “We are especially proud of the look and feel within the business park that we are creating at Boulevard Oaks, and have received an incredibly positive response from the market for our efforts. To achieve more than 90% lease up on the first phase at the time of substantial completion of the project is a testament to the location, access, and building quality within the park.” Boulevard Oaks is exclusively represented for leasing by Jim Foreman and Allison Bergmann of Cushman & Wakefield. Burton Construction is the general contractor, and Powers Brown is the architect of record.

Pan Am Oil Building sketch for Gerald D. Hines. From the Burdette Keeland Architectural Papers from UH. Date mentions 1962. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/2002_005/item/563