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It's offical. Wal-Mart Grand Opening set for October 29th.

BOOOO

I locked at 11.1 last year with Spark so I'm good through October of this year. Kicking myself for not locking longer as I think I could have done 2 years for around .12 or .13!!

I am with Spark locked in at 12.7 through next July. Could have gotten 11.9 for 1 year, but luckily opted for the 2

I signed up for a 2 year contract last July. I would recommend going to Powertochoose.com. This website gives you offers from many power providers. It looks like the rate runs anywhere between $0.16 aand $0.22 per kwh. I have had good service from Spark Energy for the last year. I have no fees added to my rate and pay only the rate that they quoted me plus tax.

I think that these developers see companies like KBR moving their heaquarters to Katy, BP moving a whole bunch of employees to this area, 3 medical centers going up, and a whole lot of other development that is going in and around Katy.

There may be a housing slump in the rest of the country, but with this influx of people, the Katy area is going to grow just as fast if not faster than it has been. These developers are not in the mindset "build it and they will come," but the mindset "They are coming, so I better have this built before they get here."

I am not sure about the dimensions of the land that was purchased in Harris County (The county line runs through the middle of the 114 acre tract), I have not been able to access those records. Since Fort Bend county public records are accessible online, I do know that Alliance communities under the Broadstone apartment name has purchased 2.2 acres (240 ft by 400 ft) in Fort bend that is about 200 ft from the back of the fences in the Falcon Landing subdivision section 3 that face north west. I do not know about the tract of land in Harris County, but I assume that there will the same 200 ft buffer between the fences and the apartment buildings.

As far as the houses south of the houses in section 5 of falcon landing (just south of the drainage canal, you should have about 500-600 feet between you and the complex. It looks like they are putting in a detention reservoir in the area east of the large pond. It is kind of tough to tell right now though.

The total planned development this comples is somewhere between 16 and 17 acres in both Harris and Fort Bend counties.

Can you (or anyone else) give more details on the "continuing care retirement community" mentioned? If you look at this area in the maps, there is the plot of land north of Katy Fort Bend Road that has the sign for St. Lukes. Then there is the area south of Katy Fort Bend Road that has some lakes or ponds already there. This is the area that fronts Katy Fort Bend Road to the North, Roesner Road to the northwest, 99 Grand Parkway to the east, and neighborhoods to the south and southwest. There is also a street called Falcon Park Drive that turns off Bay Hill Blvd and dead-ends into the southwest side of this land.

http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=h&lat=29.76...0roesner%20road

I am trying to figure out if the hospital development extends south of Katy Fort Bend Road? If it does, then these lakes might be great for a retirement community or other neighborhood.

I live in one of those existing neighborhoods that backs up to this plot with the lakes. They are pushing around a lot of dirt out there to install the utilities and it looks like they are keeping the lakes. I may want to sell my house quickly if apartments or high rise commercial/medical are on the way. If it is a neighborhood, then that is probably not too bad. I just wish I knew what was coming!

Anyone know for sure what is being built around those lakes in this section of land or how to go about finding out?

There is a 114 acre tract of land south of The Reserve at GP. From what I understand, 25 acres on the Roesner Rd side has been purchased by a company called Davis Development.

The utility work that is being done is being done by Clearwater Utilities. It was bid out by Van De Wiele Engineering for Avanti communities under the assumed name Katy-Ft Bend Road AIP III. Broadstone development(A division of Alliance communities based out of Phoenix) has purchased a 2.2 acre tract in fort bend county, but I do not know how much they have purchased in Harris County. Broadstone develops apartment complexes and they have about 7 or 8 in Houston and I believe it will be a 342 unit apartment complex on the east side of the lake. Davis development I belive will be a 350 unit apartment complex. Information for the apartments came from: http://www.apartmentshoustonmovingrelocati...w_apartment.htm

They have put in a crossing over the levee to extend falcon park drive, but not exactly sure where it will end up. It may linking up with Cobia at Katy Ft Bend Road. Maybe not.