CLOSING THE GREATER GREENSPOINT SPRAWL GAP That 1,000-acre undeveloped green space south of Beltway 8 and just west of I-45 North will soon become Houston’s largest office/warehouse distribution business park: “The marketing package announces sites for sale within the business park ranging from five to 300 acres in size. A site plan indicates that Ella Boulevard, Greens Crossing Boulevard and Fallbrook Drive will be extended through the property. . . . Pinto Realty’s business park is comprised of 500 acres that have been owned by the Cockrell family for some 50 years, [Greater Greenspoint Management District president Jack] Drake says. The other 500 acres were used as a tree farm for many years before the Cockrells acquired that portion of the land from ExxonMobil Corp.” A unit of Sysco is completing a 585,000-square-foot distribution center on 50 adjacent acres the company purchased from the Cockrells 2 years ago. [Houston Business Journal]
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Bcause that’s what we need more of out there, less trees and more warehouse/distribution space. Is it just me or is there no building on earth more ugly than a giant distribution center? I understand they are a necessary evil but just wanted to throw that out there anyway.
Trees will always become more scarce in an urban area. Most in and past the rural areas will remain. It’s a non-issue to me.
Great, more traffic on the North Freeway as I head to work in the Greenspoint area from Timbergrove. How about a nice park?
Those reality companies cannot stand green space. To them , it’s all about stacked brick and parking lots.
That area never took off, so what better than build a ugly distribution center with
huge sprawling buildings that cause more heat build up.
Jesus wept.