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The Greater Greenspoint District is an 12-square-mile (31 km2) edge city in northern Harris County, Texas, United States. Portions of the district are in the City of Houston while portions are in unincorporated areas. The 2,000 acre edge city was a project of the Friendswood Development Company, a subsidiary of Exxon.[1] Formed in 1991 by the Texas Legislature, the district is now home to more than 3,000 businesses, 55,000 employees, and nearly 90,000 residents. Currently the district, bordered by the Hardy Toll Road to the east, Airtex Boulevard to the north, Veterans Memorial Drive to the west, and West Road to the south,[2] houses over 18,000,000 square feet (1,700,000 m2) of office and retail space.
[edit] HistoryThe Friendswood Development Company, a subsidiary of Exxon, developed Greenspoint.[3] The commercial buildings were still under development in 1989.[1] In 1998 Goldman Sachs spent over $130 million dollars to purchase what Ralph Bivins of the Houston Chronicle as a "tough zone of low end apartments" in Greenspoint and convert it into CityView, a multi-family "village." Goldman Sachs planned for CityView to appeal to young professionals and draw higher rent as a result.[4] [edit] GeographyAs stated in a 2005 Houston Chronicle article, the Houston-Galveston Area Council identified Greenspoint as one of several Houston area communities that are considered to be among the most hazardous to pedestrians.[5] [edit] Government and infrastructure The Greenspoint district is headquartered in Suite 1900 at 16945 Northchase Drive.[6] The Houston Police Department's North Patrol Division serves the Houston portions of Greenspoint.[7] The city operates the Aldine Storefront at 10966 North Freeway (Interstate 45).[8] The Houston Fire Department operates Station 74 Greenspoint at 460 Aldine Bender.[9] The United States Postal Service operates the Greens North Post Office at 1530 Greensmark Drive.[10] [edit] CrimeLieutenant Greg Femin, the acting supervisor of the Fondren Patrol Station of the Houston Police Department in 2002, said that he remembered "how bad" Greenspoint, which had many apartments, was when Femin patrolled the beat in the early 1980s.[11] In the late 1980s the area was known for its high crime rate prompting locals to give it the nickname of "Gunspoint".[12] The crime decreased after the Houston Police Department installed a storefront in Greenspoint.[13] From 1991 to 2007, serious crime in Greenspoint decreased by 42 percent, while the area's population increased by 45 percent.[14] In 2002 Femin said that when he went back to Greenspoint and, as stated by Craig Mallislow of the Houston Press, could "barely recognize" the area, since apartment complex owners had invested millions of dollars in cleaning up apartment complexes and hiring new, reputable managers. Malislow said that Greenspoint "had pulled a 180."[11] [edit] Economy  The business occupancy rate of the 9.6 million square feet of office space around the northern part of Beltway 8, including Greenspoint's space, increased from 60.4 percent at the end of 1987 to 67.5 percent at the end of 1988.[15] Continental Airlines operates the North Houston Center in Greenspoint.[2][16] ExpressJet Airlines is headquartered in Greenspoint and in Houston.[2][17] Noble Energy is headquartered at the Northborough Tower in Greenspoint and in Houston.[2][18][19] Saudi Arabian Airlines operates an office at 12555 Northborough Drive in Greenspoint and in Houston.[2][20] Friendswood Development Company is headquartered at 550 Greens Parkway, a building in Greenspoint.[21][22] Around December 1992 there were plans to move Friendswood Development Company's offices from Three Greenspoint to the Anadarko Tower, a facility in Greenspoint built in a two-year period prior to December 1992.[3] In 1989 Aetna leased 75,000 square feet in Two Greenspoint Place, a building of Townsend Company. The building was renamed as Aetna Place.[23] In 1989 Exxon Company USA considered moving its computer operations from an unspecified complex in Downtown Houston to Greenspoint; if it followed through with the plan, it would purchase a 50-acre Greenspoint site. Ralph Bivins of the Houston Chronicle stated that the number of employees affected would not be "a large number," but the move would indicate "a sizeable investment" in Greenspoint.[1] On Wednesday December 16, 1992 the groundbreaking for Greenspoint Eight, an eight story, 209,000-square-foot Exxon Exploration building in Greenspoint, occurred; it was scheduled to open on July 1, 1994. In December 1992 Exxon already had offices in the Greenspoint Three building. The plans called for a bridge connecting Greenspoint Three and Greenspoint Eight, across Benmar Street. With offices in the two building Exxon had a grand total of 450,000 square feet of office space in Greenspoint. Exxon chose to build a facility in Greenspoint partly because it had existing office space in Greenspoint and partly to support Exxon's investment in Greenspoint.[3] Anadarko Petroleum Corporation was headquartered in the Anadarko Tower since it was built in the 1990s.[3][24] Around 2002 Anadarko moved into its new headquarters in The Woodlands, Montgomery County.[25] [edit] Education[edit] Community colleges Lone Star College System's satellite campus LSC-Greenspoint Center along Beltway 8; it is on the south side of Beltway 8 while Greenspoint Mall is on the north side.[2] [edit] Primary and secondary schoolsMost students living in Greenspoint are zoned to the Aldine Independent School District, however some are zoned to the Spring Independent School District. Bussey Elementary School, Stehlik Intermediate School, Stovall Middle School, Aldine High School, and the Aldine 9th Grade Center are located in the Greenspoint district. [edit] Public libraries The Harris County Public Library Aldine Branch, located at 11331 Airline Drive in Greenspoint and in Houston, serves the community. The 13,268-square-foot (1,232.6 m2) branch opened in 1976. The renovated Aldine Branch reopened on September 6, 2001.[26][2] [edit] Gallery
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