Kingwood Row. New development

#msg5989832CatalinaD : The overpass is ONLY to get over the railroad tracks. It will not connect to the highway. It was intended to create an evacuation route in the 'event of a hurricane'. We are so far inland that we really don't have to evacuate, but people in this town panic over the littlest things.....

#msg5989829Cbear : The issue is the rent costs are so high on most of those strip mall areas. That's why they sit vacant. It's often cheaper to build new than to pay the "going" rate on the rent. The landlords that own/manage those spaces aren't willing to budge on their numbers, so often the company will tell them to pound sand & go elsewhere. That happened with the Bath & Body Works that USED to be right here in Kingwood in the Kings Crossing shopping center. The space that is now occupied by Lash Lounge / Results PT is where Bath & Body Works used to be. When the lease was up, they raised the rent so high that B&BW just opted to close the store.

#msg5989628Cbear : That's just what we don't need, more building!😱😱

#msg5989426Cbear : OMG, I miss them!!!!!

#msg5989414Cbear : Very optimistic with only 15 years 😁

#msg5989937FloridagirlinTX : Yes, I understand the rent in Kingwood is high. Why we can never have anything nice! LOL~!

MrsC67 :
I am originally from Miami, & have been through at least 20 hurricanes, including Andrew. Andrew changed the landscape around the country for first responders (I worked at Baptist Hospital of Miami at that time). Miami, also built on a ground type similar to Houston, floods as well, but the drainage there is simply better - there's more places for the water to run off. The gas issues are no different here than Miami. The biggest problem we have, particularly in Kingwood, is the power. Miami also has above-ground power lines. The difference is that there, they maintain a very wide swath of land around the poles & the A-frames. I am all for trees, plants, etc. But until we start to clear a wide berth around the lines (I'm talking 40-50ft), every time the wind blows, we are going to have tree branches dropping onto the lines & taking out power for a week! It's far too costly to bury the lines here in Houston, so getting folks to understand HOW to work around what we have is going to be the game changer.Harvey didn't actually cause the flooding though. That was from the floodgates on Lake Conroe being opened in the middle of the night & water barreling downriver, overloading Lake Houston & flooding Kingwood. (see my previous post about it being dry that first 12 hours post-storm). We've been here since 1997, in Sand Creek. Yes, I am aware of the flooding that occurred - I live at the top of Rustic Woods. My youngest son was a freshman at KHS & we saw the field, locker room, high school hallways etc. What people need to understand & often fail (or choose not ) to remember is that this was a man-made event, NOT mother nature.