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update: Oct. 24, 2007, 10:46AM The Woodlands buys site of stalled development Indian Springs project faltered after bankruptcy By ADAM BENNETT Chronicle Correspondent A stalled commercial development in The Woodlands village of Indian Springs is shifting gears after The Woodlands Development Co., bought the land back from the bankrupt company that had planned the site. After months of inactivity, the 10-acre site, formerly planned as the Plaza at Indian Springs, will either become a Woodlands Development Co. project or sold to a third-party developer. "We are preparing now to take it to market," said Tim Welbes, co-president of The Woodlands Development Co. "It's really too soon to say what will be done with it." The company purchased the site at Kuykendahl Road and Flintridge Drive earlier this month from the B&A Development Group for an undisclosed amount. full story

so it is cyclical? the dollar should, at some point, regain some value?

i was at lunch with a friend today. she was discussing the weak dollar after a trip to bermuda this past month. i'm not familiar with reasons why the dollar has become weak. i understand that lower interest rates are a factor. can someone give me a primer on the nature of currency and what, if any, predicament we are in? thanks in advance.

Oct. 25, 2007, 3:42PM The Woodlands finalizing sale of hotel along waterway Marriott should be under new ownership by mid-November By BETH KUHLES Chronicle Correspondent THE WOODLANDS WATERWAY MARRIOTT HOTEL

what makes you think all wealthy people like an eclectic environment? i've found that most wealthy people prefer a contrived environment.

the link is in my signature and irrelevant to this discussion. the link takes you to my yelp.com reviews.

huh?

that looks like the existing oak grove that is being integrated into the park plan.

how much traffic will the retail component produce?

wow, you guys are psychic. topics merged.

thanks danax. just what i was thinking.

ditto

the 10-15 story headquarters for cameron is over there

ROFLMAO zimm's, prive, mo mong all have one or more semi private areas. the houston chapter of yelp recently enjoyed the ginger man in the village quite a bit. if you call ahead, they'll save an area for you. the same goes for the first three i mentioned. i won't touch ricco's sentiment about numbers. LOL

thanks for the link.

Monday, October 22, 2007 - 2:58 PM CDT Houston developer begins new office buildings Houston Business Journal - by Jennifer Dawson Reporter Early success of the DNA Westway I office building in West Houston has prompted developer Dienna Nelson Augustine Co. to begin construction of two additional office buildings at a cost of $100 million in the Westway Park business park. Houston-based Dienna Nelson Augustine broke ground two weeks ago on DNA Westway II and III, which will contain a total 436,200 square feet of Class A office space. The 13.5-acre tract where the two offices are being built was the last available parcel in the 150-acre Westway Park at Beltway 8 and Clay Road that was developed by Houston-based Wolff Cos. full story

lol windows - open. it's niiiiiiiiice.

i've worked in pearland on and off for the last several years. it is unplanned, unkept and low-lying. pearland is definitely a bedroom community. sugarland, on the other hand, has strict regulations on development, takes great care in providing attractive flood control measures (in some places), has an existing town center and much more going for it. if the economy goes south, pearland will suffer more than sugarland. if the economy stays strong, appreciation will be better in sugarland, IMO. i'm not a realtor or an economist. out of your two options, i perceive sugarland to be the better place to live and the better investment.

(bach thinks of unnecessary exclamation in attempt to win nano.) how cool is that!

welcome to the forum larissa. good to have you.

does a war on christmas include unplugging the input speaker on a sam's club musical blow-up yard decoration? > it isn't even halloween. yes, i did. and i'll do it again.

play nice kiddos.

seeing that you're 28, sirtonk, you may not be aware of the "environmental decade", the 1970s. i would like to see data on how much pollutants have decreased since the seventies. the epa has 10-20 years of data. do we know if catalytic converters have made a difference? what about the clean air act of 1970? what about cleaner burning fuels and recycling? there have been new environmental costs since the seventies, are they working? where's the data? IMO things are better than they were in the 70s as far as emissions are concerned, remember freon and certain aerosols? there are all kinds of pollution regulations that have increased the cost of oil products, manufacturing in general, cleaning products, fertilizer, tires and so on. i'd like to see the benefits of these things (regulations) before we make other, costly, commitments. gore said "the global warming debate is over!". the cause of global warming and the long term effects of it is certainly not over. he is getting mileage from this issue. if there is any real debate on the issue, his books and movies can become (and will IMO) irrelevant. seeing as we elect our leaders, it is we who screw the planet, not an administration. lets see, how would we pay for government officials to fully inspect every factory or refinery in the country? even the companies themselves cannot fully inspect all of their sites. see how many people the IRS come down on who are avoiding taxes? it's less than 1% (if i remember correctly). government bureaucracy cannot solve environmental issues, there must be financial incentives and potential profit. government cannot police on a national level. camille paglia answers letter from salon.com I too grew up in upstate New York. I am an environmental groundwater geologist (who almost majored in fine arts). Your take on the Al Gore/global warming pseudo-catastrophe was right on target. Anyone can read up on Holocene geology and see that climate changes are caused by polar wandering and magnetic reversals. It is entertaining, yet sad to read bloviage from Leonardo DiCaprio, who is so self-centered that he thinks the earth's history and climate is a function of his short personal stay on this planet. Still he, Al Gore, Prince Charles and so on, ad nauseam, continue with their jet-set lifestyles. What hypocrisy! Hanson Thank you for your input on the mass hysteria over global warming. The simplest facts about geology seem to be missing from the mental equipment of many highly educated people these days. There is far too much credulity placed in fancy-pants, speculative computer modeling about future climate change. Furthermore, hand-wringing media reports about hotter temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere are rarely balanced by acknowledgment of the recent cold waves in South Africa and Australia, the most severe in 30 years. Where are the intellectuals in this massive attack of groupthink? Inert, passive and cowardly, the lot of them. True intellectuals would be alarmed and repelled by the heavy fog of dogma that now hangs over the debate about climate change. More skeptical voices need to be heard. Why are liberals abandoning this issue to the right wing, which is successfully using it to contrast conservative rationality with liberal emotionalism? The environmental movement, whose roots are in nature-worshipping Romanticism, is vitally important to humanity, but it can only be undermined by rampant propaganda and half-truths.-camille paglia webpage

i always flip channels in the mornings. it's unfortunate that the local media repeat the same stories on every channel. i'm worn out from the latest murder, sex offender, mold case, animal abuse stories. you'd think they could try something new.