For communities near Tampa, see Westchase, Florida.
Westchase is a business and environmental district west of Houston, Texas, bordered by Westheimer Road to the north, Gessner Road to the east, Houston Center Boulevard to the west, and Westpark Tollway to the south. This area is split by Beltway 8. Westchase is adjacent to Greater Sharpstown, the International District (which belongs to Chinatown), and the division of the Royal Oaks Country Club. This area is in the northeast of Alief.
Most of the Westchase is covered by a special district, Westchase Management District, created by the Texas Legislature in 1995. This entity, funded by tax increases for businesses within its boundaries, provides branding, urban planning, and public safety. function for its constituents.
More than 1,500 businesses are in Westchase; some attributed to the oil industry, which Houston regarded as the main capital. Big entrepreneurs who have offices in Westchase include ABB Group, BMC Software, Chevron, Phillips 66, Dow Chemical, Petrochina, and Jacobs Engineering. The Westchase District is approximately 4.32 square miles (11.2 km 2 ) in size, with 16.3 million square feet (1.51 million m 2 ) of office space There are 118 buildings.
Westchase has been described by Houston Press as a natural suburb, with a high concentration of chain stores along its main arterial road.
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Histori
In the 1950s, most of the Westchase was purchased by Robert E. Smith, a Houston oil expert and philanthropist famous for creating the Houston Colt.45 baseball team. In 1969, the Friendswood Development Company bought a plot of Smith soil to form what is now a Woodlake, a subdivision of housing at the junction of Westheimer and Gessner. In 1973, Westchase Corporation, the predecessor of the modern management district, bought 760 acres (3.1 km 2 ) from Smith soil and began preparing land packages for the company's development. Chevron and Western Geophysical were the first companies to set up operations in the district.
Construction on Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Tollway) through the area began in 1985 and was completed in 1988. Funding for this part of the highway is very challenging, since the right acquisition program of the Texas Department of Transportation coincided rapidly with the development of Westchase and Sharpstown, which caused by the energy crisis of the 1970s. To ensure that the highway will be built, landowners and developers in Westchase and Sharpstown form the Beltway 8 Group, which is coordinated with TxDOT to lock the property value at a price that the country can afford.
In the early 1990s, BMC Software moved its headquarters from Sugar Land to a new 20-story tower in Westchase.
The legislation that created the Westchase District was adopted by the 73rd State of Texas Legislature and became law on August 28, 1995.
In 2012, following the split from ConocoPhillips, Phillips 66 began construction at its 14-acre (5.7-hectare) headquarters in the district. The project was completed in 2016. In the same year, due to excess oil in 2010, Halliburton moved from a 48-hectare (19 hectare) campus near Chinatown, and Maersk Oil ended operations in the area.
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Economy
The following companies have regional or international headquarters in Westchase:
- BMC Software
- Phillips 66
- Geokinetic
- The Men's Wearhouse
- The Randall Food Market
- Statoil
Selain itu, perusahaan berikut memiliki operasi di Westchase:
- Jacobs Engineering Group
- Chevron Corporation
- PetrChina
- WesternGeco
- Grup ABB
- KRBE, stasiun radio
- Compuware
Westchase is home to more hotels; between 2014 and 2016, the hotel market in the district grew by 9%. The two major full-service hotels in this district are the Marriott Westchase and Houston Hilton Westchase.
Westchase is home to one of the Japanese markets in Houston, Nippan Daido (??? ).
Diplomatic mission
The consulate generals of Costa Rica and Indonesia live in Westchase. The Indonesian Consulate has been in the Westchase since 1993.
In 2015, Saudi Arabia submitted a plan to build a 3-acre general consulate complex (12,000 m 2 ) at Westchase.
Government and infrastructure
City services
Westchase is located in the district of Houston City Council F.
Two Houston Fire Station, 69 Westchase Station and Station 83 Royal Oaks, serve Westchase. Both stations are part of the 83rd Fire District. Station 69, located on Beltway 8, opened in 1980, after rapid development of the region emphasized the existing emergency infrastructure. Station 83 opened in 2005.
The Westside and Uptown Divisions of the Houston Police Division serve separate sections of the district.
County, state, and federal representations
Westchase is located in Harris County Precinct 3, led by Commissioner Steve Radack.
The United States Postal Service operates Westchase and Debora Sue Schatz post offices in the district.
Education
Colleges and universities
Houston Community College Alief, opened in 2007, is located in Westheimer in Westchase. In 2017, the West Houston Institute, a facility focused on STEM, opened close to HCC Alief.
American InterContinental University, a nonprofit, operates the Houston campus in the district. Remington College opened a campus in the district in 1997.
Primary and secondary education
Most Westchases are categorized into the Alief Independent School District.
Public schools
Most of Westchase, located south of Westheimer Road (Farm to Market Road 1093) and west of Gessner Road, are categorized to schools in the Alief Independent School District, while the north of Westheimer and eastern Gessner Road are categorized to Houston. Independent School District.
Two AISD public schools are located within the district limits, Alief Early College High School and Sneed Elementary School.
School zoning for Alief ISD is as follows:
- The sections inside Beltway 8 south of Westheimer and west of Gessner are categorized into the Sneed Elementary School (Sneed Elementary in the Westchase district), Budewig Intermediate School, and O'Donnell Middle School.
- The exterior of Beltway 8 north of Westpark Tollway and south of Westheimer is categorized into Outley Elementary School, Budewig Secondary School, and O'Donnell Secondary School.
- Parts outside Beltway 8 south of Westpark Toll are categorized to Chancellor Primary School (Bilingual students go to Youens Elementary School), Owens Intermediate School, and Alief Middle School.
- Westchase students at Alief ISD can attend Elsik High School, Hastings, and Taylor, since high school assignments at Alief ISD are determined by the lottery.
Zoning schools for the Houston ISD section are as follows:
- The area west of Westheimer and west of the East Rivercrest is categorized into: Walnut Bend Elementary School, Paul Revere Middle School (Revere is located in Westchase) with West Briar Middle School as an option, and Westside High School.
- The area west of Westheimer, east of East Rivercrest and west of Gessner is categorized into: Emerson Elementary School, Paul Revere Middle School (with West Briar Middle School as an option) and Westside High School.
- The area west of Gessner (either north or south of Westheimer) is categorized into: Emerson Elementary School, Paul Revere Middle School, and Lee High School with Lamar High School and Westside High School as border transfer options.
- Residents of the Emerson School attendance zone can apply for the Briarmeadow Charter School.
- People dizonasi to Westside can move to Lamar High School.
Private school
Private schools in Westchase include Alexander-Smith Academy, Oaks River Academy, Wesley Academy, Woodlake Square Children's Center, Ascension Episcopal School, Children's Learning Center, and Grace and School Presbyterian Church. Westchase Methodist School is a kindergarten and a kindergarten in Westchase.
Public library
This area is served by Judson W. Robinson-Westchase Library of Houston Public Library at 3223 Wilcrest Drive. This branch was named for Judson W. Robinson Jr. (1932-1990), who in 1971 became the first African American to be elected to the Houston City Council. The library, originally opened in 1991, was closed for major renovations in the fall of 2016, and reopened in the spring of 2018.
Parks and recreation
The Westchase District maintains a network of paths along the Bayou Brays river that runs through the district center. The Brays Bayou Connector, built in 2016, will connect Richmond Avenue and Bellaire Boulevard with a 1.92-mile (3.09 km) long-class passage, providing pedestrian and cyclists access to the International District and Arthur Story Park.
Harris County operates the Tracy Gee Community Center, named after Tracy Gee (Traditional Chinese: ???, Simplified Chinese: ???, Pinyin: Zh? XiÃÆ'¹ju? N ), a student of American American Chinese who was murdered on 1990. The center opened in 1993.
Taipei Economic and Culture Office in Houston retains the Chinese Cultural Center in Westchase.
Picture gallery
See also
- List of the Houston neighborhood
References
External links
- Westchase website
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