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right The Greater Greenspoint District is an 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 edge city was a project of the Friendswood Development Company, a subsidiary of Exxon.〔Bivins, Ralph. "(Exxon mulls move to Greenspoint site )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Wednesday December 13, 1989. Business 3. Retrieved on August 3, 2009.〕 Formed in 1991 by the Texas Legislature, 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,〔"(Boundary Map )." ((Full map )) Greenspoint Management District. Retrieved on May 19, 2009.〕 houses over of office and retail space. ==History== The Friendswood Development Company, a subsidiary of Exxon, developed Greenspoint. The commercial buildings were still under development in 1989.〔 In 1998 Goldman Sachs spent over $130 million to purchase what Ralph Bivins of the ''Houston Chronicle'' described 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. After Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Louisiana in 2005, groups of evacuees settled into apartment complexes on West Greens Road, near Interstate 45. As of 2013 the Pinto Business Park, with over of space, was under development in an area inside Beltway 8. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Greenspoint, Houston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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