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Lakes of Parkway is a gated community in western Houston, Texas, also the most southern community in the Energy Corridor.〔"(Lakes of Parkway )." Kickerillo Companies. Retrieved on April 30, 2014.〕 It has 888 lots.〔"(Completed )" ((Archive )) Sueba USA. Retrieved on May 1, 2014.〕 Peggy O'Hare of the ''Houston Chronicle'' stated in 2002 that the houses were "upscale".〔O'Hare, Peggy. "(Is Loewenstein the king of Houston prostitution? )" ''Houston Chronicle''. June 26, 2005. Retrieved on May 1, 2014.〕 ==History== It was developed by Sueba USA Corp. and Kickerillo Cos., a homebuilder.〔Bivins, Ralph. "Kickerillo, Sueba start work on custom home community." ''Houston Chronicle''. Friday, May 3, 1996. Business p. 3. Available from NewsBank, Record Number: HSC05031339523. Anyone with a Houston Public Library card may read this article over the internet.〕 The Hypo-Bank of New York, a branch of Hypo-Bank Munich, financed the development of the subdivision.〔Bivins, Ralph. "Sueba USA acquires land for housing." ''Houston Chronicle''. Thursday June 24, 1993. Business p. 1. Available from NewsBank, Record Number: 06 *24 *1137595. Anyone with a Houston Public Library card may read this article over the internet.〕 Sueba USA, a subsidiary of Süba Freie Baugesellschaft,〔Bivins, Ralph. "Sueba on the move - Developer plans five new projects this year." ''Houston Chronicle''. Sunday June 27, 1993. Business p. 6. Available from NewsBank, Record Number: 06 *27 *1137991. Anyone with a Houston Public Library card may read this article over the internet.〕 acquired a tract from the Paul Barnhart family for $9.6 million in order to build a residential subdivision.〔〔 This area was previously used as a cattle ranch.〔 In 1993 Ralph Bivins of the ''Houston Chronicle'' stated that "The Barnhart tract is one of the biggest tracts of vacant land inside the Houston city limits."〔 Barnhart owed $1 million in property taxes; because the purpose of the land was changing to commercial uses instead of agricultural uses, Sueba paid off the debt as part of the deal.〔 Kickerillo agreed to purchase half of the home sites in the tract to develop houses.〔 Development began in 1995.〔 By 1996 Kickerillo agreed to spend $60 million to purchase all of the homesites within the subdivision. Construction in Lakes of Parkway, built on the Barnhart tract, began in 1996. That year, Bivins wrote that Lakes on Parkway was "one of the largest upscale communities to be started inside the Houston city limits in years."〔 Peggy O'Hare of the ''Houston Chronicle'' wrote that in 2002, when adult entertainment businessperson Evan Howard Loewenstein moved to Lakes of Parkway, "he immediately drew attention" by installing security equipment and materials at his house and having a frequent entourage.〔 Residents complained to the homeowners association because many cars were parked in front of the house, while they were required to be in the driveway.〔 On May 12, 2005, federal agents and Houston Police Department (HPD) SWAT officers served a search warrant and arrested Loewenstein and his ex-wife, and a bank bought the foreclosed house for $700,000 ($ when adjusted for inflation) at an auction in June 2005.〔 Development of new houses in Lakes of Parkway ended in 2009.〔 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「Lakes of Parkway, Houston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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