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This week · Edition 01 · Week of October 12, 2026
Generation Park goes big, rates top 7%, and a fall weekend worth planning
Two drugmakers are building next door to Kingwood, mortgage rates hit their highest point since 2023, and builders are answering with rates in the 4s. Here is what it all means for you.
Read This Week’s EditionJobs & Development
ConfirmedBristol Myers Squibb picks Generation Park for a $2.3 billion campus
About 500 permanent jobs for technicians, engineers and quality staff, plus about 2,000 construction and indirect jobs between 2027 and 2030. With Lilly next door, the Lake Houston area is turning into a pharmaceutical manufacturing hub.
Read in this week's editionRedevelopment
ConfirmedThe old Greenspoint Mall site will become CityNorth Industrial Park
A long-empty site on I-45 North finally gets a new use, with jobs to follow. A new Houston police station on the North Belt and a new fire station are planned nearby. Phase 1 is expected to finish in the first quarter of 2028.
Read in this week's editionManufacturing
Under constructionPower Electronics breaks ground on a 53-acre inverter factory
More than 400 jobs once the campus is complete, and another sign that energy-transition manufacturing is choosing Houston.
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