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Jobs & Development
Under constructionEli Lilly starts building a $6.5 billion plant in Generation Park
Lilly expects more than 600 permanent high-wage jobs and roughly 4,000 construction jobs, a short drive from Kingwood, Humble and Atascocita. Steady new payrolls support home values and rental demand across the Lake Houston area.
Read in 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.
Read in this week's editionFlood Protection
ConfirmedHarris County gets one more year to spend $1.1 billion in flood money
This money pays for detention basins and drainage work that lowers flood risk for homeowners. Without the extension, the federal funds could have been pulled back. Eleven of the projects are already under construction.
Read in this week's editionThis weekend nearby
- Sat & Sun, Oct. 17-18 and Oct. 24-25
Texas Renaissance Festival
9 a.m. to 8 p.m. (gates close about 7) · 21778 FM 1774, Todd Mission
$15.25 to $39.80 plus tax, by date
Oct. 17-18 is the 1001 Dreams weekend. Oct. 24-25 is Pirate Adventure.
- Sat, Oct. 17
ArBOOretum
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. · Houston Arboretum, 4501 Woodway Dr.
$25 in advance through Oct. 16, $30 that day, members free
- Sun, Oct. 25
Texans vs. New York Giants
Check the team for kickoff · NRG Stadium, Houston
Ticketed
The Texans play Jacksonville in London on Oct. 18.
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