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The Insider · Kingwood, Porter & New Caney
Roads, restaurants, new retail and what Generation Park means for Kingwood, plus the neighbors in Porter and New Caney.
Jobs & Development
Under constructionLilly 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
ConfirmedAbout 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 editionFlood Protection
ConfirmedThis 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 editionKingwood
Under constructionThe $76.8 million project widens Northpark to six divided lanes with an overpass between US 59 and Russell Palmer Road. The board chair reported 75% completion in late August. Substantial completion has moved to April 2027, later than the earlier end-of-2026 target.
Source: Community Impact, Sept. 28, 2026
Kingwood & Humble
In designHarris County Precinct 3 is funding signals at Will Clayton Parkway and Tabor Brook Drive, and at Woodland Hills Drive and Teakwood Spring Drive, at $650,000 each. Construction is expected to start in the fourth quarter of 2026. The Woodland Hills signal was moved up from 2027.
Source: Community Impact, Sept. 28, 2026
Kingwood
Opening soonAn upscale steakhouse led by Chef Thomas Nguyen is projected to open in January at 1660 W. Lake Houston Parkway, Suite 105. Kingwood gets a new date-night option on the water.
Source: Community Impact, Oct. 7, 2026
New Caney
Under constructionCastle Hill Partners and Fidelis Realty Partners have started a retail center near Plum Grove Road and the Grand Parkway. Tenants have not been named. Opening is expected in early 2028.
Source: Community Impact, Oct. 5, 2026
New Caney
ProposedFidelis Realty Partners plans an 11.6-acre shopping plaza at the northwest corner of Plum Grove Road and the Grand Parkway, near The Trails community, with a 2028 opening in view.
Source: Community Impact, Oct. 9, 2026
New Caney
OpenAt 19261 FM 1485, a Roadtrac gas station and convenience store is open, Texan Mattress opened Oct. 1 and Lee Psychiatry held its grand opening Oct. 5. A State Farm agency is due in December, and Booma Boom Tacos is reported as coming with no date yet.
Source: Community Impact, Sept. 25, 2026
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. · 1901 Woodland Hills Dr., Kingwood
$10 adults, $5 ages 3-12, under 3 free
21120 Loop 494, New Caney
A new ice cream shop for the after-school crowd.
2624 Chestnut Ridge Rd., Kingwood
Handmade cakes and Mediterranean-style sweets.
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