Texans plant roots in Cypress From the cover
The big picture
An 83-acre sports and entertainment hub called the Toro District is coming to the Bridgeland community by 2029 as part of a public-private partnership between the Houston Texans, Howard Hughes Communities and Harris County. The Texans will construct a 175,000-square-foot headquarters with training facilities, administrative space and a eldhouse, ocials announced Feb. 25. Texans President Mike Tomon told Community Impact the NFL franchise has been looking to build an o-site headquarters for years, moving non-gameday operations from NRG Stadium in Houston’s Inner Loop. “The idea of coming together and having our headquarters [and] training facility, and doing it in a mixed-use environment, we really felt could be a unique and signicant catalyst for the surrounding community,” Tomon said. Meanwhile, Harris County ocials said they will construct a 25,000-square-foot annex within the Toro District to expand access to local government services for northwest Harris County residents. The partnership received unanimous approval Feb. 12 in Harris County Commissioners Court. Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey and Precinct 4 Commissioner Lesley Briones are spearheading the county’s involvement in the partnership through the creation of a tax increment reinvestment zone, or a TIRZ. The project is estimated to have a long-term economic impact of about $34 billion, ocials said.
The development will create what’s intended to become the “business district” of Cypress, ocials said Feb 25.
Plans for the multimillion-dollar Texans facilities include a eldhouse with capacity for up to 16,000 spectators.
Multifamily housing residents will be within walking distance to restaurants, retail and oce space.
4 new parks with walk and bike trails 3 outdoor NFL training elds 2 hotels totaling 300 rooms
175,000-square-foot eldhouse and performance center 5,000 parking spaces 1,300 units of multifamily housing
1 million square feet oce space 300,000 square feet retail and restaurants 250,000 square feet health care space
SOURCE: HOWARD HUGHES COMMUNITIES¥COMMUNITY IMPACT
“The more jobs we create in our community, the more the commercial developments support the tax base, the residents benet, the quality of life goes up and the overall experience is better,” O’Reilly said. Ramsey and Briones said in addition to boost- ing local economic growth, the investment will expand public green space and accelerate road and drainage improvements in the Cy-Fair area. Planned projects include roadway extensions at Mason and Peek roads and pedestrian crossings along busy corridors. Harris County’s contributions will be funded through a TIRZ, an agreement that requires the developer to use a portion of collected property tax revenue to fund road and infrastructure improvements in the area. The exact TIRZ boundary for the Toro District project is still being nalized as of press time, Precinct 4 ocials said.
The impact
Upcoming projects
Grand Parkway widening
Mason Road expansion and bridge
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Tomon said the Texans were involved in conver- sations with other counties when scoping a site for their new home base, but they were particularly attracted to the rapid growth near Hwy. 290 and the Grand Parkway when Howard Hughes approached them about a year ago. Harris County’s population as a whole is expected to grow by approximately 40% over the next 25 years, and population growth in the northwest corridor could exceed 300% in the same time frame, Briones said. A closer look Howard Hughes CEO David O’Reilly told Community Impact the Toro District is projected to generate at least 17,000 local jobs and represents an opportunity to intentionally shape growth as it occurs.
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Population, housing growth in 77433 2019 Total population 2024
90,657 116,550
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Total housing units
28,981 35,892
SOURCES: HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT 3, TXDOT, U.S. CENSUS BUREAU COMMUNITY IMPACT
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