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Renting an Apartment in The Woodlands
The Woodlands is a census-designated place (CDP) and master-planned community located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston within Montgomery County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 55,649. The current estimate is 75,000. The newest Village of Creekside Park is being developed within Harris County, Texas.Located about 30 miles north of Downtown Houston, The Woodlands is famous, as its name suggests, for incorporating the piney woods surrounding it with urban and suburban development. It was named one of the best master-planned communities in the country and is one of the fastest-growing communities in Texas. George P. Mitchell developed The Woodlands in an effort to combat white flight from Houston. Mitchell envisioned a multi-income community with a vibrant business district that would serve as a model for and later become part of Houston. The result was a wealthy community due to white flight that instead seeks to remain independent from Houston. The Woodlands is home to the Woodlands Town Center Improvement District, a local governmental agency created by the Texas Legislature, The Woodlands Waterway, the 4 AAA Diamond Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel and Convention Center, the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, and The Woodlands Country Club, the only golf club in the nation to have six world-class golf courses. Almost all of the community is located in the city of Houston's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). A small portion lies in the corporate limits and ETJ of Shenandoah. A small section east of I-45 (Harper's Landing) lies within the ETJ of Conroe. Conroe began annexation proceedings in 2006 for this area.
The Woodlands was founded by George P. Mitchell in 1974, who changed ownership of The Woodlands in the 1990's to a joint partnership between Morgan Stanley and Crescent Real Estate Equities. In January of 2004, Crescent sold their interest in The Woodlands to the Rouse Company, a development company familiar with master-planned communities. In 2004, the Rouse Company was sold to General Growth Properties Inc., another shopping mall developer.
The Woodlands was originally financed in part under a $50 million dollar development loan guaranteed by The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) pursuant to the Title VII of the Housing Act of 1970 (New Communities Assistance Program.) The Woodlands was one of the few financially successful developments under this program and one of the few which repaid the government guaranteed loan.
The original planning of The Woodlands utilized many of the planning concepts and design consultants employed in other well regarded new communities of that era such as Columbia Maryland and Irvine Ranch California. The original development plan for The Woodlands was distinctive in that it incorporated many of the environmental design principals espoused by Ian McHarg, a distinguished landscape architect, teacher and author of the seminal work "Design With Nature."
The Woodlands is growing up as a formidable community, as many companies are moving to The Woodlands, such as Anadarko, Hewitt Associates, Lexicon Genetics, Marsk Sealand, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company and Chicago Bridge & Iron. The Woodlands Town Center area includes shopping and eating facilities, plus a waterway reminiscent of San Antonio's River Walk. Under construction in the area are more upscale retail and restaurants, as well as several urban residential developments.