The Woodlands, Texas - History:

• The Woodlands is located primarily in Montgomery County, Texas, with a small portion in Harris County.
• The tract of land where The Woodlands is situated was previously occupied by the Grogan-Cochran Lumber Mill. The namesakes for the Grogan's Mill and Cochran's Crossing neighborhoods, called "villages". 
• The Woodlands was founded by George P. Mitchell in 1974.
• The Woodlands planned to establish a conference center, hotels, office parks, retail malls, schools, large distribution centers, and golf courses.
• House offerings range from affordable to expensive and large.
• Bill Schadewald of the Houston Business Journal said that Mitchell wanted the development to "entice city slickers looking for far-flung suburban quality of life.
• The Woodlands Corporation was acquired on July 31, 1997, by a joint partnership between Morgan Stanley and Crescent Real Estate Equities.
• In December 2003, The Rouse Company acquired Crescent's interest in The Woodlands. Rouse was itself sold to General Growth Properties on November 12, 2004.
• In 2011 The Woodlands was sold to the Howard Hughes Development Corporation.
• 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, Irvine Ranch, California and Reston, Virginia.
• The original development plan included environmental design principles espoused by Ian McHarg, a distinguished landscape architect.
• The Woodlands Town Center area includes shopping and eating facilities, a waterway resembling the San Antonio River Walk, and water taxis known as "Waterway Cruisers" that are enclosed and cooled for added comfort.

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