I've lived in Kingwood since '03, and I'm with the peanut gallery on this one. A dozen high rises in a market that currently has zero? It would take some monster company relocating there to anchor it with a bunch of follow on satellites to make it work anywhere, much less in a location with already poor access for the few people that go in and out twice a day. This was left undeveloped so far because it was too low, Barrington was built up on an island, that turned out to be about six feet too short. Throw in the old retirees that won't even let the city add a lane to Kingwood drive and this has hurdles to overcome before it would have a snowball's chance in Huffman. They would have to make another bridge across the San Jacinto and massively expand Hamblen road if they wanted more than one way in or out of this thing. Kingwood drive would like a service entrance and it's already cram packed with cars for all but the short window when the mommies are having their lattes.
Greater Houston is going to have to change in ways that we don't foresee if it is going to accommodate the projected growth (whether you believe that is another question), but something like this would be hilariously expensive. I can't see that kind of development dollars and the types of tenants it would have to attract jumping into the silted waters of Lake Houston when they have to drive past Sheldon, Porter, Humble, Aldine and the Fifth Ward to get to it.
Kingwood has its niche, it's geographic isolation was a feature and a bug, but overall, it's not a bad suburb to live in. But here we go and get a Torchy's Tacos and the place comes down with delusions of grandeur. All that said, I hope they prove me wrong, I think it would be amazing for the area, I just can't see how it would work. There's plenty of stuff I haven't predicted well, so here's hoping this is one of them.
