Five Corners District

Five Corners District is a management district covering sections of southern and Southwest Houston, Texas, United States.

History

The Texas Legislature created the district in 2007.[1] A business owner named Mehdi Banijamali stated that 25 property owners had signed to have the district created even though there were 1,400 property owners in its boundaries.[2]

On one occasion a group of business owners sued the district, and a settlement ended that suit; as part of the settlement the business owners no longer had their properties assessed.[3] Another suit was filed in 2012 with another group of business owners accusing the district organizers of deliberately excluding some businesses from the district.[2]

Government and infrastructure

The current Houston Police Department Southwest Patrol Division Station is located in Cambridge Village Park, within the Five Corners district.[4] The beginning of the construction was scheduled for February or March 2016 while the end of construction was scheduled for June-July 2017. It replaced a previous station inside the 610 Loop.[5] It has a total of 55,000 square feet (5,100 m2) of space,[4] including a 2,300-square-foot (210 m2) community room.[5] The cost was $21 million.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "About." Five Corners District. Retrieved on August 1, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Mulvaney, Erin (2015-03-13). "Five Corners Improvement District faces trial Monday". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  3. ↑ Hart, Patricia Kilday (2013-02-02). "Taxing districts proliferate out of public eye". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  4. 1 2 3 "New HPD substation breaks ground in Cambridge Village Park." Five Corners District. Retrieved on August 1, 2018.
  5. 1 2 Ortiz, Al (2017-12-15). "HPD Opens New Station In Southwest Houston". Houston Public Media. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

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