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City of Houston Real Estate

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MUNICIPAL REAL ESTATE

Principal City Departments with Significant Real Estate Holdings:

Public Works & Engineering

Houston Airport System

Convention & Entertainment Facilities

Parks & Recreation Department

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General Services DepartmentSales of Surplus PropertyReal Property AcquisitionsLeasesDesign & Construction Projects

Mayor Bill White’s Sustainability Initiative

Challenges for the Future

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The City owns over 500 properties valued at over $7.2 billion and occupying more than

*20.7 million square feet.

The Four Largest Cities in the US Land Size (Sq. Miles)

New York City 304.8 sq mi

Los Angeles 469.1 sq mi

Chicago 227.2 sq mi

Houston 579.4 sq mi

*This figure is an approximation.

MUNICIPAL REAL ESTATEMUNICIPAL REAL ESTATE

CITY OF HOUSTON

Principal Departments with Significant Real Estate Holdings

General Services

Department

Public Works &

Engineering

Houston Airport System

Convention & Entertainment

Facilities

Parks & Recreation Department

PUBLIC WORKS & ENGINEERINGPUBLIC WORKS & ENGINEERING

PUBLIC WORKS & ENGINEERING is responsible for the administration, planning, maintenance, construction management and technical engineering of the City's infrastructure.

The Real Estate Branch of the Planning and Development Services Division manages the sale of streets, easements and alleys as well as processing requests for encroachments into streets and alleys. The Real Estate Branch also acquires land and interests required for public use in connection with the City’s Capital Improvement Plan.

PUBLIC WORKS & ENGINEERINGPUBLIC WORKS & ENGINEERING

HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEMHOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEMHOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM is the 4th largest airport system in the United States. The properties include:George Bush Intercontinental Airport – 10,000 acresWilliam P. Hobby Airport – 1,304 acresEllington Airport – over 2,200 acres

Hobby Airport

CONVENTION & CONVENTION & ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIESENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES

CONVENTION & ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES manages more than 10 City-owned buildings and plazas, as well as underground and surface parking for nearly 7,000 vehicles. These facilities include:

George R. Brown Convention Ctr.2,000,000 sq. ft.Wortham Theater Center 437,000 sq. ft.Jones Hall 185,000 sq. ft.Bayou Place I 202,159 sq. ft.Bayou Place II 133,237 sq. ft.Aquarium (improvements only) 100,231 sq. ft.

CONVENTION & CONVENTION & ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIESENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES

HCA 46,741 sq. ft.Talento Bilingue Theater 18,500 sq. ft.Theater District Garage 1,366,578 sq. ft.Sweeney Clock 3,567 sq. ft.Plazas and Greenspaces 466,704 sq. ft.

TOTAL FACILITY SPACE 4,960,167 sq. ft.

George R. Brown Convention Center

CONVENTION & ENTERTAINMENT CONVENTION & ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIESFACILITIES

Wortham CenterBuffalo Bayou

Jones HallTalento Bilingue de Houston

Houston Center for the Arts

Miller Outdoor Theater

PARKS & RECREATION PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT

PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT has acquired 5,105 acres of park land during the administration of Mayor Bill White, including a parcel of 4,793 acres near Lake Houston for the creation of the Lake Houston Wilderness Park. The Department maintains and manages 350 developed parks and over 200 greenspaces.

Club House, Memorial Park

PARKS & RECREATION PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT

Japanese Gardens, Hermann Park

Memorial Park

Tranquility Park

GENERAL SERVICESGENERAL SERVICESThe General Services Department manages more than 300 properties comprising over 7.3 million square feet.

The Department also procures electricity and natural gas and implements conservation measures, oversees security of 350 City facilities and provides parking management services.

Kingwood Library Bracewell Library

R e a lE sta te

C it yE n g in e er

D e s ig n &C o n s tru c tion

P ro p e rtyM a na ge m e nt

S e cu rityM a na ge m e nt

P a rk ingM a na ge m e nt

E n erg y &F u e l

Issa Z . D a do u shD ire c to r

GENERAL SERVICESGENERAL SERVICES

SALES OF SURPLUS PROPERTYSALES OF SURPLUS PROPERTY

During the current Mayor’s administration the City has sold 92 properties for a total of $42,639,766.

REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITIONSREAL PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS

From 2006 to the present date the General Services Department has acquired for the City approximately 30 acres of land with a cumulative value of almost $8,000,000.

LEASESLEASES

General Services Real Estate leases – 507,478 square feet of building space – for annual rental payments totaling

$4,504,143.00

for various City departments, excluding Houston Airport System and Convention & Entertainment Facilities.

DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION PROJECTSPROJECTS

The Design & Construction Division of General Services functions as the City’s in-house developer of City facilities, excluding aviation projects.

Since the beginning of Mayor White’s administration in 2004, the Design & Construction Division has undertaken construction and renovation projects totaling 2,147,913 square feet for a cost of $493,755,134.

Central Library, Downtown Houston

Fire Station # 8

South Post Oak Multi-Service Center/Vinson Branch Library

Julia Ideson Building, Houston Public Library

SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVESUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE Buildings: Reduce energy consumption per square foot

through increased energy efficiency measures. Transportation: Migrate to more fuel efficient, cleaner

vehicles, fleets across our region.Infrastructure: Increase energy productivity utilization and

long-term reliability for major infrastructure.Energy Supplies: Embrace renewable energy sources to

provide reliable, secure power for our region leveraging wind and solar resources.

Environmental Stewardship: Divert waste flow away from landfills to recycling paths. Improve water and air quality across the region. Plant a million trees.

SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVESUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE

The City of Houston has reduced its kwh use by 5.8% from 2004 through 2007,

even as services have expanded.

The Houston region’s electricity use has increased only 1.1% per annum from 2004 through 2007 while the metropolitan area

has grown over 4% per annum.

CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURECHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT

PERMITTING DIVISION (PUBLIC WORKS & ENGINEERING)

MUNICIPAL COURTS

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