Shell to possibly build new campus north of The Woodlands/near Camp Strake?

[GTRdad]

Originally Posted by golferadam

Phillips 66 is building their HQ in Westchase.

Phillips 66 breaks ground on new Houston corporate campus - Houston Business Journal

smart move. access to restaurants! too bad for south Katy folks if westchase attracts more business

[Trae713]

Originally Posted by TexasTallest

i sure hope not. you think Shell might though? i wasnt aware Phillips 66 and Shell had so many people spread across town that could stand to be consolidated somewhere.

I doubt Shell does. At least with Exxon, they already had a ton of employees in Greenspoint. So they already had a ton of employees living up there. Shell is currently expanding their campus off of Dairy Ashford and 10, so I doubt they make a move.

[TexasTallest]

Originally Posted by Trae713

I doubt Shell does. At least with Exxon, they already had a ton of employees in Greenspoint. So they already had a ton of employees living up there. Shell is currently expanding their campus off of Dairy Ashford and 10, so I doubt they make a move.

that was one of the reasons i was so skeptical about this. and the fact they signed a lease in downtown through 2025.. supposably there are more workers scattered across the area though.

[nervouslaughter]

Completely untrue about Shell or Phillips moving to the Camp Strake area. Who starts these rumors anyway? Absolutely not happening.

[TexasTallest]

Someone on Haif who has "connections".. Heh. I guess only time will tell.

[nervouslaughter]

Originally Posted by TexasTallest

Someone on Haif who has "connections".. Heh. I guess only time will tell.

Probably the same people who have connections about Disney building here or there.

[Weatherguy]

Originally Posted by HookTheBrotherUp

Shell did build out in West Houston, it would not make much sense, unless they plan to vacate downtown 100%. They still have people at the OST location as well, maybe that makes up the rest. But to build something on the scale that Exxon is, it would mean a consolidation of all of the Houston offices.

It would not bode well for the City of Houston. Perhaps this is a wakeup call for the city that too many regulations are causing business to open outside the city limits. It takes almost 3 times as long to open a business in the city limits as compared to one on the same road, just a block over the city limit due to the revenue generating regulations the city has. Regulations are good, but they do have unintended consequences.

There's no shortage of new businesses starting within the city limits. It's a huge boom inside and outside of the city limits.

[CherryinHouston]

Yeah, there's no way that this is happening. Shell just finished a major renovation of their Westhollow campus on Highway 6 and as mentioned, they are doing a major expansion at Woodcreek. Any additional consolidation would have to be on the west side of town.

[cockermom]

Originally Posted by EasilyAmused

Shell isn't going to move up there. This is some rumor created most likely created by Woodlands Real Estate Agents.

What? Realtors create rumors to sell houses?

[newreverie]

Shell is in the final stages of adding several new buildings at their Wood Creek campus. The old Pitney Bowes buildings will probably be demolished at some point and allow for another set of large buildings in the future.
A move to the north side, and especially as far out as Strake is not going to happen.

That isn't to say some other major oil company won't build out there, but it won't be Shell.