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Slide 1: City of Houston Real Estate © 2009 Copyright, City of Houston ~ General Services Department All Rights Reserved
Slide 2: OVERVIEW MUNICIPAL REAL ESTATE Principal City Departments with Significant Real Estate Holdings: Public Works & Engineering Houston Airport System Convention & Entertainment Facilities Parks & Recreation Department
Slide 3: OVERVIEW General Services Department Sales of Surplus Property Real Property Acquisitions Leases Design & Construction Projects Mayor Bill White’s Sustainability Initiative Challenges for the Future
Slide 4: OVERVIEW The Four Largest Cities in the US New York City Los Angeles Chicago Houston Land Size (Sq. Miles) 304.8 sq mi 469.1 sq mi 227.2 sq mi 579.4 sq mi The City owns over 500 properties valued at over $7.2 billion and occupying more than *20.7 million square feet. *This figure is an approximation.
Slide 5: MUNICIPAL REAL ESTATE CITY OF HOUSTON Principal Departments with Significant Real Estate Holdings Public Works & Engineering Houston Airport System Convention & Entertainment Facilities Parks & Recreation Department General Services Department
Slide 6: PUBLIC 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.
Slide 7: PUBLIC WORKS & ENGINEERING
Slide 8: HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM is the 4th largest airport system in the United States. The properties include:  George Bush Intercontinental Airport – 10,000 acres  William P. Hobby Airport – 1,304 acres  Ellington Airport – over 2,200 acres Hobby Airport
Slide 10: CONVENTION & ENTERTAINMENT 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.  Wortham Theater Center  Jones Hall  Bayou Place I  Bayou Place II  Aquarium (improvements only) 2,000,000 sq. ft. 437,000 sq. ft. 185,000 sq. ft. 202,159 sq. ft. 133,237 sq. ft. 100,231 sq. ft.
Slide 11: CONVENTION & ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES  HCA  Talento Bilingue Theater  Theater District Garage  Sweeney Clock  Plazas and Greenspaces 46,741 sq. ft. 18,500 sq. ft. 1,366,578 sq. ft. 3,567 sq. ft. 466,704 sq. ft. 4,960,167 sq. ft. TOTAL FACILITY SPACE
Slide 12: George R. Brown Convention Center
Slide 13: CONVENTION & ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES Houston Center for the Arts Miller Outdoor Theater Talento Bilingue de Houston Jones Hall Buffalo Bayou Wortham Center
Slide 14: PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT  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
Slide 15: PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT Japanese Gardens, Hermann Park
Slide 16: Memorial Park
Slide 17: Tranquility Park
Slide 18: GENERAL SERVICES The 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. Bracewell Library Kingwood Library
Slide 19: GENERAL SERVICES Is s a Z . D a d o u s h D i r e c to r Real E s ta te C it y E n g in e e r D e s ig n & P ro p e rty S e c u ri t y P a rk i n g E n e rg y & C o n s tru c ti o n M a n a g e m e n t M a n a g e m e n t M a n a g e m e n t F u e l
Slide 20: SALES OF SURPLUS PROPERTY During the current Mayor’s administration the City has sold 92 properties for a total of $42,639,766.
Slide 21: REAL 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.
Slide 22: LEASES 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.
Slide 23: DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS 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.
Slide 24: Central Library, Downtown Houston
Slide 25: Fire Station # 8 South Post Oak Multi-Service Center/Vinson Branch Library
Slide 26: Julia Ideson Building, Houston Public Library
Slide 27: SUSTAINABILITY 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.
Slide 28: SUSTAINABILITY 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.
Slide 29: CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT PERMITTING DIVISION (PUBLIC WORKS & ENGINEERING) MUNICIPAL COURTS
Slide 30: © 2009 Copyright, City of Houston ~ General Services Department All Rights Reserved