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Weiser Airpark
Approved industrial redevelopment (102 acres) on former airport; Trammell Crow holds title; Harris County industrial market active. · summary, model-written
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Retrofit in the pipeline
This site: …approved newtypes-extraction · all sites with this30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road
This site: 113,447 on a counted road fhwa-hpms · all sites with thisCounty permitting 2,000+ apartment units a year
This site: 8,623 units, Harris County census-bps · all sites with thisInterstate or freeway within 600 m
This site: fhwa-hpms · all sites with this60+ acre site
This site: 102 acres newtypes-extraction · all sites with thisRedeveloped
This site: …industrial park record · all sites with thisLogistics and industrial
This site: …industrial park newtypes-extraction · all sites with thisPark and open space
This site: …industrial park newtypes-extraction · all sites with thisNow
| Status | Retrofit approvednewtypes-extraction reported |
|---|---|
| Strategy | Redevelopment, approvedWikipedia no source |
| New uses | industrialWikipedia no source |
| What is there now | industrial parknewtypes-extraction reported |
| Retrofit year | 2019newtypes-extraction reported |
| Redeveloper | Trammell Crow Companynewtypes-extraction reported |
Deals and debt
| Date | Event | Price | Parties | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Sold | — | Trammell Crow Company ← Weiser family | Wikipedia |
Site context
| Housing permits, Harris County (TX), 2024 | 8,623 units in 5+ unit buildings, 1,226 in 2–4, 20,087 single-family; 2023: 13,263 in 5+Census BPS |
|---|---|
| Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW) | 210,476 jobs in 13,134 establishments; average annual pay $44,568; employment location quotient 0.87; employment -0.8% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private |
| Jobs located in the tract, 2022 | 6,959 jobs; 1,965 in retail trade, 1,759 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 48201543007)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022 |
| Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract) | children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 60th income percentile as adults; 2.5% incarcerated at the 2010 count (94 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights |
| Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract) | not a low-access tract at 1 mile; 41% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 5.4%; median family income $134,932; 158 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS |
| Schools | Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (PK-12); 3 public schools within 1 mile: ROBISON EL; SPILLANE MIDDLE; CYPRESS WOODS H SNCES EDGE |
| Elevation | 148 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP |
| Storm events in the county, 2016-2025 | 489 county-logged events: 176 thunderstorm wind, 143 hail, 92 flash flood, 33 tornado; $10,324,991,000 property damage reported; 54 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events |
| Homes for sale in ZIP 77429, 2026-09 | median list price $399,450 (-5.4% on the year); 363 active listings; median 52 days on market; 26% with a price cutRealtor.com Research |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 13,613 establishments (+8%); 213,745 jobs (+11%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $276,524 (-2% 1 yr, +11% 5 yr); typical rent $1,583/mo (-0% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 113,447 vehicles a day (freeway or expressway, 6 lanes); 10,579 trucks; 32 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
Summary, model-written
Weiser Airpark (102 acres) closed as an airport in 2019 after operating since 1945. Trammell Crow Company purchased it from the Weiser family in 2019 for redevelopment into an industrial park. The project is approved, with no construction status specified beyond 'approved' in the record. The site is located near a freeway (6 lanes, 113,447 ADT) in Harris County, Texas. Harris County grew 3.4% 2018–2023, and industrial permits are active (2023: $7.36B value, 2024: $7.77B).
Why. The site is approved for industrial use, matches county growth trends, and is 102 acres (larger than most peers).
Where it stands. Status: Approved. No construction progress noted. Industrial park is the stated new use. County housing market shows modest growth (ZHVI +11.3% 5-year).
For a planner
- 102 acres approved for industrial use
- Near freeway with high traffic volume
- Harris County industrial permits active (2023–2024)
For a developer
- Trammell Crow Company holds title (2019 purchase)
- No active housing plans noted
- Peer sites (e.g., Ion, Lakeforest) are redeveloping similarly
What we do not know yet
- No construction timeline or tenant details
- No specific industrial demand data provided
- Traffic data lacks site access details
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Multifamily screen
- already in play: under construction, approved, or sold to a developer with housing plans
- 102 acres
- county grew 3.4% 2018–23
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History and original facts
| Opened | 1945newtypes-extraction |
|---|---|
| Closed | 2019newtypes-extraction reported |
| Acres | 102newtypes-extraction reported |
| Original developer | F.H. Jacksonnewtypes-extraction reported |
| Anchors | 78 aircraft, flight school, aircraft repair shop, flying club, shack |
| County | Harris County |
| Census division | 7 · West South Central |
| Notes | Draft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: Weiser Airpark, a privately owned public-use airport in Cypress, Texas, closed in 2019 and was purchased by Trammell Crow Company and Clarion Partners for redevelopment into an industrial park. |
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Background
Weiser Airpark (ICAO: KEYQ, FAA LID: EYQ) (spelled Weiser Air Park in some sources) was a privately owned, public-use airport located on the Northwest Freeway (U.S. Highway 290) in Cypress, an unincorporated area of Harris County, Texas, United States. The airport was 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) northwest of the central business district of Houston. The airport closed permanently in 2019. Although most U.S.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Timeline
- 1945 Original grass airstrip opened as the F.H. Jackson Airport
- 1945 Opened
- 1951 Purchased by Robert and Cecil Weiser
- 1963 Ten hangars built and renamed Weiser Airpark
- 1964 Twenty more hangars added and site fenced
- 1980 Runway paved
- 2013 Robert Weiser died
- 2017 Cecil Weiser died, family lost interest in operating airfield
- 2019 Airport closed permanently
- 2019 Site announced for sale for redevelopment
- 2019 Trammell Crow Company purchased the field for redevelopment into an industrial park
- 2019 Closed
- 2019 Retrofit: redevelop
Sources
- Weiser Airpark · CC BY-SA 4.0
11 quoted sentences
Weiser Airpark
The original grass airstrip opened between 1945 and 1947 as the F.H. Jackson Airport
was purchased by brothers Robert and Cecil Weiser in 1951
In 1963, the brothers built ten hangars on the property and renamed it Weiser Airpark.
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