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Waterway Napkin Sketch is Now a Reality

The completion of The Woodlands Waterway is an example of a commitment to a vision that started on a napkin 45 years ago, although the sketch has changed a bit during that evolution period.

The Woodlands The Waterway begins at the Woodlands Mall and continues through the Waterway Square District.

HOUSTON—The Woodlands Waterway, a 1.8-mile water amenity, transportation corridor and linear park located in The Woodlands, is now a reality. The Waterway links shopping and dining, commercial businesses, residential living, entertainment including the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion with public parks, such as Town Green Park and Waterway Square, a 1-acre destination featuring fountains and a performance stage.

The Woodlands Waterway is a multigenerational project that began in 1972 as a transit corridor through the heart of The Woodlands Town Center. The Waterway began as a long-range vision with the fabled “napkin sketch,” created by Robert Heineman, vice president of planning for the Howard Hughes Corporation, the developer of The Woodlands.

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Lisa Brown

Lisa Brown

Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.

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