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Project No.
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Submittal Date
22 March 2016
Houston
Community College
Strategic Real
Estate Study
Houston, Texas

Houston Community College Strategic Real Estate Study2
“Build facilities near where
students live, work and
travel...and anticipate how
programmatic content affects
location”
Robert M. Stein, PhD
Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, Rice University
Fellow in Urban Politics, Baker Institute for Public Policy

Page Southerland Page, Inc. 3
Key Questions Driving Study The Houston Community College System (HCC), in the course of delivering upon its educational
mission, owns numerous real estate properties. These properties serve as active educational
campuses, administrative operational bases, and placeholders for future educational or
administrative needs. Properties were acquired over time in support of intended service and
growth plans, or were gifted to the College. Periodic review and realignment of real estate
inventory is necessary to assure ongoing asset alignment with system plans and regional
realities. This strategic real estate study analyzes both system provided and publically available
data to outline an objective framework to inform key real estate decisions.
The key questions this study addresses are:
1. What is the optimum distance between educational campuses in a community college
network?
2. What is the optimum size of a single community college campus?
3. Are there any identifiable areas within the HCC service area where a campus does not
currently exist, but objective research suggests a campus should be located?
4. Are any of the existing HCC properties currently operating as (or targeted as future)
educational campuses in the wrong place, or poorly located based upon objective
considerations?
Two parallel approaches to addressing these questions are reflected in this report. In the first,
Robert M. Stein, PhD, in his role as Empirical Researcher and Demographic Analyst, conducted a
review of published literature and consensus best practices for community college system planning
to identify any established guidelines that might inform or direct the HCC real estate strategy. In
the second, PageSoutherlandPage, Inc. (Architects - hereinafter, Page) built from Stein’s research
to compile demographic and geographic data in a series of maps showing different characteristics
of the service area and real estate network. The convergence of these parallel approaches
establishes an objective basis for further exploration.
Executive Summary

Review of Published
Literature
from “Locating Community College Facilities”
by Robert M. Stein, PhD
For the complete text of Stein’s review, please see
chapter 7 at the end of this document.
A review of scholarly published literature on the best practices for locating community college
facilities does not net a set of unambiguous metrics for making decisions on where to locate
community college facilities. Beyond building facilities near to where community college students
live, work and travel and anticipating how programmatic content effects location, there is little
more to be gleaned from published literature on community college facilities.
There is a clear consensus in the literature that the location of community college facilities
relates to the relationship between the instructional programs at the community college and the
composition of its students and users. This relationship defines not only where the college might
locate its facilities, it also identifies how college infrastructure/facilities should be configured and
equipped.
This study is charged with measurable, location-based analysis, and location-based instructional
evaluation will not be addressed in this report.
Study Context In June of 2011, HCC published the HCC System Facilities Master Plan: 2011-2033. This
comprehensive plan summarizes a full year of research and consultation with numerous HCC
leaders and stakeholders aimed to create a “clear vision for all future development of the physical
environment of Houston Community College Systemin support of its academic missions and
goals.” Recognizing that both HCC and the region served by the system will evolve, the plan
recommended regular updates. Five years later, this supplementary study builds directly on the
vision established in the 2011 master plan.
One of the four key methods employed in the master plan was, “identification of the main drivers
that impact basic decisions about facility location.” The main drivers identified are: demographics,
accessibility, and enrollment pipeline. A combination of the key questions, Stein’s research, and
these drivers serve to organize this real estate study.
Disclaimer - This study was completed over a period of months during which some
situational changes occurred. In particular, the planned sale of the Missouri City Sienna
Plantation campus was completed on 26 February 2016. There may be isolated references to
this campus which do not reflect that change in condition.

Demographic and
Geographic Analyses
Current Use Analysis Objective analysis logically builds from the explicit historical data available. Today, each of the
existing HCC academic campuses serve different numbers of students. When comparing the
relative student use by campus with the zip code of origin of HCC students, it appears that
students are in some cases traveling past a campus that is closer to their home in order to attend
classes. One possibilie explanation is that students are willing to travel further to attend a larger
location with more of a campus feel. This study does find a positive correlation between building
size and level of student usage, but without further analysis into other possible drivers like relative
course offerings and facility quality/amenities the role of campus size in student preference is
difficult to disaggregate. Further study is required to identify optimal campus size.
Another analysis of student location with respect to campuses shows that a substantial number
of HCC students are identified as coming from outside the taxing district (23% in Fall 2015). The
majority of these hail from Katy, Spring Branch and Fort Bend ISD, but students originate from all
the surrounding districts. This demand suggests growth opportunity is strong to the west.
Comparative maps are employed in this report to geographically illustrate the current population,
population density, and population by target (most common community college attending) age.
Additionally, proportion of population by ethnicity is mapped to highlight how the diversity of
HCC’s service area is distributed geographically. Following are a series of maps that look at
educational attainment of the resident population, showing both all the adults with less than an
associate’s degree as their highest attainment and those adults who are community college ready
(possess college readiness degrees or credentials).
To supplement these analyses of where potential students reside today, a series of maps looks at
forward indicators of potential students. First, a population growth map shows where the service
area is experiencing the fastest population growth. Second, the public high schools with the lowest
4-year graduation rates are mapped, with their attendance boundaries, to suggest where the GED
and college prep population needs are greatest. Finally, the major Houston area employment
centers are located to show job centers which support part-time and working students.
The final analysis explores where community college campuses currently exist, locating all of the
surrounding community college system campuses as well as analyzing the effective overlap of
existing HCC sites through evaluation of the 15 minute drive-time radius from each active and
planned campus.

Conclusions The demographic and geographic analyses aggregate up into a zip-code level priority map that
highlights the geographic locations of greatest potential based upon an even weighting of seven
geographic prioritization measures (see box below). This priority map locates the ideal geographic
areas for community college campuses across the HCC service area, irrespective of the current
network of HCC facilities.
•Population at target age
(15-29 years)
•Representative ethnicity concentration
•Population density
•Educational attainment and ‘readiness’ for college coursework
•Population growth
•Low 4 yr graduation rate high school zones
•Employment center proximity
Geographic Prioritization Measures
Recommendations and conclusions for this real estate strategy are drawn from examination
of the existing network of HCC campuses and their overlapping ‘convenient access areas’ (as
measured by the drive-time radius analysis) against the priority map created. In every case, the
highest priority zip codes identified are being served by more than one HCC campus location.
This suggests that the established network of campuses effectively targets the priority students,
and there may be opportunities for consolidation as operational and financial considerations are
evaluated.
On the facing page, each of the property holdings which are ‘under review’ in the current
inventory, meaning that they are owned by HCC but no current plans exist to develop a campus
or administrative building on the site, is discussed in detail with respect to the priority population
that might be reached from that location and the overlap with existing or under development facility
resources. Additionally, several consolidation opportunities are identified with properties that
overlap heavily in their effective reach.

Recommendations Specific recommendations for the properties under review are:
• Westheimer - Divest property: location covers a high priority geography but has extensive overlap
with existing and planned HCC campuses
• Katy and Katy Mills - Divest property: Evaluate the potential to ultimately divest Katy Mills and
the current Katy campus in favor of a new campus better serving the western reaches of the
service area. The current placement of the Katy campus means roughly half of its 15 minute
drive radius is already served by the Spring Branch Campus. At the same time, the Katy Mills
property, which covers geography well to the west of and distinct from Spring Branch is too
small to support substantial development.
• 288/MacGregor - Divest property: location covers a high priority geography, but is very close to
numerous existing campuses which already serve that priority geography well
• E. Little York - Divest property: location is well located with respect to priority geography on the
north east side of the service area, but is very close to numerous existing campuses and would
not serve a new population from that location
• Midtown Purchase - Hold as parking and future expansion for Central campus: location is sufficiently
close to the existing central campus to realize efficiencies in operation and investment as
inexpensive overflow surface parking in the immediate, and future expansion space for the Central
Campus in the future.
• Delano Warehouse - Divest property.
Specific recommendations for consolidation of existing properties are:
• Gulfton - Divest property: location has heavy overlap with the West Loop campus and a small
student body, suggesting that consolidation with the West Loop location and the new center at
Brays Oaks will utilize resources more effectively.
• Pinemont (Leased) - When lease is up, look for opportunities to either consolidate operations with
Northline or shift the campus west to improve geographic coverage and reduce the overlap with
the ATTC/Northline campus facility..
Future property location opportunities may be evaluated against the established geographic priority
map and the overlapping existing campus drive-radius map to determine whether the real estate
represents an objective opportunity to serve the target HCC student population effectively.

“...the relationship between the
instructional programs at the
community college and the
composition of its students and
users...defines not only where the
college might locate its facilities,
it also identifies how college
infrastructure/facilities should be
configured and equipped.”

4.0 Student characteristics and local
demographics
39 Community College Student Characteris-
tics - National Trends
40 Houston Area Population Distribution
41 Houston Area Population Density
42 HCC Students - by Age
43 HCC Students - Saturation of Target Age
Group Across Service Area
44 HCC Students - by Ethnicity
45 HCC Service Area Population Distribution
by Ethnicity
46 Educational Attainment Across HCC
Service Area - Proportion at Less than
Associates’ Degree
Service Area - Number at Less than Asso-
ciates’ Degree
Service Area - Proportion with No Degree
That are College Ready
Service Area - Number with No Degree
That are College Ready
5.0 Predictive indicators
51 Recent Population Growth
52 Target High School Zones
53 Employment Centers
1.0 Deﬁnitions, Funding, and Oversight
15 Deﬁnitions, Service and Taxing Areas
16 School Districts Within HCC Service Area
18 Administrative Organization and Breakdown
19 HCC Trustee District Boundaries
2.0 HCC Real Estate Property Summary
21 Introduction
22 HCC Existing Real Estate by Property Status
23 Complete Property Listing
24 Real Estate Building and Land Area by Loca-
tion
3.0 Academic Property Usage
30 Students By Primary Campus
31 Current HCC Students by Zip Code
32 Current HCC Students per Zip Code by
Campus
34 Campus Size Analysis
36 School Districts Surrounding HCC Service Area
37 Out of District HCC Students
Contents/
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6.0 Distribution, Area Coverage, and Competition
55 HCC Existing Locations Drive Time Radius Overlap
56 HCC Properties Under Development Drive Time Radius
57 HCC Properties Under Review Drive Time Radius
58 All Community Colleges Serving MSA
59 Surrounding System Campuses and HCC Drive Times
7.0 Analysis and conclusions
61 Approach Summary
62 Opportunity Prioritization Summary by Zip Code
63 Opportunity Map vs. Existing HCC Coverage
64 Westheimer Location
66 Katy Mills Location
68 E Little York Location
70 288/MacGregor Location
72 Midtown Purchase Location
74 Delano Warehouse Location
8.0 Appendix
77 Full Text : Locating Community College Facilities
79 Related Note: An overview of community college users
and programs-Nationally
80 Excerpt from Memo: Discussion Regarding Possible
Classiﬁcation of Instructional Sites
81 Summary Property List
82 Complete Property List
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08
06

System Leadership/ Board of Trustees
Dr. Adriana Tamez, Chair, District III
Robert Glaser, Vice Chair, District V
Dr. Carolyn Evans-Shabazz, Secretary, District IV
Zeph Capo, District I
David B. Wilson, District II
Dr. John P. Hansen, District VI
Neeta Sane, District VII
Eva L. Loredo, District VIII
Christopher W. Oliver, District IX
Executive Cabinet
Dr. Cesar Maldonado, Chancellor
Teri Zamora, Sr. Vice Chancellor, Finance & Administration
Dr. Kimberly Beatty, Vice Chancellor, Instructional Services, CAO
Dr. Butch Herod, Vice Chancellor, Innovation Planning & Institutional Analytics
E. Ashley Smith, General Counsel
Frederica Guthrie, Director, Communication Services
Dr. Melissa Gonzalez, Chief of Staff

Acknowledgements/ This document represents the compilation of months of work organized and led by
PageSoutherlandPage, Inc. (Page) in consultation with key Administrators of Houston
Community College and under the direction of Charles D. Smith, PE, Chief Facilities Ofﬁcer
Houston Community College.
Page gratefully extends its gratitude to all participants from HCC for sharing their time and
leadership.
Jeff Bricker is committed to improving the quality of life in Houston through his architectural practice. A
proud native Houstonian, he has managed many large, complex projects for educational, government,
and business clients in his hometown. Previously a principal of Bricker + Cannady Architects, he now
provides Page with technical and managerial direction on a number of important public projects for the
City of Houston and Harris County, as well as an array of other building types for private sector clients.
Bricker + Cannady was folded into Page when Jeff was invited to join the ﬁrm in 2004.
Jeff is equally passionate about his commitment to civic service efforts in Houston, often sharing
local developments and updates with staff and encouraging their interest and involvement in city
governance. A longtime community leader, he has been involved in the planning, strategy and
fundraising for numerous bond elections and local political campaigns. As he points out, “Our
responsibility doesn’t end when we complete projects that improve the way people live. We also have
a duty as citizens to ensure that quality of life continues through community involvement.”
Jeff has served on the boards of Southwest Houston 2000, The Park People, Leadership Houston, and
the American Red Cross. In addition, he has been active with the Greater Houston Partnership, having
served as the former chair of its Local Government Relations Committee and Federal Government
Relations Committee, a founding member of its Partnership’s Quality of Life Committee, and former
chair of a taskforce on sensible growth for its Business Issues Committee.
His projects include the Jones Plaza in Houston’s Theatre District, several buildings within the
Discovery Green downtown park, the Houston Area Women’s Shelter, the Student Services Center
for the University of Houston’s downtown campus, more than 80 municipal parks under the auspices
of the City of Houston’s Parks to Standard Program, development of the master plan for the Harris
County parks system, and the Maverick Activities Center at the University of Texas at Arlington.
Several recent projects for the University of Houston have helped to transform its main campus. Those
include the Student Recreation and Wellness Center, the West Dining Facility, and the 800-bed Cougar
Place student housing projects. The $120 million football stadium, initially accommodating 40,000
spectators but designed to be expanded in the future to add another 20,000 seats, further expands his
campus portfolio.
Jeff Bricker, AIA, Principal in Charge

Jamie Flatt, Principal, Strategic and Geographic Analyst
Also a proud native Houstonian, Jamie first brought her exceptional creativity and business
acumen to predesign projects at Page in 2005. She arrived at the profession of architecture via a
circuitous route: psychology major/pre-med student at Harvard, management consultant focused
on emergence of the internet and modernization of banking networks right out of school, then
internal strategist at a New York investment bank for two years, finally rounded out by a brief
stint as fulfillment manager at a media marketing firm before getting her MArch at Rice.
At Page, Jamie has led predesign projects across numerous market sectors including academic,
civic, government, corporate, and public safety. Notable projects include a needs assessment
for the Houston Police Department Headquarters consolidation (still the basis for the proposed
Houston Justice Complex), a service and facility master plan for the Houston Public Library, and
a master plan for ADNOC’s Petroleum Institute campus in Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Page, she served as an associate in the Corporate Strategy Group at Lehman
Brothers in New York developing firm-wide strategic planning and analysis. Jamie also served
as an analyst for a strategic consulting firm in Washington, D.C., where she conducted retail
network optimization analyses for a major retail bank across multiple markets.
Robert M. Stein, PhD, Empirical Researcher and Demographic Analyst
Robert M. Stein, Ph.D., is the fellow in urban politics at the Baker Institute and the Lena Grohlman
Fox Professor of Political Science at Rice University. He also is the faculty director of Rice’s Center
for Civic Engagement. Stein’s current research focuses on alternative modes of elections and voting
procedures in the United States; emergency preparedness, behavioral response to severe weather
events, and risk assessment; and home weatherization programs in low- and moderate-income
households. His work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the City of Houston’s
Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security, the Environmental Defense Fund and Pew Charitable
Trusts, among others.
Stein is co-author of “Perpetuating the Pork Barrel: Policy Subsystems and American Democracy”
(Cambridge University Press, 1995) and author of “Urban Alternatives: Public and Private Markets
in the Provision of Local Services” (Pittsburgh Press, 1990). He has received the Outstanding
Reviewer Award from Political Research Quarterly and the Best Paper Award on Federalism and
Intergovernmental Relations (with Kenneth Bickers) from the American Political Science Association.
He teaches courses on public policy, urban politics and political behavior at Rice, where twice he has
been awarded the George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching. Stein received his bachelor’s degree
from Ohio Wesleyan University. He earned his master’s and doctoral degree from the University of
Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
Aaron Jones, AIA, Associate Principal, Project Manager

“The board of trustees of a
junior college district may
accept or acquire by purchase
or rent land and facilities in
the name of the junior college
district within the junior
college district’s service area.”
Texas Education Code
Title 3, Subchapter G
Section 130.086

1.0 Definitions, Funding, and Oversight
Definitions, Service and Taxing Areas
Like all junior college systems in Texas, HCC is regulated by the state education code. The
following text is from Title 3, Subchapter G, Section 130: Higher Education, Non-Baccalaureate
System, Junior College Districts. This code articulates the specific rules governing property
considerations for Junior Colleges.
Sec. 130.161. 2): “Service area” means:
(A) the territory within the boundaries of the taxing district of a junior college
district; and
(B) the territory outside the boundaries of the taxing district of a junior
college district in which the junior college district provides services.
Sec. 130.182 defines the service area of the Houston Community College
System District as including the territory within:
• the Houston, Alief, Katy, Spring Branch, and North Forest independent
school districts;
• the Stafford Municipal School District; and
• the part of the Fort Bend Independent School District that is located in
the municipalities of Houston, Missouri City, and Pearland.
See map on following page.

Legend
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
HCC Property
Katy ISD
Spring Branch ISD
Alief ISD
Fort Bend ISD
Houston ISD
Stafford
ISD
School Districts Within HCC Service Area
Only that part of the Fort Bend Independent School
District that is located in the municipalities of Houston,
Missouri City, and Pearland is included in the HCC
Service Area.

The college has several funding options available to
fund the purchase or construction of campus
facilities:
General Obligation
Bonds
repayment funded by debt
portion of ad valorem
taxes*
Public Finance
Corporation (PFC)
Lease Revenue Bonds
repayment funded from
pledged PFC lease
revenues
Revenue Bonds repayment funded from
pledged operating
revenues
Public Private
Partnership (P3)
funded by operations
under partnership
agreement
Fund Balance funded from cash
accumulated from
previous years’ operations
and from disposition of
assets
Tuition and Fee
Revenues
tuition and fee rates set by
HCC Board of Trustees;
available for all valid
expenses of the college
Operation and
Maintenance Tax
ad valorem tax rates set
by HCC Board of Trustees;
available for all valid
expenses of the college
within the taxing district only
The two* primary options available to the college for
operation of campus facilities include:
* General Obligation Bonds require approval by an election of the voters
within the HCC taxing district, and may not be used to fund locations
outside of the taxing district.
* HCC’s other primary funding stream received from state appropriations
must be used exclusively to pay for instructional and administrative
salaries, and supplies and materials for instructional purposes.
The deﬁned service area is larger in the case of HCC than the established
taxable area. Within the designated service area, Spring Branch and Katy
ISD residents have not yet voted to support HCC directly via property taxes.
As a result, students residing in the district, but outside of the taxable area
pay tuition at out-of-district rates.

Administrative Organization and Breakdown
The Houston Community College System district is divided up into nine trustee districts for the
purpose of representation and oversight. The map on the facing page illustrates the trustee
district breakdown.
One beneﬁt of the current study is that it highlights the reality that many community college
students attend classes closer to where they work, shop and travel each day than to where
they sleep. Professor Stein’s previous publications on the challenges of democratic governance
structures imply that continuing to provide the types of information assembled by the
Administration and reported herein regarding where the students living in each district actually
engage HCC will materially assist Trustees in making sound decisions and explaining them to the
electorate.1,2
1. Robert M. Stein and Kenneth N. Bickers.
1995. Perpetuating the Pork Barrel: Policy
Subsystems and American Democracy.
Cambridge University Press
2. Aggregated information on student
enrollment by campus can be provided to
trustees, preserving the conﬁdentiality and
privacy of individuals students.

I
II
IIIIV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
Legend
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
HCC Teaching Site
HCC Trustee District Boundaries

“...HCC currently serves a
622 square mile service area
via 3.7 million square feet of
academic buildings on 576
acres of property ...”
Aggregate of Master Property Data

2.0 HCC Real Estate Property Summary
The Houston Community College System (HCC), in the course of delivering upon its educational
mission, owns numerous real estate properties. These properties serve as active educational
campuses, administrative operational bases, and placeholders for future educational or
administrative needs. Properties were acquired over time in support of intended service and growth
plans, or were gifted to the College.
The entire inventory of properties held by HCC are included in this study. 187 separate parcels
are separately accounted for (either by name or appraisal district designation). A large number
of these parcels are contiguous or adjacent to one another and for the purpose of this analysis
have been aggregated into 26 distinct tracts. Re-platting these properties would simplify
asset management, ongoing analysis and public explanation of land holdings, however, such
re-platting efforts should be carefully considered as part of other work, as the standalone cost of
reducing 187 plats to 26 locations could easily exceed two million dollars.
Properties are grouped by current administrative entity or ‘College’ where applicable and then
designated as one of the following types, depending on the current plans for that location.
Introduction
• Existing - Developed property in current service not currently slated for
growth or disposition.
• Expanding - Developed property in current service being expanded as
part of the current construction program.
• Under Review - Current holding that is not in active service and which the
administration has asked Consultant to speciﬁcally comment upon.
• Under Development - Current property that is the site of new facility
under contract for construction.
• Sale Pending - Current property being divested by the College
Total Area of Land Parcels Analyzed, by Status
(square feet)
Total Building Area Grouped, by Property Status
(square feet)
1,414,571
2,909,393
61,803 120,134 45,000
Existing Expanding Under Review Under
Development
Sale Pending
8,097,500
11,970,004
1,932,551
2,877,493
195,253
Existing Expanding Under Review Under Development Sale Pending
Current Area

0
1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
4,627,881
Land Area Owned (sf)
Legend
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
Central
Coleman
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
District
College
Existing/In Use - No change planned
Expanding Campus
Under Development
Sale Pending
Leased
Property Status
North Forest Voc-Tech Campus
Stafford Campus
Warehouse-9424 Fannin
Health Science Ctr.
Northeast Campus
Eastside Campus
Pinemont Center
Missouri City Ctr
South Campus
Katy Campus
Gulfton Ctr
Katy Mills
Central Campus
Westheimer
JP McGovern
System Admin
Alief - Hayes Road
Acres Homes
Brays Oaks
TX Parkway
West Loop
288/MacGregor
Midtown Purchase
Felix Fraga
Whse-Delano
E Little York
HCC Existing Real Estate by Property Status
Analysis and objective review of the existing facilities is complicated by the different property and
location names utilized for the various properties in inventory. Upon completion of the CIP, the System
will have at least 28 distinct operating locations, in addition to remote sites. These locations are
currently designated as “Building”, “Campus”, “Center”,“College”, and “Facility”; without apparent
regard to size, population or function. As HCC moves towards the ‘Centers of Excellence’ strategy a
more consistent naming approach would simplify communications and administration of the various
facilities (see facility director’s memo excerpt in appendix).

Complete Property Listing Administrative Unit Specific Location Land Area (sf) Current Status
District System Admin Building 163,085 Existing
Warehouse-9424 Fannin 593,726 Existing
Warehouse-Delano 31,260 Under Review
Central South Campus 4,527,626 Expanding
Central Campus 1,176,885 Expanding
288/MacGregor 396,706 Under Review
Midtown Purchase 178,605 Under Review
Coleman Health Science Ctr. 155,302 Expanding
John P. McGovern 10,800 Leased/Under Review
Northeast Northeast Campus 4,521,631 Existing
Auto Tech Training Ctr. 203,866 Existing
Pinemont Center 51,435 Leased/Existing
North Forest Voc-Tech 1,919,002 Expanding
Northline Campus 976,266 Expanding
Acres Homes 492,637 Under Development
Donation-E Little York 214,350 Under Review
Northwest Katy Campus 1,347,931 Existing
Spring Branch Campus 878,694 Existing
Alief - Bissonnet Center 229,613 Existing
Alief - Hayes Road 965,367 Expanding
West Houston Inst. 1,019,412 Under Review
Katy Mills 81,418 Under Review
Southeast Eastside Campus 683,107 Expanding
Felix Fraga Academic 466,014 Expanding
Southwest Gulfton Ctr 107,519 Existing
West Loop Ctr 771,032 Expanding
Stafford Campus 329,403 Expanding
Missouri City Ctr 195,253 Sale Pending
Brays Oaks 558,421 Under Development
TX Parkway 1,826,435 Under Development
*Note that the properties comprising
the Stafford Campus are not
currently contiguous, with several
plots a short distance away on
. Discussions are
underway with the local municipality
to swap land that is adjacent to the
HCC campus for these sites. Given
the increased functionality and
flexibility that contiguous properties
provide, it is recommended that the
land swap be pursued.
*

Real Estate Building and Land Area by Location
Established/Planned
Total Land Area(square feet)
Building Area
(square feet)
292,000
269,451
237,252
140,000
0.08
0.15
0.26
0.43
0.33
0.38
0.84
0.23
0.05
0.03
1.00
2.44
FAR
NORTHWEST
SOUTHWEST
COLEMAN
108,503
132,856
60,220
411,048
35,500
294,451
275,497
27,189
45,000
67,825
10,800
378,242
1,347,931
878,694
229,613
965,367
107,519
771,032
329,403
195,253
558,421
1,826,435
10,800
155,302
Katy Campus
Spring Branch
Campus
Alief -
Bissonnet Center
Alief -
Hayes Road
Gulfton Center
West Loop Center
Stafford Campus
Sienna Plantation
Center
Brays Oaks
TX Parkway Center
John P. McGovern
Health Science Ctr.
Each property listed on the
preceding page is illustrated on the
charts to the right (and following
page). Properties are grouped by
administrative unit.
The length of the gray bars on the left
are sized to show the relative area
of HCC buildings on the land. The
darker gray represents the future, or
planned area, while the lighter gray
represents the current building area.
The bars extending to the right are
sized to show the relative size of the
land available at that location and
are color-coded by the status of the
property (existing, expanding, under
review, etc.).
Properties with larger gray bars
and smaller colored bars are more
constrained in their potential for
future growth than properties with
larger colored bars and smaller gray
bars.
This ratio of building to land area is
sometimes called the Floor to Area
Ratio or FAR.
The lower FAR properties have
substantially more opportunity for
growth (e.g. Texas Parkway Center)
than the properties with an FAR
greater than 1.0 (e.g. the Health
Science Ctr.)

Building Area
(square feet)
FAR
NORTHWEST
39,000
41,753
115,225
288,559
68,805
701,150
0.02
0.62
0.21
3.42
0.06
0.35
1.00
0.03
0.17
0.23
0.05
0.49
CENTRAL
DISTRICT
NORTHEAST
SOUTHEAST
103,959
124,245
558,450
271,370
72,059
51,368
107,653
166,731
25,120
333,007
105,237
731,348
4,527,626
1,176,885
593,726
163,085
4,521,631
203,886
51,435
1,919,002
976,266
492,637
683,107
466,014
South Campus
Central Campus
System Administration
Building
Northeast Campus
Auto Tech Training Ctr.
Pinemont Center
North Forest
Voc-Tech
Northline Campus
Acres Homes
Eastside Campus
Felix Fraga Academic
Floor Area Ratio (FAR) is the ratio of a building’s
total ﬂoor area (gross ﬂoor area in square feet) to
the size of the piece of land upon which it is built
(square feet of land). FAR is a measure of site
development density.
The color codes visually highlight the very dense
sites (towards red on the spectrum) vs. the much
less dense sites (towards green on the spectrum).
Legend
Building Area (sf)
Floor to Area Ratio
(FAR)
Land Area (sf)
Existing/In Use
No change planned
Expanding Campus
Under Development
Sale Pending
Leased
Existing
Future/Expanded
Least Greatest

81,418
Katy Mills
396,706
288/MacGregor
178,605
Midtown Purchase
214,350
Donation-E Little York
1,019,412
31,260
Westheimer
Warehouse-Delano
40,000
Speciﬁc suggestions for each property under review are outlined in the ﬁnal chapter of this
report, Chapter 7.
Real Estate Building and Land Area by Location
Properties Under Review
Building Area
(square feet)
FAR
NORTHWEST

Map of all properties - size of land holding indicated
0
1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
4,627,881
Legend
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
Central
Coleman
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
District
College
Stafford Campus
Health Science Ctr.
North mpus
Eastside Campus
Pinemont Center
Missouri City Ctr
South Campus
Katy Campus
Gulfton Ctr
Katy Mills
Central Campus
Westheimer
JP McGovern
System Admin
Alief - Hayes Road
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West Loop
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The map on this page shows the geographic location
of each property studied, with the circle size indicating
relative land area of each property. The bubbles do not
correspond to actual geographic map scale, but are
relevant for comparison of each property to the others.
The South Campus and Northeast Campus are the
largest aggregations of land within HCC.

“How community college
students use and access
the college courses and
programs has a significant
influence on the location and
configuration of community
college facilities.”

3.0 Academic Property Usage
FTSE
UDHC
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
2,000
1,821
3,509
705
1,674
828
3,294
3,171
381
1,160
255
5,007
1,528
197
407
154
1,560
2,636
537
KatyCampus
SpringBranch
Campus
Alief-Center
Alief-Hayes
GulftonCtr
West
LoopCtr
Stafford
Campus
Missouri
CityCtr
HealthScience
Ctr.
SouthCampus
Central
Campus
Northeast
Campus
AutoTech
TrainingCtr.
Pinemont
Center
NorthForest
Voc-Tech
NorthlineCampus
Eastside
Campus
FelixFraga
Academic
FTSE
UDHC
FTSE
UDHC
FTSE
UDHC
FTSE
UDHC
FTSE
UDHC
FTSE
UDHC
CENTRAL NORTHEASTNORTHWEST SOUTHWEST SOUTHEASTCOLEMAN
The charts above show the Fall 2014 Full-Time Student Equivalent (FTSE) campus usage for
each campus (darker bar with count of FTSEs) alongside the Unduplicated Head Count (UDHC).
UDHC counts all the students who use a speciﬁc campus, with duplications removed, but there
is no distinction between students who are present for three hours per week and those who
are present for forty hours per week. Thus UDHC is useful for the calculation of student fees, to
understand the administrative load upon a campus, and to inform decisions about certain types
of space, such as libraries and recreation centers that may be used by all categories of students.
FTSE is the customary measure used in facility planning because it equalizes the time impact on
the facility of different types of students. At HCC, FTSE is calculated by dividing the total number
of instructional contact hours by 240, which is the number of contact hours in a 15 credit hour
academic semester.
The use of both measures allows the district to make informed decisions about space planning,
and to combine data about different types of student usage on an equivalent basis for the
purpose of comparison.
Fall 2014 Data

0
1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
4,627,881
Legend
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
Central
Coleman
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
District
College FTSE
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,007
Stafford Campus
Health Science Ctr.
Northeast Campus
Eastside Campus
Pinemont Center
Missouri City Ctr
South Campus
Katy Campus
Gulfton Ctr
Central Campus
Alief - Hayes Road
West Loop
Felix Fraga
Students By Primary Campus The map below superimposes the relative FTSE per active campus data from the previous page
onto the service area map to show where in the HCC service area the greatest student use of
campuses occurs. The map is shown parallel to a map on the facing page color-coded by the
number of HCC students residing in each zip code. The juxtaposition of these two maps allows
a comparison of student residential concentration and heavy campus use. Not surprisingly, the
Central campus is not located in a high student population area yet draws the largest student
usage, suggesting that some campuses gather students from a large geographic area and usage
relates to other factors besides location of student residence.
Note: The size of the circle on the map above
corresponds to the relative number of full-time
student equivalents using that campus. This
allows for a visual comparison of the relative
student use rate in the correct geographic
location. The bubbles are centered on the
speciﬁc campus location, but should not be
mistaken for suggesting size of geography
covered and apparent overlap or proximity is
incidental.

Legend
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
HCC Instructional Locations
1 2,500
All HCC Students
Current HCC Students by Zip Code

Current HCC Students per Zip Code by Campus
Northwest College
Southwest College
Drilling down to the next level of detail, the six maps at
right show, for each administrative college grouping,
where the students using the highlighted campuses
reside. Generally a correlation emerges between where
students are assigned by college and where they reside.
Exceptions to this occur in the Coleman College, which
draws evenly from the entire service area due to the
specialized nature of coursework offered, and Central
College.
For visual consistency, the scale of each map is the
same (the darkest green on one map relates to the
darkest green on each other map). This consistent scale
allows an accurate cross-map comparison, and shows
that the highest student resident concentration of any
college happens in the northwest.
1 1,400
Students Residing in
Zip Code
Active Campus in College
Other HCC Active Campus

Northeast College
Southeast CollegeCentral College
Coleman College

R² = 0.6847
R² = 0.6546
-
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
- 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 600,000 700,000 800,000
FTSE
UDHC
Linear (FTSE)
Linear (UDHC)
Spring Branch
Campus
Health Science
Ctr.
Northline
Stafford West Loop
Eastside
Alief-Hayes
Central Campus
Northeast Campus
Campus Building Area (Existing sf)
NumberofStudentsAssignedtoCampus
Katy Campus
Campus Size Analysis
One of the four driving questions of this study asked what is the optimum size of a single
community college campus. There are numerous considerations which inform effective campus
size that do not relate directly to real estate location and are outside the scope of this study,
these can be summarized as level of property investment and current academic functionality.
Analyzing the data which does comprise this study, there appears to be a correlation between
campus size and student use of the campus. The graph above plots the number of students
assigned to each campus (both FTSE in blue and UDHC in orange) vs. the gross building
area recorded at the campus. For both types of student counts there is a positive correlation
between number of students using the campus and facility scale. Further investigation is
needed to understand why some locations appear to be outliers to this observation and to
establish whether there is any causal link between scale and student preference.

1,821
3,509
705
1,674
828
3,294
3,171
381
1,160
255
5,007
1,528
197
407
154
1,560
2,636
537
KatyCampus
SpringBranchCampus
Alief-Center
Alief-Hayes
GulftonCtr
WestLoopCtr
StaffordCampus
MissouriCityCtr
HealthScienceCtr.
SouthCampus
CentralCampus
NortheastCampus
AutoTechTrainingCtr.
PinemontCenter
NorthForestVoc-Tech
NorthlineCampus
EastsideCampus
FelixFragaAcademic
Student Breakdown by Campus
Full-Time Equivalents and Unduplicated Headcount
FTSE
UDHC
1.678
2.641
1.171
0.573
2.332
1.222
1.400
0.847
0.773
0.654
0.720
0.563
0.273
0.792
0.369
1.354
0.963
0.780
KatyCampus
SpringBranchCampus
Alief-Center
Alief-Hayes
GulftonCtr
WestLoopCtr
StaffordCampus
MissouriCityCtr
HealthScienceCtr.
SouthCampus
CentralCampus
NortheastCampus
PinemontCenter
NorthForestVoc-Tech
NorthlineCampus
EastsideCampus
FelixFragaAcademic
Student Use BY Campus Building Area
FTSE/100sf
UDHC/sf
1.35
3.99
3.07
1.73
7.70
4.27
9.63
1.95
7.47
0.06
4.25
0.33
0.42
7.91
0.08
2.19
3.86
1.15
KatyCampus
SpringBranchCampus
Alief-Center
Alief-Hayes
GulftonCtr
WestLoopCtr
StaffordCampus
MissouriCityCtr
HealthScienceCtr.
SouthCampus
CentralCampus
NortheastCampus
PinemontCenter
NorthForestVoc-Tech
NorthlineCampus
EastsideCampus
FelixFragaAcademic
Student Use by Campus Land Area
FTSE/1000sf
UDHC/sf
Students per 1,000 sf of Building Area
Students per 1,000 sf of Property (Land) Area
Another tool for evaluating
whether campus land and/
or building size is related to
student preference for that
campus is to compare the
students per unit area across
the different campuses. In
this way, the fact that larger
campuses inherently have
more classes to offer students
can be set aside.
The charts at right provide
a visual comparison of the
students per 1,000 square feet
of building (middle chart) and
per 1,000 square feet of land
(bottom chart). If there was a
preference for larger campuses
in general, you would expect
to see the largest physical
campuses to have the highest
intensity of use on a students
per unit area basis.
The top five campuses by
building area are highlighted
vertically across the charts,
with the Central Campus as
the largest by almost 50%
in yellow, and the next four
largest, which are similar in
size to each other, highlighted
in green.
These properties do not reflect
a significantly higher intensity
of use via this graphic analysis,
supporting the conclusion that
more research is needed to
determine how campus size
correlates to student behavior. 4.25
CentralCampus
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Headcount
Buildin
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1.2223,2944.27
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0.963
FTSE
UDHC
2,636
FT
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3.86
EastsideCampus
FTSE/10
UDHC/s
HCC Student Campus Usage (2014-2015)

Legend
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
Aldine ISD
Klein ISD
Cy-Fair ISD
Pearland ISD
Pasadena ISD
Galena Park ISD
Channelview
ISD
Katy ISD
Spring Branch ISD
Alief ISD
Fort Bend ISD
Houston ISD
Stafford
ISD
Students attending HCC from
out-of-district pay a higher tuition
than in-district residents. Given the
availability to many potential students
of other, in-district, alternatives (see
map of other system locations on
School Districts Surrounding HCC Service Area
page 54), HCC enrollment at a higher personal cost is
interesting. Possible explanations include: attendance
convenience closer to work than home, and/or a
preference for HCC environments or course offerings
over those of alternative higher education opportunities.

Coleman
Central
All HCC
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
1
# of Students, Fall 2015
3,200
A substantial proportion of current HCC students hail from school districts that are outside of the taxable service area. The maps above show the
relative proportion of students enrolled in the fall of 2015 who originated in non-HCC school districts.The heavier concentration of students to the
west (map left) reﬂects the heavy use of HCC by students from Katy and Spring Branch ISD
Out of District HCC Students
All and by College
NortheastNorthwest Southwest Southeast

“... The diversity of students
and of the courses they take
at community colleges poses
a signiﬁcant challenge for
locating and conﬁguring
community colleges facilities..”

Community College Students vs.
National Population
4.0 Student characteristics and local demographics
Users of the nation’s 992 community colleges are a diverse group. Nearly half (46%) of all U.S.
undergraduates are enrolled at a community college. The average age of community college
students is 28 with 14% over the age of 40.
In addition to attending a community college, nearly all of these students hold full or part time
employment. Nearly a quarter are full-time students employed full-time; the modal number of
students are part-time students and full time workers. Most importantly, 61% of all attendance at a
community college is part time.
Community college students are largely commuters living at home, with only 25% living in
on-campus housing. Half the students attending a community college are non-Anglo. Among all
Hispanic undergraduates in the U.S. 57% are enrolled in a community college, 52% of African-
American undergraduates attend a community college.
The demographic profile of Houston Community College closely matches that of the other U.S.
community colleges in the top 30 urban metropolitan areas, particularly throughout the south and
south western states.
How community college students use and access the college courses and programs has a
significant influence on the location and configuration of community college facilities. For example,
part-time students, working either full or part-time, have to navigate commuting to community
college sites to attend classes. These commutes might originate from multiple locations, including
residences, work and other places the student might visit during the week e.g., shopping malls.
Community College Student Characteristics - National Trends
Student ethnicity %
White 50%
Hispanic 21%
Black 14%
Asian 6%
Native American 1%
2 or more races 3%
Other/unknown 4%
Nonresident alien 1%
National Research Summary of Community College Students
50%
21% 14% 6% 1%
63%
17% 13% 4% 1%
White Hispanic Black Asian Native
American
4% 6%
Community College Students By Age
Age %
< 21 37%
23-39 49%
40+ 14%
Average Age 28 yrs
Median Age 24 yrs
Full-Time
Students
Part-Time
Students
Employed Full Time 22% 41%
Employed Part Time 40% 32%
By employment status (2011-2012)
US Overall
US CC Enrollment

Population by Zip
1,196 95,137
Legend
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
HCC Active Instructional
Houston Area
Population
Distribution
The map on this page shows the population by zip code,
offering a high level picture of how the total population is
distributed across the HCC service area.

2013 People/ Square
Mile by Zip
63 13,798
Legend
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
Houston Area
Population
Density
Because the land area of each zip code varies greatly,
the total population in a zip code should be understood
in light of the population density in addition to the total.
The map on this page shows where the concentration of
people is greatest across the HCC service area.

10.1%
17.6%
33.1%
16.2%
15.0%
5.5%
2.0% 0.4%
10.3%
15.8%
31.7%
17.0%
15.8%
6.2%
2.7% 0.7%
All Locations
64% of students between 18 & 29 years
4.6%
12.1%
34.1%
20.0%
17.8%
6.9%
3.6%
0.8%
10.8%
12.0%
28.8%
19.2%
18.9%
7.0%
2.7% 0.6%
HCC Students - by Age
6.7%
17.1%
33.6%
17.5%
15.9%
6.1%
2.5%
0.6%
3.1%
13.5%
24.7%
22.6%
21.9%
8.7%
4.6% 1.0%
6.7%
17.1%
33.6%
17.5%
15.9%
6.1%
2.5%
0.6%
Northwest
67% of students 18 to 29 years
Southwest
Central
Coleman
Northeast
Southeast
Legend
HCC Student Age
Less than 18 years
18-19 years
20-24 years
25-29 years
30-39 years
40-49 years
50-59 years
60 years & over

Legend
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
Age Group Penetration
23.7%
77087
00.0%
HCC Students - Saturation of Target Age Group Across Service Area
More than 64% of HCC students
are between the ages of 18 and 29
years old. Census data provides
information about the breakdown
of resident’s age by zip code. By
taking the number of HCC students
in a zip code and comparing that
to the total number of residents
in the target age group, we can
approximate the penetration of HCC
enrollment in a given zip code.
By this means we can see that
in 77087 almost a quarter of the
residents between the ages of 15
and 29 are currently enrolled in
HCC. The largest area in the HCC
service area with low penetration
of enrollment in this age group is
the northwest, suggesting that
additional enrollment from that
population may be targeted.

HCC Students - by Ethnicity
14.8%
31.4%
35.8%
13.8%
4.2%
20.5%
27.1%32.3%
16.3%
3.8%
14.1%
32.1%
31.3%
19.4%
3.2%
13.9%
39.3%29.2%
13.7%
3.9%
14.3%
34.9%
32.1%
15.0%
3.7%
10.2%
38.8%41.1%
7.3%
2.6%
10.3%
33.7%
37.1%
11.9%
7.0%
HCC Enrollment vs. Service Area Demographics
29%
39%
22%
9% 0%15%
36%
31%
14% 0%
White Hispanic Black Asian Native
American
HCC Service Area HCC Enrollment 2015
Legend
Ethnicity
White
Black/African American
Hispanic/Latino
Asian
Other
All Locations
Northwest
Southwest
Central
Coleman
Northeast
Southeast

HCC Service Area Population Distribution by Ethnicity
White
Hispanic/Latino Black/African American
Asian
0 100%
Proportion of Population in
Zip Code
0 100%
Zip Code
0 100%
Zip Code
0 100%
Zip Code

Educational Attainment Across HCC Service Area - Proportion at Less than Associates’ Degree
The map on this page shows the proportion of adults with less than an
associate degree as their maximum educational attainment. The darker blue
zip codes reﬂect areas with a greater proportion of the adult population that
has yet to achieve that degree.
Proportion of Adults with
less than Associate’s Degree
100%0
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area

Educational Attainment Across HCC Service Area - Number at Less than Associates’ Degree
Number of Adults with less
than Associate’s Degree
41,0001
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
The map on this page shows the absolute number of adults with less than an associate degree
as their maximum educational attainment. The blue shaded zip codes reﬂect areas with a higher
number of non-associates’ degree holding adult residents. Target zip codes are different than
the map facing due to the difference in total population from one zip code to another.

Educational Attainment Across HCC Service Area - Proportion with No Degree That are College Ready
The map on this page shows the proportion of adults with the generally required prerequisites
(High School Diploma, GED, some college coursework) but less than an associate degree as their
maximum educational attainment. The blue shaded zip codes reﬂect areas with a greater proportion
of the population that might be ‘ready’ for community college coursework by this deﬁnition.
Proportion of Adults ‘Ready’
for Community College
100%0
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area

Educational Attainment Across HCC Service Area - Number with No Degree That are College Ready
The map on this page shows the absolute number of adults with the generally required
prerequisites (High School Diploma, GED, some college coursework) but less than an associate
degree as their maximum educational attainment. The blue shaded zip codes reﬂect areas with
a higher number of community college ready students. Target zip codes are different than the
map facing due to the difference in total population from one zip code to another.
Number of Adults ‘Ready’
for Community College
41,0001
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area

“Houston has one of the
youngest, fastest growing,
and diverse populations in
the nation...[with] a sustained
history of strong population
growth.”
Greater Houston Partnership
2015 Houston Economic Highlights, December 7, 2015

Legend
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
Cumulative Annual Population
Growth-2011-2013
Percent: 0-3.8%
5.0 Predictive indicators
Recent Population Growth
Purple and dark purple shaded zip codes in
the map above indicate the zip codes with the
greatest population growth between 2011 and
2013. Over that period, the greatest growth
occurred at the extreme northeast of HCC’s
service area and just west of the service area
beyond Katy. Population growth is also evident
just southeast of the Katy Mills site and on the
east side of downtown. Combined with other
measures of regional opportunity, growth areas
suggest future opportunity.
Houston is a relatively ﬂuid MSA, and population
growth centers change over time, this analysis
should be updated regularly to reﬂect changes
over time.

Kashmere
Wheatley
Worthing
0
1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
4,627,881
Legend
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
Central
Coleman
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
District
College
Target High School
Attendance Zone:
Schools with lowest 4-yr
Graduation rates in district
Target HS Zones
School Location
Target High School Zones
71% 70%
68%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
LastTwo-YearAverage
Average All Years Data Available
Student 4 Yr Graduation Rates by HISD High School
One area of coursework provided
at HCC is GED preparation. An
analysis of High School 4-year
graduation rates across HISD
identiﬁes three schools which
appear to be consistently below
the district average for four-year
graduation rates.
The attendance zones of these three
schools may contain a higher than
average proportion of residents who
would beneﬁt from and may seek
community college coursework.

0
1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
4,627,881
Legend
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
Central
Coleman
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
District
College
Major Employment Centers
(rings represent ~10,000 employed)
1. Central Business District
2. Texas Medical Center
3. Westchase
4. Energy Corridor
5. Greenspoint
6. Greenway Plaza
7. Uptown
8. Port of Houston
9. Memorial City
Employment Centers
1
2
3
4
5
67
8
9
Employment Centers
Source:
Houston Intelligent Transportation System Employment Corridors
Map, maintained by City of Houston Traffic Operations Division
The Houston area is unusual in the
distribution of multiple employment
centers around the city. Since a large
proportion of community college
students work part or full-time while
they attend school, proximity to their
places of employment can be of
great benefit. The map here shows
that 8 of the 9 major employment
centers identified by COH lie within or
immediately adjacent to HCC’s service
area.

“Community college students
are largely commuters living
at home...[and]...students
working...[who]...have to
navigate commuting to
community college sites to
attend classes.”

HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
(at 40 mph avg speed)
Current Active - Not Changing
Current Active - Expanding
Legend
Stafford Campus
Health Science Ctr.
Northeast Campus
Eastside Campus
Pinemont Center
South Campus
Katy Campus
Gulfton Ctr
Central Campus
JP McGovern
Alief - Hayes Road
West Loop
Felix Fraga
6.0 Distribution, Area Coverage, and Competition
HCC Existing Locations Drive Time Radius Overlap
The HCC service area covers a broad and dispersed metropolitan
area. The distance between campuses ‘as the crow flies’ does
not adequately indicate the real difficulty in reaching each location.
The map on this page shows the calculated fifteen minute drive
radius from each active HCC campus assuming an average speed
of 40mph. This analysis shows substantial overlap between
campuses at the center of HCC’s service area, with the far western
and south eastern portions of the service area served by one
or fewer campus locations. At the far south east and northwest
corners of the service area, no campus is within a fifteen minute
drive radius.

Acres
Homes
Brays
Oaks
TX Parkway
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
Legend
Under Development Radius
(Location)
Stafford Campus
Health Science Ctr.
Northeast Campus
Eastside Campus
Pinemont Center
South Campus
Katy Campus
Gulfton Ctr
Central Campus
JP McGovern
Alief - Hayes Road
West Loop
Felix Fraga
HCC Properties Under Development Drive Time Radius
There are three new sites under
development currently. Their calculated
ﬁfteen minute drive radii are shown above.
This analysis shows a fair bit of overlap
between the Brays Oaks and Texas
Parkway sites’ reach. Internal information
indicates that each of these sites is
programmed to meet different needs
than those the Stafford Campus currently
satisﬁes.
While there is robust population growth
across Fort Bend County, the maps on
pages 46 through 48 indicate that the
current demand for HCC services is
strongest at the Harris County Boundary.

Sale Pending
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
Legend
Westheimer
E Little York
Katy Mills
Midtown Purchase
288/MacGregor
Stafford Campus
Health Science Ctr.
Northeast Campus
Eastside Campus
Pinemont Center
Missouri City Ctr
South Campus
Katy Campus
Gulfton Ctr
Central Campus
JP McGovern
Alief - Hayes Road
Acres Homes
Brays Oaks
TX Parkway
West Loop
Felix Fraga
HCC Properties Under Review Drive Time Radius
There are ﬁve property locations under review, with their
calculated ﬁfteen minute drive radii shown above. A key
consideration in whether to develop a separate campus
at these locations is how the potential population of
students might overlap with existing campuses.

All Community Colleges Serving MSA
Clear Horizons Early College High School
University Center at University Park
Sheldon Early College High School
g
Galena Park HS
La Porte College C
North Harris Campus
Aerospace Academy
Greenspoint Center
Sugarland Campus
Richmond Campus
Atascocita Center
Fairbanks Center
Central Campus
Cypress Center
CyFair Campus
North Campus
Victory Center
Pasadena Early
College HS
Clear Lake HS
Small Business
Dev. Ctr.
Maritime and
Tech TC
Stafford Campus
Health Science Ctr.
Northeast Campus
Eastside Campus
Pinemont Center
Missouri City Ctr
South Campus
Katy Campus
Gulfton Ctr
Central Campus
JP McGovern
Alief - Hayes Road
Acres Homes
Brays Oaks
TX Parkway
West Loop
Felix Fraga
Legend
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
HCC
Lone Star
San Jacinto
Wharton County JC
Blinn (closest at Sealy)
The map above shows the locations run by the community college
systems which surround HCC’s service area. While some college system
campuses are well outside of and remote from HCC, both Lone Star to
the northwest and San Jacinto to the southeast operate campuses that
fall near the borders of HCC’s service area.

Active Campus
Clear Horizons Early College High School
University Center at University Park
Sheldon Early College High School
Health Professionals Building
Galena Park HS
La Porte Colle
North Harris Campus
Aerospace Academy
Greenspoint Center
Sugarland Campus
Richmond Campus
Atascocita Center
Fairbanks Center
Central Campus
Cypress Center
CyFair Campus
North Campus
Victory Center
Pasadena Early
College HS
Clear Lake HS
Small Business
Dev. Ctr.
Maritime and
Tech TC
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
Legend
Stafford Campus
Health Science Ctr.
Northeast Campus
Eastside Campus
Pinemont Center
Missouri City Ctr
South Campus
Katy Campus
Gulfton Ctr
Central Campus
JP McGovern
Alief - Hayes Road
Acres Homes
Brays Oaks
TX Parkway
West Loop
Felix Fraga
Surrounding System Campuses and HCC Drive Times
The map above superimposes the all-system map at left onto the drive-time radius map for HCC active campuses. By this understanding of
possible population draw area, there are several non-HCC campuses which fall within a convenient drive time of HCC locations.
Given the rising cost of operating academic campuses, Professor Stein notes in his literature review that many community college systems
are experimenting with partnerships to distribute the cost of physical locations among institutions. In the interest of more efﬁciently serving
the target student population, it may be worth considering partnership opportunities along the perimeter of HCC’s service area with the Lone
Star and San Jacinto College Systems. If HCC negotiated to offer some classes at the Cypress Center location, the existing Katy Campus
might be effectively relocated to the west, improving geographic coverage of the service area and reducing overlap with Spring Branch.
Similarly, if HCC partnered with San Jacinto to locate a campus at the southeast corner, both systems may beneﬁt.

“...[A] remedy (for the tendency
of single member district
representation to distort the
policy choices of community
colleges) comes in the form of
transparency of information...”

7.0 Analysis and conclusions
As discussed throughout the previous chapters of this report, there are numerous objective considerations that best
practice research suggests a community college employ when considering real estate location strategies. In order
to inform decisions regarding the existing properties under review and future property acquisition opportunities, all
of the different measures presented in the document have been aggregated into a single map which codes the zip
codes (the most granular level of most of the available data) by relative priority for campus location.
Each of the following measures was given equal weighting on a scale of 1-5:
• Proportion of population at target age (15-29 years)
• Above average representation of ethnicities with higher community college attendance levels
• Population density (people per square mile)
• Educational attainment (less than an Associate’s degree + ‘readiness’ for college coursework)
• Level of population growth (CAGR 2011-2013)
• Location within target high school zone (lowest 4 yr graduation rates in HISD)
• Proximity to employment centers (prioritized by number of people employed)
A score between 1 and 5 for each measure adds up to an overall zip-code by zip-code opportunity score. The map
on the following page illustrates the relative opportunity for each zip code area on the HCC service area map.
The relative priority for each zip code shows how a new community college system, if planned today, might allocate
campus resources. The reality is that HCC has a substantial existing network. Consideration of the opportunity map
requires an evaluation of how the existing network aligns with the identified opportunity locations. The second map
on the following spread (page 63) overlays the drive time radius analyses from the existing campuses to illustrate
how the existing network relates to the priority zip codes identified. To the system’s credit, the current network of
campuses appears to successfully serve all of the priority zip codes identified.
Following that overall system analysis, each of the properties under review is reviewed against the opportunity and
existing overlap map to support a recommendation for that location.
Approach Summary

Central
Coleman
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
District
Legend
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
College
Relative Priority
Highest
Lowest
HCC Service Area
Stafford Campus
Health Science Ctr.
Northeast Campus
Eastside Campus
Pinemont Center
Missouri City Ctr
South Campus
Katy Campus
Gulfton Ctr
Central Campus
JP McGovern
Alief - Hayes Road
Acres Homes
Brays Oaks
TX Parkway
West Loop
Felix Fraga
Opportunity Prioritization Summary by Zip Code
By the aggregate of opportunity indicators evaluated geographically for this
study, the zip codes representing the greatest location opportunities are shown
in pink on this map. By contrast, the blue shaded zip codes reﬂect areas of
relatively less opportunity.
Note that this map does not take into account how well the existing network
of HCC campuses covers the opportunity areas, it is purely mapping the
demographic and economic factors discussed previously.

Opportunity Map vs. Existing HCC Coverage
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
Legend
Stafford Campus
Health Science Ctr.
Northeast Campus
Eastside Campus
Pinemont Center
Missouri City Ctr
South Campus
Katy Campus
Gulfton Ctr
Central Campus
JP McGovern
Alief - Hayes Road
Acres Homes
Brays Oaks
TX Parkway
West Loop
Felix Fraga
Layering the existing campus drive time radius maps onto the opportunity prioritization by zip code map shows that
all of the highest priority zip codes are served by multiple established campuses. The highest priority zip code with
minimal coverage is at the far west of the service area just to the north and northeast of the Katy campus location.
Campus consolidation opportunities appear to be available in the lower priority locations which are currently served
by multiple campuses. The Gulfton and West Loop campuses are very close to each other and consolidation to a
single location would not appear to change student access. Similarly, the leased Pinemont Center location overlaps
very heavily with the ATTC/Northline campus, suggesting an opportunity to evaluate a shift to the west when the
lease comes up for renewal, improving coverage of the priority zip code to the north.

Westheimer
Central
Coleman
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
District
Legend
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
College
Relative Priority
Highest
Lowest
HCC Service Area
Stafford Campus
Health Science Ctr.
Northeast Campus
Eastside Campus
Pinemont Center
Missouri City Ctr
South Campus
Katy Campus
Gulfton Ctr
Central Campus
JP McGovern
Alief - Hayes Road
Acres Homes
Brays Oaks
TX Parkway
West Loop
Felix Fraga
The 15-minute drive radius from the Westheimer
property covers numerous high priority zip codes,
suggesting that a campus in that location would draw
from a solid population of potential students.
Westheimer Location
Opportunity Intersection

Westheimer
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
Legend
Stafford Campus
Health Science Ctr.
Northeast Campus
Eastside Campus
Pinemont Center
Missouri City Ctr
South Campus
Katy Campus
Gulfton Ctr
Central Campus
JP McGovern
Alief - Hayes Road
Acres Homes
Brays Oaks
TX Parkway
West Loop
Felix Fraga
Overlap Analysis
When viewed in context with the existing and planned
campus location reaches, the Westheimer property
access radius overlaps the existing network substantially
suggesting that the property does not represent a
strategic new campus opportunity at this time.
This map superimposes the ‘under review’
property’s ﬁfteen minute radius against the
existing and planned campuses’ reach.

Katy Mills
Central
Coleman
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
District
Legend
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
College
Relative Priority
Highest
Lowest
HCC Service Area
Stafford Campus
Health Science Ctr.
Northeast Campus
Eastside Campus
Pinemont Center
Missouri City Ctr
South Campus
Katy Campus
Gulfton Ctr
Central Campus
JP McGovern
Alief - Hayes Road
Acres Homes
Brays Oaks
TX Parkway
West Loop
Felix Fraga
The 15-minute drive radius from the Katy Mills property
primarily covers zip codes that represent the lowest
opportunity for community college students (coded
blue). The higher opportunity zip codes and unserved
northwest corner would be better served by a campus
shifted north and somewhat east, perhaps splitting
the space between the current location and the Katy
Campus site.
Katy Mills Location

Katy Mills
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
Legend
Stafford Campus
Health Science Ctr.
Northeast Campus
Eastside Campus
Pinemont Center
Missouri City Ctr
South Campus
Katy Campus
Gulfton Ctr
Central Campus
JP McGovern
Alief - Hayes Road
Acres Homes
Brays Oaks
TX Parkway
West Loop
Felix Fraga
The 15-minute drive radius from the Katy Mills property only intersects with the
Katy Campus and covers portions of the service area not currently served in a
15-minute radius. This opportunity to reach potential students not well-served
by the existing campus network may prove to be strategic in the future if the
demographic potential at this location improves through population growth or
other change. As mentioned on the facing page, the overlap analysis above
suggests that a location combining the Katy Mills and Katy Campus drive radius
(located between the two existing sites) would better serve the population by
increasing in area coverage and reducing overlap with the Spring Branch Campus.
Overlap Analysis

E Little York Location
E Little York
Central
Coleman
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
District
Legend
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
College
Relative Priority
Highest
Lowest
HCC Service Area
Stafford Campus
Health Science Ctr.
Northeast Campus
Eastside Campus
Pinemont Center
Missouri City Ctr
South Campus
Katy Campus
Gulfton Ctr
Central Campus
JP McGovern
Alief - Hayes Road
Acres Homes
Brays Oaks
TX Parkway
West Loop
Felix Fraga
The 15-minute drive radius from the E. Little York
property covers several high opportunity zip codes
(coded pink and orange). In isolation, this property
appears to be a strategic location for a community
college campus.

E Little York
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
Legend
Stafford Campus
Health Science Ctr.
Northeast Campus
Eastside Campus
Pinemont Center
Missouri City Ctr
South Campus
Katy Campus
Gulfton Ctr
Central Campus
JP McGovern
Alief - Hayes Road
Acres Homes
Brays Oaks
TX Parkway
West Loop
Felix Fraga
The 15-minute drive radius from the E. Little York
property heavily intersects several existing HCC
campuses. A campus investment at this location would
likely pull students away from existing facilities vs.
reaching new students and the system may be better
served by divesting this property.
Overlap Analysis

288/MacGregor Location
288/MacGregor
Central
Coleman
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
District
Legend
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
College
Relative Priority
Highest
Lowest
HCC Service Area
Stafford Campus
Health Science Ctr.
Northeast Campus
Eastside Campus
Pinemont Center
Missouri City Ctr
South Campus
Katy Campus
Gulfton Ctr
Central Campus
JP McGovern
Alief - Hayes Road
Acres Homes
Brays Oaks
TX Parkway
West Loop
Felix Fraga
The 15-minute drive radius from the 288/MacGregor
property covers several high opportunity zip codes
(coded pink and orange). In isolation, this property
appears to be a strategic location for a community
college campus.

288/MacGregor
Active Campus
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
Legend
Stafford Campus
Health Science Ctr.
Northeast Campus
Eastside Campus
Pinemont Center
Missouri City Ctr
South Campus
Katy Campus
Gulfton Ctr
Central Campus
JP McGovern
Alief - Hayes Road
Acres Homes
Brays Oaks
TX Parkway
West Loop
Felix Fraga
The 15-minute drive radius from the 288/MacGregor
campuses, including the most heavily used, Central. A
campus investment at this location would be convenient
to students already served by multiple existing facilities
and would not appear to serve any new students. Given
the high value of property in this location, the system
may be better served by divesting this property.
Overlap Analysis

Midtown Purchase
Central
Coleman
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
District
Legend
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
College
Relative Priority
Highest
Lowest
HCC Service Area
Stafford Campus
Health Science Ctr.
Northeast Campus
Eastside Campus
Pinemont Center
Missouri City Ctr
South Campus
Katy Campus
Gulfton Ctr
Central Campus
JP McGovern
Alief - Hayes Road
Acres Homes
Brays Oaks
TX Parkway
West Loop
Felix Fraga
The 15-minute drive radius from the Midtown Purchase
covers all of the highest opportunity zip codes (coded
pink). This property appears to be a strategic location
for a community college campus.
Midtown Purchase Location

Midtown Purchase
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
Legend
Stafford Campus
Health Science Ctr.
Northeast Campus
Eastside Campus
Pinemont Center
Missouri City Ctr
South Campus
Katy Campus
Gulfton Ctr
Central Campus
JP McGovern
Alief - Hayes Road
Acres Homes
Brays Oaks
TX Parkway
West Loop
Felix Fraga
The 15-minute drive radius from the Midtown Purchase
campuses. The property is not contiguous with, but lies
within easy walking distance of the Central Campus.
Given the high cost of structured parking and limited
availability of parking space at that location,the site may
effectively serve as excess parking capacity in the short
term until further investment at this location will support
expansion needs of the nearby Central Campus.
Overlap Analysis

HCC Property
Delano Warehouse
9424 Fannin Warehouse
Central
Coleman
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
District
Legend
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
College
Warehouse Property
System Admin Bldg.
Active/Planned
Campus
Delano Warehouse Location
Opportunity Analysis
The Delano Warehouse property is also under review in this analysis. The current facility is not in use at this time because it does not
hold a certificate of occupancy from the City of Houston. In order to obtain a certificate of occupancy, significant asbesto abatement
is required and would pose a substantial capital cost. The property was acquired with the intention of usage as warehouse space for
the entire system. Since that acquisition, the warehouse at 9424 Fannin has been put into operation. This larger facility is both without
occupancy complexities and significantly larger than the Delano property. Given that the new warehouse location is effectively serving
system needs with room for expansion if needed, it is recommended that the Delano Warehouse not be planned for future warehouse
capacity.

Delano Warehouse
9424 Fannin Warehouse
HCC Taxable Area
HCC Service Area
Legend
Overlap Analysis
The Delano Warehouse location is close to the Central
and Felix Fraga campuses. Holdiing the land for future
campus development does not appear to make sense -
any campus at that location would overlap heavily with
existing campus investments. The Delano Warehouse
site should be divested to free up funds for application
to more effective system use.

8.0 Appendix
Full Text : Locating Community College Facilities
by Robert M. Stein, PhD
A review of scholarly and professor literature on the
best practices for locating community college facilities
does not net a set of unambiguous metrics for making
decisions on where to locate community college
facilities. Beyond building facilities near to where
community college students live, work and travel and
anticipating how programmatic content effects location,
there is little more to be gleaned from published
literature on community college facilities.
There is a clear consensus in the literature that the
location of community college facilities requires
understanding the relationship between the instructional
programs at the community college and the composition
of its students and users. This relationship defines not
only where the college might locate its facilities, it also
identifies how college infrastructure/facilities should be
configured and equipped.
It is also important to appreciate that land and space are
both scarce and increasingly expensive. This constraint
on locating community college facilities has been met
with collaborations and partnership between community
colleges and private (e.g., businesses that provide
on work site classrooms for their workers) and public
institutions (e.g., libraries, independent school districts).
The diversity of students and of the courses they take
at community colleges poses a significant challenge for
locating and configuring community colleges facilities
(see Related Note, following for more detail). A trend in
community college facilities, concurrent-use campuses,
may hold promise for the future.
A concurrent-use campus (Taber 1995; Windham et
al 2001) is a community college campus that is shared
with:
• Independent school districts
• General purpose governments
• Private for-profit businesses
• Non-profits
• Four year colleges and universities
“Due to increased demand for facilities space and library
resources, community colleges are finding it beneficial to
share the cost of information storage and dissemination
with other organizations such as public library systems
or even other community colleges (Windham et al
2001:3).”
“Consortia of community colleges and universities
appear to be one of the best vehicles that community
colleges can use to meet the challenges placed before
them and to establish and maintain their proper place in
the educational community” (May & Smith, 1992, p. 63;
Jadallah, 1994).

Examples of concurrent campuses
A multi-university facility has been established at North
Harris Montgomery Community College. This facility
enables 6 public universities to work together to offer
21 unduplicated bachelor’s and 24 master’s degree
programs. These programs, although offered by six
different four-year institutions, share a single admissions
process and financial aid application process. It is
reported that coursework is easily transferred among
institutions. Technology is an integral part of this
partnership, and the facility has an extensive technology
infrastructure, as 40% of the University Center’s
instruction is delivered via interactive distance learning.
In 1997, the Oklahoma State Regents approved a
consortium of four community colleges to exchange low
enrollment and specialized courses via electronic media.
The Regents also endorsed a proposal for a consortium
of five institutions to provide cooperative instructional
services including electronic delivery of courses
and programs. The status report also called for the
improvement of quality and efficiency in the system, with
collaboration, coordination, and mergers of functions
across campuses.
The logic of shared facilities suggests (Taber 1995)
• Collaborative arrangements with other
organizations to develop needed facilities offer
some advantages that planners should consider.
• Sharing a facility usually costs less than funding
and maintaining separate facilities; and shared
facilities can provide access to a valuable
location that is otherwise unavailable.
• They also can provide access to special physical
resource needs such as adequate parking or
expensive recreational facilities or libraries.
• Shared facilities other than classrooms, such as
cafeterias or bookstores, can ensure adequate
customer markets.
• Shared facilities can offer multiple services to
students or clients who would otherwise find the
need to visit two or more different facilities.
• Each partner can use the shared facility at
a different “prime time,” which means more
efficient use of a resource
Bibliography
Jadallah, E. 1994. “The community education center:
A model for school-university partnerships” American
Secondary Education, 22 (4), 23–27.
May, G., & Smith, A. 1992. “Gaining stature through
community college-university consortia.” In B.W.
Dziech and W.R. Viler (Eds.), Prisoners of Elitism: The
Community College’s Struggle for Stature (pp. 63–76).
New Directions for Community Colleges, No. 78.
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) .2014.
2011-12 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study
(NPSAS:12) [AACC analysis] http://nces.ed.gov/datalab/
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) .2014.
IPEDS Fall 2013 Enrollment Survey. https://nces.ed.gov/
pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2015012
Taber, L.S. (1995). ERIC Review: Collaboration as a
vehicle for community college facilities development.
Community College Review, 23 (3), 73–87.
Windham, Patricia, George Perkins, Jon Rogers. 2001.
“Concurrent-Use Campuses: Part of the New Definition
of Access,” Community College Review 29:3.

Users of community colleges
Users of the nation’s 992 community colleges are a diverse group. Nearly half
(46%) of all U.S. undergraduates are enrolled at a community college. The
average age of community college students is 28 with 14% over the age of 40.
In addition to attending a community college, nearly all of these students hold full
or part time employment. Nearly a quarter is full-time students employed full-
time; the modal number of students are part-time students and full time workers.
Most importantly, 61% of all attendance at a community college is part time.
Community college students are largely commuters living at home, with only
25% living in on- campus housing. Half the students attending a community
college are non-Anglo. Among all Hispanic undergraduates in the U.S. 57% are
enrolled in a community college, 52% of African-Americans undergraduates
attend a community college.
The demographic profile of Houston Community College closely matches that
of the other U.S. community colleges in the top 30 urban metropolitan areas,
particularly throughout the south and south western states.
How community college students use and access the college courses and
programs has a significant influence on the location and configuration of
community college facilities. For example, part-time students working, either full
or part-time have to navigate commuting to community college sites to attend
classes. These commutes might originate from multiple locations, including
residences, work and other places the student might visit during the week e.g.,
shopping malls.
Offerings of community colleges
Community colleges offer a wide range of courses and degree programs. These
offerings include courses of study for a two year Associates degree leading
to the enrollment in a Bachelor’s degree program at a four year college or
university. A significant portion of community college students are enrolled in
courses for specific work place certification (e.g., emergency medical technician,
cosmetologist). Moreover, many certificate courses of instruction can and do
take place at the workplace. This allows workers to train on equipment for
which they are seeking proficiency and certification. More importantly it reduces
the capital demand on community colleges to purchase and house expensive
equipment. Classes conducted at the students’ workplace reduces commute
time for the student/worker and lessens likelihood the student will miss a class.
1.NCES (2014) 2011-12 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study
(NPSAS:12) [AACC analysis]
2.NCES. (2014). 2011-12 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:
12) [AACC analysis].
3.NCES (2014). IPEDS Fall 2013 Enrollment Survey [AACC analysis].
Related Note: An overview of community college users and programs-Nationally
Community College
Students by Age
Community College
Students by
Employment Status
Community College
Students by Ethnicity
Age %
< 21 37%
23-39 49%
40+ 14%
Average Age 28 yrs
Median Age 24 yrs
Full-Time
Students
Part-Time
Students
Employed Full Time 22% 41%
Employed Part Time 40% 32%
y p y ( )
Student ethnicity %
White 50%
Hispanic 21%
Black 14%
Asian 6%
Native American 1%
2 or more races 3%
Other/unknown 4%
Nonresident alien 1%

Excerpt from Memo: Discussion Regarding
Possible Classification of Instructional
Sites
Upon completion of the CIP, the System will have at least 28 distinct
operating locations, as well as other property holdings. These locations
are currently designated as “Building”, “Campus”, “Center”, “College”,
and Facility; without regard to size, population or function. Going forward,
a common rubric may be useful, especially as facilities become less
specifically identified with geographic colleges and more as portals to
articulation pathways and the Centers of Excellence.
The following taxonomy has been suggested by staff:
Site – An off-campus property that is not currently used to provide mission
related services.
Station – An off-campus location that promotes access to College services
in a location or to a population not otherwise served by the College. Stations
typically serve a population of 500 or fewer full-time student equivalents.
They offer a very limited array of courses and/or programs and do not entail
a permanent commitment for continued service. Should demand decrease or
fail to materialize, courses and programs can be discontinued and resources
moved to areas of greater demand. Stations normally provide only program
related administrative functions.
Branch – A facility or group of facilities serving a population of fewer than
3,000, but more than 500 Full Time Student Equivalents. A campus branch
is a major secondary location, with limited administrative and logistical
support services and which is normally reliant upon a parent campus for the
provision of a full range of services. Branches offer a broad array of entry
level courses and courses not requiring specialized facilities or laboratories.
Where specialized programs of study are represented, they will either
address a specific local need or have sufficient throughput to provide for a
high utilization of laboratory facilities. Branches typically exist to reduce entry
barriers and operate as feeders to a parent campus or Center of Excellence
program.
Campus – A facility or group of facilities serving a population of 3,000
or more Full Time Student Equivalents. A campus provides complete
administrative and logistical support services and is typically (but not
always) comprised of more than one building. A campus may often occupy
a significant number of lots, tracts, or parcels of land. A campus is designed
to function as a unified whole, providing both a sense of place and the
accoutrements normally expected of a higher education environment.
A campus typically offers a full spectrum of courses, programs, and
administrative and support services.

Summary Property List
Name/Label Final Aggregate Property
Group/Other Name
Total Land
Area (sf)
College/
Admin Unit
LatitudeAVGLongitudeAV Existing
Building Area
(sf)
Expanded
Building Area
(sf)
FTSE UDHC Status
System Admin Building District 163,085 District 29.74196 -95.37682 558,450 558,450 Existing
Warehouse-9424 Fannin Warehouse-9424 Fannin 593,726 District 29.66738 -95.40483 124,245 124,245 Existing
Warehouse-Delano Warehouse-Delano 31,260 District 29.74666 -95.35062 40,000 40,000 Under Review
South Campus South Campus 4,527,626 Central 29.64286 -95.38957 39,000 103,959 255 996 Expanding
Central Campus Central Campus 1,176,885 Central 29.73702 -95.37728 701,150 731,348 5,007 11,109 Expanding
288/MacGregor 288/MacGregor 396,706 Central 29.71609 -95.37741 Under Review
Midtown Purchase Midtown Purchase 178,605 Central 29.73500 -95.37348 Under Review
Health Science Ctr. Health Science Ctr. 155,302 Coleman 29.70349 -95.40514 140,000 378,242 1,160 2,657 Expanding
John P. McGovern John P. McGovern Campus 10,800 Coleman 29.70551 -95.38430 10,800 10,800 Leased/Under Review
Northeast Campus Northeast Campus 4,521,631 Northeast 29.78096 -95.25647 271,370 271,370 1,528 3,171 Existing
Auto Tech Training Ctr. Auto Tech Training Ctr. 203,866 Northeast 29.83234 -95.38448 72,059 72,059 197 325 Existing
Pinemont Center Pinemont Center 51,435 Northeast 29.84094 -95.42568 51,368 51,368 407 1,393 Leased/Existing
North Forest Voc-Tech North Forest Voc-Tech Campus 1,919,002 Northeast 29.86981 -95.29952 41,753 107,653 154 507 Expanding
Northline Campus Northline Campus 976,266 Northeast 29.83344 -95.37645 115,225 166,731 1,560 3,483 Expanding
Acres Homes Houston Trade Fair Property 492,637 Northeast 29.86979 -95.41074 - 25,120 - - Under Development
Donation-E Little York Donation-E Little York 214,350 Northeast 29.87151 -95.27295 Under Review
Katy Campus Katy Campus 1,347,931 Northwest 29.79043 -95.71437 108,503 108,503 1,821 4,152 Existing
Spring Branch Campus Spring Branch Campus 878,694 Northwest 29.78737 -95.56147 132,856 132,856 3,509 8,314 Existing
Alief - Bissonnet Center Alief - Center 229,613 Northwest 29.68073 -95.62514 60,220 60,220 705 757 Existing
Alief - Hayes Road Alief - Hayes 965,367 Northwest 29.73615 -95.57614 292,000 411,048 1,674 4,591 Expanding
Westheimer West Oaks 1,019,412 Northwest 29.73740 -95.63004 - - - Under Review
Katy Mills Katy Mills 81,418 Northwest 29.77259 -95.81338 11,003 11,003 Under Review
Eastside Campus Eastside Campus 683,107 Southeast 29.70442 -95.29644 288,559 333,007 2,636 5,680 Expanding
Felix Fraga Academic Felix Fraga Academic Campus 466,014 Southeast 29.74992 -95.33444 68,805 105,237 537 1,389 Expanding
Gulfton Ctr Gulfton Ctr 107,519 Southwest 29.71563 -95.47509 35,500 35,500 828 1,047 Existing
West Loop Ctr West Loop Ctr 771,032 Southwest 29.72160 -95.45846 269,451 294,451 3,294 7,936 Expanding
Stafford Campus Stafford Campus 329,403 Southwest 29.62788 -95.55954 239,472 277,717 3,171 7,868 Expanding
Sienna Plantation Center Missouri City Ctr 195,253 Southwest 29.53331 -95.53789 45,000 45,000 381 1,218 Sale Pending
Brays Oaks Brays Oaks 558,421 Southwest 29.65550 -95.52803 - 27,189 - - Under Development
Texas Parkway Center TX Parkway 1,826,435 Southwest 29.60270 -95.52884 - 67,825 Under Development
Total 25,072,801 3,716,789 4,550,901

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