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Howard Hughes - Communities
HOWARD HUGHES
Communities
BUILDING FOR A CHANGING WORLD
For more than half a century, our goal at Howard Hughes has remained the same: to foster innovation, inspiration, resilience, and sustainable growth for generations to come.
2022 Communities Report
A Letter from Our CEO
David R. O’Reilly
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer
“At our foundation we are community builders, known for creating the outstanding places where families want to live and businesses choose to thrive.”
David R. O’Reilly
Chief Executive Officer
A Presence in Five States
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149,000
Residents
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42,106
Acres
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Houston
Metro Area
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1974
Established
Texas
The Woodlands, along with the two complementary communities of Bridgeland and The Woodland Hills in the Greater Houston region, remain at the forefront of totally integrative design, delivering a high quality of life to diverse and self-sustaining community.
“The fact that The Woodlands is the largest community in the world to achieve LEED pre-certification—without really changing or modifying how we develop—validates the approach to sustainability that George Mitchell adopted at its inception.
JIM CARMAN
PRESIDENT, HOUSTON REGION
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SUSTAINABLE | INCLUSIVE | TRANSPARENT
Sustainable
Planting for the future
Planted more than 600 trees in Columbia for a total of 3,843 trees to-date as part of a commitment to plant 10,000 by 2037; Ward Village donated $25,000 to support Trees for Honolulu’s Future, which is working to achieve 35% tree canopy coverage by 2035.
ALIGNING WITH
UN Goals
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GOOD HEALTH
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QUALITY
EDUCATION -
GENDER
EQUALITY -
CLEAN WATER
& SANITATION -
AFFORDABLE
& CLEAN ENERGY -
DECENT WORK
& ECONOMIC GROWTH -
RESPONSIBLE
CONSUMPTION
& PRODUCTION -
CLIMATE
ACTION -
LIFE ON
LAND
SPOTLIGHT ON
Water
Managing a Vital Resource
Designing a master planned community is an opportunity to rethink the systems and processes that have traditionally defined our cities, with the goal of making them better and more efficient.
Managing a Vital Resource
Committed to our
Founders’ Vision
Howard Hughes
The name Howard Hughes has long been synonymous with an unyielding passion for excellence, creativity, and a relentless pursuit of innovation.
From drill bits to aviation, film, and real estate, the Hughes family legacy includes the acquisition of a 25,000-acre parcel along the western rim of the Las Vegas valley, which would later be developed into the award-winning Summerlin master planned community—named for Jean Amelia Summerlin, the matriarch of the Hughes family.
Victoria Ward
Driven by a profound love for her homeland, Victoria Ward embraced Mālama ʻĀina, the Hawaiian tradition of nurturing and restoring the land. She envisioned her vast 100-acre estate as a natural sanctuary where the community could come together to connect with each other and celebrate culture and the beauty of the island of Oahu.
Operated for multiple generations under the ownership of Victoria Ward Limited, the area became known as a flourishing gathering place between Waikiki and downtown Honolulu. The legacy continues today, as the location is home to Ward Village, a community dedicated to honoring the distinct history of its land and remaining at the forefront of sustainable development.
George Mitchell
Inspired in part by the work of Rouse, the energy businessman George Mitchell acquired more than 28,000 acres of land in the Piney Woods of Southeast Texas with a vision of creating The Woodlands.
The Woodlands is home to over 118,000 residents and is one of the most acclaimed MPCs in the country. Considered by many as the father of sustainable development, George Mitchell established the Houston Advanced Research Center.
James Rouse
James Rouse, known as the grandfather of the master planned community, is responsible for some of the most successful communities and retail districts in the nation, including the renowned MPC of Columbia, Maryland.
Grounded in his belief in economic, social, and racial equality, Rouse’s influence on the American urban landscape has reshaped how people live, work, and play. With visionary foresight, he reimagined how communities could be designed and built to create, in his words, “a garden for growing people.” He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995 in honor of his “uplifting work in American cities.”
Communities Timeline
2021
JAMES ROUSE DEVELOPS ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S FIRST MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITIES IN COLUMBIA, MARYLAND
