page_title: Greenspoint, Houston
section_title: Corporate operations
hierarchical_section_title: Greenspoint, Houston / Economy / Corporate operations
caption_attribution_description: English: Continental Airlines North Houston Center
context_page_description: Greater Greenspoint, uncommonly known as the North Houston District, collectively known by the locals as Guns Point, is a 7-square-mile business district and a suburban neighborhood in northern Harris County, Texas, United States, located mostly within the city limits of Houston. Centered around the junction of Interstate 45 and Texas State Highway Beltway 8 near George Bush Intercontinental Airport, the area is a classic example of a planned edge city. The initial 2,000-acre retail and office development centered around Greenspoint Mall was a project of the Friendswood Development Company during the 1970s and early 1980s.
  Greenspoint is one of Houston's major business districts, with 10.82 million square feet of office space. The district's 2,880 companies host a workforce of nearly 50,000 people. Major flooding events along Greens Bayou, which bisects the district, have put additional pressure on the area's large low-income population; nearly half of Greenspoint residents have an income of under $25,000 per year, well below the Houston median of over $44,000 per year.
context_section_description: Greenspoint contains the headquarters of the following companies:
  Canrig Drilling Technologies
  Friendswood Development Company
  Additionally, these corporations have major operations in Greenspoint:
  Nabors Industries
  Saudia
  Servisair
  Aetna
caption: Continental Airlines's North Houston Center
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