The second time may be the charm for the Lake Pointe area of Sugar Land as City Council considers a proposed redevelopment plan for the site of the former Fluor Corporation campus.
Lovett Commercial, a company founded in 1980 by prominent by Houston developer Frank Liu, has proposed a largely residential redevelopment plan called Lake Pointe Green which would supplant the 1980s-era Fluor buildings, which have been largely vacant since the engineering and design services firm vacated them last year for a new location in Houston’s Energy Corridor.
The Sugar Land Planning & Zoning Commission voted 6-1 on Monday to approve the plan, which Lovett had modified somewhat following a April 22 joint workshop held by City Council and the planning commission. City Council and an April 23 community meeting was slated to hold an initial vote on the proposal at its May 12 meeting, after the Fort Bend Star’s print deadline…