Rice Village

[citation needed] David Kaplan of Cite wrote that during the 1950s and 1960s Rice Village "filled up and prospered" but the economic boom in Greater Houston in the 1970s caused development to come elsewhere.

[2] He credited the influx of young families in Southgate and Southampton in Houston and the City of West University Place, beginning in the 1980s, to revitalizing Rice Village.

Scott Wise, the university's vice president for investments, stated in 1996 that Rice Village is "strategically located" and allows possible growth and flexibility.

[citation needed] Residential real estate has recently re-entered the area with the opening of the Hanover Rice Village Luxury Apartments.

[6] The complex is zoned to the following Houston ISD schools: In the mid-20th century the community newspaper Southwestern Times was headquartered in Rice Village.