The Kings Crossing Town Center buildings are A+, high-end retail/office buildings patterned after the "Old Town Center" German architecture of years past and are unique enough to have been featured recently in the monthly magazine, Architectural Review. Considerable time and effort has been spent by Friendswood Development Company and KCTC, Inc. to apply only the highest standard of construction for this development, and, so far, it has proven to be extremely successful with wide acceptance within the community of Kingwood.

Considerable care has been taken by KCTC, Inc. to hand pick only the most desirable and best suited tenants for this development. Several are national credit tenants; most are successful existing Kingwood and Houston businesses who recognize the demand in Kingwood for high-end, upscale commercial/retail property. The few that are start-ups are adequately stable financially, and have particular expertise in their individual areas.

KCTC's buildings are strategically located within the "corridor" planned as the Kingwood Town Center. This concept, initiated by Friendswood Development Company is intended to achieve several goals:

- Provide a "central" community location in Kingwood for municipal and special events

- Provide much needed diversity in business choices and community needs

- Provide facilities and services previously lacking in Kingwood

As founder of KCTC, Inc. a real estate development company,
Mr. Eckley is primarily responsible for all technical aspects of construction and development as well as the overall management of the company. In addition to personally handling all leasing and meticulously selecting the proper tenant mix, he also adds finishing touches to all stages of development. With his artistic abilities, he is able to capture projects in which most builders and developers only hope to participate.

With 21 years of hands-on construction experience as the owner of Black Mesa Construction Company, Mr. Eckley's business has developed into the design and implementation of exceptional, high-end commercial, as well as residential properties, included are:

Mr. Eckley was awarded a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston in 1974. He has completed 6 years post graduate work both at the University of Houston and Rice Univer-sity, including the College of Business "Entrepreneur Track" program at the University of Houston.