The area North of White Settlement is currently composed of warehouses, industrial uses, car dealerships and scrapyards. I think the area is poised for redevelopment into more urban, commercial and residential uses. The West 7th area is running out of room, and as development has spilled over into Linwood it seems the next destination will be even further north. White Settlement could be a core road comparable to how 7th Street is the major thoroughfare to that area. The area has over half a mile of direct river frontage along the levee as well, something which West 7th doesn't have as much. It will also have a direct connection to Panther Island which could overflow development into the area. In total the area is about 150 acres.
The ISD's big property selloff includes several plots of land in this area totaling up to about 20 acres. It will be really interesting to see what sort of buyers purchase these plots, whether it be industrial users continuing to use the area as is or developers looking to get a good deal on what I think might be a prime area in the coming years.
Now the big issue here is that the area falls into a 100 year floodplain, which would obviously prohibit development. This of course comes around to the TRV and whether or not that project is capable of being completed as planned.