Not me, but I've seen it (for instance just south of U of H). We did have a guy who had an overhead garage door business on my street, but the real estate prices forced him out. He took the house he was using for an office and is turning it into a McMansion. He's probably sitting somewhere counting his greenbacks.

My point was that if you do not live in an affluent area in Houston and someone wants to come in and put an obnoxious business next to you (such as a bar open until 3 a.m. in a residential area) the developer usually gets their way.

The affluent people can afford to hire lawyers to fight it, so it's not really an issue in upscale areas (except if you live close to the Ashby high-rise). That is an affluent area where the residents made a stink about the construction of a condo tower (in an area where the roads are not capable of handling the traffic volumes) and they lost.