no Research Park Approved star 0 1982 1982 main no Research Park Approved Texas A&M University System Board of Regents approved the 320 acres of Texas A&M University’s West Campus to be home for Texas A&M’s Industrial Research and Technology Park. no First Director Named star 0 1983 1983 main no Dr. Mark L. Money, a 12-year veteran of the University of Utah’s Research Park, is named Research Park’s first director by the Board of Regents to spearhead the growth of Research Park. no First Renderings of Park star 1 1984 1984 main no “A workplace that looks like a park.” Landscape architects of the Texas A&M Research Park released an artist’s rendition of the proposed landscaping development plan no First Section Started star 1 1984 1984 main no 120 acres in the first section of development started, being prepared for street and utility work and will be completed late 1986. no Development Program Launched star 1 1984 1984 main no Texas A&M University launched a 15- to 20-year development program for the Research Park, a 434-acre development that will provide three to six million square feet of floor space costing between $200 million and $400 million.