New tenants move into historic Kwik Kopy headquarters

In 1987, Kwik Kopy founder Bud Hadfield constructed Kwik Kopy’s headquarters as a training site for company employees at a 100-plus acre property he called Northwest Forest. In January, Cy-Hope and Bayou City Fellowship signed a deal to join Kwik Kopy on the unusual property.

“It certainly is an interesting property and will be a big, exciting change for us,” said Lynda Zelenka, executive director of Cy-Hope. “We are going from a 3,900-square-foot office space to a 33,000[-square-foot] piece of land with an Alamo re-creation.”

This land purchase gives Cy-Hope access to a series of log cabins that will become executive offices and space for all of its counseling services.

In addition, Cy-Hope is taking over an event space on site that it plans on renting out to produce additional revenue. The nonprofit organization has formed a partership with the Backyard Grill to use its commercial kitchen for catering.

Some of Cy-Hope’s acquisitions at the conference center property include a set of tennis courts that officials plan on turning into a basketball court and parking spaces, a barn where volunteers will put together backpacks for one of its school supply programs and the property’s Alamo re-creation, which will be used for events.

Kwik Kopy’s parent company, ICED Franchise Development, still occupies a building at Northwest Forest that has been suggested by officials to be shaped like an eagle and is said to have a bird’s-eye view of the entire property.