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Yeah, I'm from there and my mom still lives there. I'm really surprised that it has the stores that it does. I would not be surprised to see Hobby Lobby, Academy, Chili's or Johnny Carino's go away. Unless Dow starts hiring again that area is supporting all the population it can.

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Yeah, I'm from there and my mom still lives there. I'm really surprised that it has the stores that it does. I would not be surprised to see Hobby Lobby, Academy, Chili's or Johnny Carino's go away. Unless Dow starts hiring again that area is supporting all the population it can.

We closed our Monterey's there. Sad. It is in decline. Big time.

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I heard today that after New movie theater at mall opens, the site where old Starplex theater will become a Petsmart, Best Buy, and I think something else. Also, I saw a sign for a new Fuddruckers in front of Target where old Pierre Imports used to be a few years back. What I really want to know though, is what new stores are coming to new shopping strip where Kohl's is located.

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I heard today that after New movie theater at mall opens, the site where old Starplex theater will become a Petsmart, Best Buy, and I think something else. Also, I saw a sign for a new Fuddruckers in front of Target where old Pierre Imports used to be a few years back. What I really want to know though, is what new stores are coming to new shopping strip where Kohl's is located.

Aha! I thought there had been Pier 1 there. Also Furrow building materials across 332. WTF Lake Jackson needs Petsmart when they already have a Petco is beyond me. Of course, that's probably why! It is so weird to think of Fuddruckers in LJ because I can remember when the one on Chimney Rock was the only one in Houston, and an interesting place to go at that.

Look at all the closed stores in Brazos Mall! I'm beginning to think that developers are stoopid. I'm guessing that half of those big box stores will be gone in five years.

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The Kohl's location is where the old Furrow's location was. There is also an empty shopping strip at this location. As for the mall, they are getting a new 14 screen stadium seated theater. They are also getting a new food court.

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My buddy keeps telling me of developments happening in lake Jackson and how they are projecting the population increases to 40,000 or so (not sure by when, it's probably in a The Facts article).

Here are some of the developments I snapped pictures of this weekend when I was visiting my parents..

Courtyard by Marriott at the Brazos Mall.

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Panda Express and Starbucks

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Buffalo Wild Wings and a few other retail spots

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And of course the new 900,000 sq ft Dow building

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There is also another hotel going up on 288/332 near the old Randall's, and an HEB Plus going in near downtown.

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Thanks. It's nothing crazy compared to what's going on in Houston, but it's noteworthy for Lake Jackson. I also recently saw a sign advertising a mixed use development behind and to the side (forming an inverted L) around the big Bucees on 332/288 at Plantation, planned with retail, office, and residential.

More of the Dow complex.. Apparently there will be 4 buildings when all is said and done. I just noticed a third today. It's only 2 stories though (with something coming up off the roof), tucked back in the trees.

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Can a mod fix the typo in Development, in the thread  title? thanks in advance..



Turns out that 2 story building tucked in the trees is the amenities building. There are actually 5 buildings if you count the "energy house" facility. 3 of them will be 4 stories. I found a video I'm surprised I never saw before highlighting the entire campus. It's actually fairly impressive for little ole Lake Jackson, population 28,000.. The skyscraper aficionado in me just wishes they built taller buildings. Heh.

Texas Administration Building (and the rest of the campus)
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R&D building 1 (the newest 4 story to start going up)
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Partial campus overview facing south(ish).
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Most of the campus, minus the first 4 story (TAB)..
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the video is here, in the link..
http://m.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2014/03/dow-chemical-r-d-site-to-be-developed-at-massive.html?r=full

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I stumbled across this article that's a few months old describing the first phase of the new mixed use development planned for behind Bucees.

http://m.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/breaking-ground/2014/09/exclusive-lake-jacksons-massive-industrial-growth.html?page=all&r=full

And an article was printed in The Facts a few days ago about a bunch of new high end developments coming to Lake Jackson, including a luxury apartment complex and retail pads beside the new HEB Plus, next to downtown.

Also the mixed use development (sign previously pictured) near Dixie and Oyster Creek Drive is going to be a residential development, 30,000 sq ft of retail, and a 123,000 sq ft Krogers Marketplace.

http://m.thefacts.com/news/article_051f1646-984d-5ac0-9519-1d9dfb46522e.html?mode=jqm

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i dont know why this pasted so weird.. but heres a recent Chron article about Lake Jackson development heating up..

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/As-Houston-prepares-to-cool-Lake-Jackson-s-6090374.php#/0

But as an unprecedented construction boom takes hold in the petrochemical industry, a growth spurt is transforming this and the other towns collectively referred to as Brazosport, even as Houston's growth is tapering. Big industry has $30 billion in projects slated for the region, with impact reverberating far from the plants.

Hundreds of new homes and apartment complexes are proposed and new grocery stores are opening to serve their residents. These days, it can it can be hard to find a lunchtime parking spot downtown, where city officials are wrapping up a $26 million revitalization project. The local hardware store and mom-and-pop restaurants remain popular, but chains like Starbucks, Panda Express and Buffalo Wild Wings pepper the landscape, too.

"People thought we were building to accommodate construction workers," said Barton Kelly, project coordinator for BHW's new Plantation Park, the first Class A apartment complex to be built since 2008; it broke ground earlier this month.

 

The company is hoping to meet demand for granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and walk-in closets. Plantation Park will also have a resort-style pool with a cabana, a dog park and a fitness center.

 

"It's different from what is currently available in Lake Jackson," Kelly said. "Everything you expect in Class A apartments in Houston, you'll find here."

 

The reason, he said, is the industrial expansion.

 

"So much of what's going on will lead to white-collar jobs for engineers," he said. "We are hoping to cater to those longer-term renters."

 

In addition to Plantation Park, other proposed apartment projects include a 288-unit complex by a San Antonio developer scheduled to begin construction soon.

 

A higher-than-usual number of single-family home subdivisions have been pitched or are being built.

"The private sector is rising to the need," Worley said. "People all over - Dallas, Austin and San Antonio - are getting word of what's going on down here.

 

"It's hard to keep $30 billion quiet."

Downtown has new lighting and freshly paved streets. Within walking distance, The Texas Innovation Center office park is planned for some 2,000 Dow Chemical workers.

 

Already the retail hub for Brazosport - the area also includes Clute, Freeport, Richwood, Surfside Beach, Jones Creek, Oyster Creek and Quintana - Lake Jackson is home base for Buc-ee's, and it houses the Brazos Mall, where occupancy has risen to 100 percent, up more than 30 percent from just three years ago. In addition to new apartments and housing, the town is about to welcome a new H-E-B and a Kroger.

 

Yenne said it's time others took notice of the city's "high quality of life."

 

"We hope people will see us as a way to cut down on their commute," Yenne said. "This is a great place to raise a family. Hopefully, one day we can entice young people to live here, too."

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I haven't been to Lake Jackson much in the last ten years.  Funny that the article says the lows were never that bad - when I was dealing with my Dad's estate in 03-04 the market was so depressed because of lay-offs I had a hard time selling the house and got a lot less than I expected and the estate sale brought in pennies.  I still have a storage room full of my mother's antiques that wouldn't sell and I refused to just put out on the curb.

 

What the city has allowed to happen to its historic legacy is depressing to me, the sad state 'Carriage Square' was allowed to deteriorate to before it was almost completely razed and the sad state of most of the rest of the original downtown laid out by Alden Dow.    The historic Lake Theater is derelict with the roof caved in.  And I know the 'government duplexes' weren't any sort of architectural wonder but, dammit, that was a neat neighborhood with winding streets like Trumpet Vine, Coral Vine and Grapevine Turn. It just became a slum right on the edge of downtown and now it's going to be an HEB parking lot.  Lake Jackson was a very unique town to grow up in in the 40s and 50s.  I can get intellectually upset over the loss of Houston history but Lake Jackson hits me in the gut.

 

Freeport, hated rival that it was, is even sadder.  Downtown Freeport has been a ghost town for decades.

 

But thanks for posting about all this.  Maybe someday I'll get psyched up and go take a look at the old burg again.

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please forgive my herky jerky movements and repetitive shots.. i just got the quadcopter yesterday. still tinkering with things and going through the learning curve.. its tons of fun though!

heres my "first" (real) video..

the Lake Jackson Dow campus. i just noticed you can see the new HEB U/C in the background when i panned towards the highway..

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