HEB Coming To Sienna Plantation

[SunKing]

This was posted in the Developer News section of the Sienna Plantation website:

H-E-B Is Coming to Sienna!

Shopping is about to get easier for residents of Sienna Plantation thanks to a major land sale to H-E-B at the intersection of Hwy. 6 and Sienna Parkway.

H-E-B plans to construct a store with more than 113,000 square feet bringing the first grocery-anchored center to Sienna Plantation. H-E-B has not yet set a schedule or determined what type of store it will open, but the San Antonio-based grocer has been bringing in products from Central Market to new stores to complement its staple-low-priced items.

"We're taking the best of H-E-B and the best of Central Market and making those products and services available to area residents and neighborhoods," said spokesperson Cyndy Garza Roberts.

"It's probably the No. 1 available site in Missouri City right now," said Scott Weaver, principal of WDJ Realty Group. "It's at the entrance of Sienna Plantation. We've been eyeing this site for several years and finally had the opportunity to move forward with it."

Weaver Davis and Jacobs Realty Group will build Sienna Village in conjunction with the H-E-B building, which will include 90,000 square feet of retail space on 12 acres. The plan includes five sites next to the center for freestanding buildings such as banks, shops, and restaurants.

No tenants have been signed, but potential occupants include a pet store, a card store, service businesses, and restaurants, according to Scott Weaver of WDJ Realty Group.

WDJ indicates that construction of their retail center is set to begin by November, and stores are slated to open in the third quarter of 2008.

Michael Smith, Sienna Plantation General Manager, said, "Residents have waited a long time for this. H-E-B will attract other premier retailers to Sienna Village, creating a shopping venue that had not been possible before without a large anchor. " Randall's had previously owned the land, but after an acquisition by nationally based Safeway Stores, plans to build a large grocery anchor were abandoned. Sienna/Johnson Development LLC repurchased the tract from Safeway Stores, so that it could be re sold for a grocery anchor. A survey of Sienna residents indicated that H-E-B was the number one choice for a grocery store.

This year, an H-E-B Cypress Market will open at Barker Cypress and U.S. 290 and an H-E-B Vintage Market will open at Texas 249 and Louetta. The first area H-E-B Plus store, which sells electronics and furniture in addition to groceries, will open in a 145,000 square-foot space on FM 518 and Texas 288 in Pearland. That will mean that H-E-B will have 51 stores in the Houston Metro area.

Sienna Village will be WDJ Realty Group's biggest project in the area. The company developed Bees Creek Market, a 22,000-square-foot strip center, and is building the Crossing at Sienna Ranch, a 22,000-square-foot office and retail center.