ultimate_ed Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Surprised to see this didn't already have a topic as it's been in development for a good while. https://www.weitzmangroup.com/properties/manveltownctrretail https://www.manveltownctr.com/WCMM/ Latest word from the city is the remaining permitting issues have been sorted out and HEB's building should start going up soon. The development has just been doing earthwork and underground up to this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 uh, no offense, but this is just some exurban strip mall development. They're not even trying for a "town center". It's just strip malls and pad sites. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimate_ed Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 34 minutes ago, Texasota said: uh, no offense, but this is just some exurban strip mall development. They're not even trying for a "town center". It's just strip malls and pad sites. That's quite likely, but it's going to substantially change the character of the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbcu Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 On 1/26/2023 at 8:44 AM, Texasota said: uh, no offense, but this is just some exurban strip mall development. They're not even trying for a "town center". It's just strip malls and pad sites. I agree when the city planner is quoted as saying he wanted to create a downtown based off this project since they have a clean slate obviously that was a pipe dream and it'll be another Pearland looking development 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pleak Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Manvel for years was nothing but a speed trap on Highway 288. They had annexed about 50' on either side of the two or three county roads that crossed 288. So about every 1/2 mile you were briefly in Manvel. Their town hall was a t-shack, where the traffic court was. Probably a 16' x 40' building at most. But it would have a half-dozen police cars out front. For a town of under 1000. It's amazing to drive thru that area now and see how much that scrub-land is going for these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pleak Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 I want to correct something I said above - I unfairly maligned Manvel. It was Iowa Colony - blip on Highway 288 just south of Manvel that was the speedtrap, not Manvel. I apologize to all of the Manvellians out there. I bought a pickup off the side of the road parked on Highway 6 back in the day while passing through Manvel on the way to Galveston. That's why Manvel stuck in my brain. It's been too many years, but that was a great truck. Wish I still had it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimate_ed Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 On 3/9/2023 at 2:47 PM, Pleak said: I want to correct something I said above - I unfairly maligned Manvel. It was Iowa Colony - blip on Highway 288 just south of Manvel that was the speedtrap, not Manvel. I apologize to all of the Manvellians out there. Pretty sure Iowa Colony still is largely a speed trap, though Meridiana and the new Iowa Colongy high school are starting to change that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pleak Posted Monday at 05:44 PM Share Posted Monday at 05:44 PM What district is the Iowa Colony high school in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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