Tonomeis

Here's another picture. Sorry about the quality but it was taken with my cell phone camera.

You're right. My bad. But I am invested in Houston now. I am a new condo owner downtown. Its my home part time. But not being from Texas and being new to Houston, I was just throwing out some names that I am familiar with. I'll try not to make that mistake again Houston Pavilions should not be a "little slice of California-based retail in Downtown", but represent Texas retail/entertainment with some national retail included. I still think an Apple Computer store would be a good addition because of its loyal customer base.

As a new "part time" resident of downtown (I live in the San Francisco Bay Area), I'm excited about the addition of Houston Pavilions to the area. The House of Blues is a great start. Another possible tenant that might draw people to the project from outside of the downtown area would be an Apple Computer Store. Since I'm new to the Houston area, I'm not sure how many Apple stores are around, but I'm sure one in the HP would be well recieved by loyal Apple product owners. A California Pizza Kitchen might also work along with a 10 or more screen Edwards or AMC movie complex. A Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma, Barns and Noble or Borders Bookstore, Victoria Secret, Banana Republic, Gap might also be possibilities. Whatever the mix of tenants, if the developers can convince 5% to 10% of the office worker population to spend time after work at HP on any given day, draw from the growing downtown resident population, draw from fans going to Minute Maid park or Toyota Center before or after events, visitors staying in the hotels downtown and attending conventions, they will have a project that will open alot of eyes. Add to that, residents of Houston from outside the downtown area that will patronize the project and it could be more successful than anyone imagined.