jmancuso Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 i have noticed the kmart on westheimer by dunlavy was knocked down as was a building (former language school and offices) on the corner of westheimer and dunlavy is also in the process of being demolished. what's up? what will be in their place? i hope to got not another walgreens-cvs-eckerd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 I'm confused. K-mart at Westheimer and Dunlavy? Dunvale maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmancuso Posted November 26, 2004 Author Share Posted November 26, 2004 yes, dunvale. i get the two streets confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowbrow Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 I was wondering the same thing. That Kmart wasnt there for longer than 6 years if I recall correctly and I was just thinking of signing up for a speed-spanish class at the language school the other day when I saw they were pulling it apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20sGirl Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 Speaking of going down- Town & Country Mall is meeting the wrecking ball. Yesterday, about half the mall was gone- replaced by a huge pile of rubble. Can't wait to see what's next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new major on the block Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 I was at that Kmart when that raid happened. I went in to use the restroom and when I came out there were cops everywhere. Two police helicoptors were flying above. There were probably twenty or so people running to the Kmart telling the cops that they were going to shop there. The funny thing was they were running from the Sonic. It was a dead giveway to the cops on who were really shoppers and who weren't. I am just glad they did not arrest me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssullivan Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 I was wondering the same thing. That Kmart wasnt there for longer than 6 years if I recall correctly and I was just thinking of signing up for a speed-spanish class at the language school the other day when I saw they were pulling it apart.It was there at least ten years. The first time I ever shopped in it was while I was in town for a conference while I was in college during the fall of 1994. It's been there longer than you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowbrow Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 It was there at least ten years. The first time I ever shopped in it was while I was in town for a conference while I was in college during the fall of 1994. It's been there longer than you think.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Ahh. I moved to Houston from Boston in 1998 and was under the false impression that it was "brand new" then. (I lived in those nasty little brown apartments behind the language center on Dunvale.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VelvetJ Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 If I'm not mistaken, I think I read on this site that there was going to be a SuperTarget placed there. HoustonRetail, where are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The New Juniper Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 It is going to be a Home Depot.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmancuso Posted November 30, 2004 Author Share Posted November 30, 2004 great...another big-box store. as if we had a shortage already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The New Juniper Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 great...another big-box store. as if we had a shortage already.That was the perfect location for one. Until now, you have been able to drive more than 50 feet without a Home Depot, Target, Super Target, Lowes, etc. With the addition of this big box, the universe is back in order.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxDave Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Wow - I am really curious about what I read above about Town and Country Mall coming down!I know the mall was on life support for a LONG time. I have been watching to see if it ever did eventually close or recover.This is the first I heard of its demolition. Can someone please fill me in on some of the details? When did it actually close? Were there any anchors left? (I thought Nieman's was still there and possibly Dillards). What are the plans for redevelopment?Looking back I think it will be a very interesting case study as to why it didn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h-townrep Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 One reason it didn't work is because of Memorial City rightdown the street and the fact that you can't really get to it unless you take the frontage roads. When the beltway was built, that spelled doom for the mall and the fact that Memorial was getting bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20sGirl Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Wow - I am really curious about what I read above about Town and Country Mall coming down!I know the mall was on life support for a LONG time. I have been watching to see if it ever did eventually close or recover.This is the first I heard of its demolition. Can someone please fill me in on some of the details? When did it actually close? Were there any anchors left? (I thought Nieman's was still there and possibly Dillards). What are the plans for redevelopment?Looking back I think it will be a very interesting case study as to why it didn't work.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Neiman's is still there. So is the Luby's. That's about it. Dillards moved to Memorial City. Last I heard, T&C mall would be replaced with office space. I think it would be nice to have an extension of T&C village but I haven't heard anything to that effect.Across the beltway, where the "Bazaar" once stood, they are digging a huge retention pond to accomodate the inevitable flooding when I-10 is expanded.I was a little sad to see T&C mall come down. It was nicely laid out and could have been converted to office space (like Westwood mall). But, I can't blame them for wanting to put something there- that mall truly was dead. Even when there were stores in there, many had odd hours and weren't always open at the times posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Go to houstonfreeways.com to get a profile of the Town and Country mall,the new construction of the Beltway interchange with I-10 is profiled along with the mallHouston Freeways - I-10 @ Beltway 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Go to houstonfreeways.com to get a profile of the Town and Country mall,the new construction of the Beltway interchange with I-10 is profiled along with the mallHouston Freeways - I-10 @ Beltway 8<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Cool pictures. But the building identified as once having housed Lord & Taylor, actually was originally Marshall Field and then was briefly Saks Fifth Avenue. (Saks took over this Marshall Field location at the same time as they bought the one at The Galleria.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 The looming retreat of Lord & Taylor stores in Houston is nearly complete. The May Co., the department store's parent, issued a news release saying it planned to close its Galleria Lord & Taylor in early 2005 and sell its empty spot in Willowbrook Mall. The Willowbrook store, which closed about a year ago, has been sold to General Growth Properties, the mall's developer. It wasn't made clear what would happen to the real estate, which May owns. Still no word, however, on the Memorial City Mall location. Considering the store was just built in 2002, May probably wants it to be the last to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 Speaking of going down- Town & Country Mall is meeting the wrecking ball. Yesterday, about half the mall was gone- replaced by a huge pile of rubble. Can't wait to see what's next. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The American Mall is going the way of the drive-in movies. In the 70s they were still everywhere. I took a few dates to them . 20 years ago there were a few still around in most big cities, now I believe they're pretty much gone. I wonder if anyone salvaged the T&C sign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston Retail Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 If I'm not mistaken, I think I read on this site that there was going to be a SuperTarget placed there. HoustonRetail, where are you?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>yep, super target, sorry for the delayed responsse, i missed this post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Talbot Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 One day I have to take some pictures of the neon signs in their little graveyard near my school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gwilson Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 ok, this thread title got my hopes up.I dont know what is going in on the south side of westheimer where the office building used to be. I have heard grumblings about Home Depot going up there, but I hope not. I am hoping to see a new restaurant or small pad retail center in the place of the old office building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce_oneal Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 yes, dunvale. i get the two streets confused.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>well, since there is walmart a block away (on dunvale) i cannot imaging another cvs (there is one literally 2 blocks away on westheimer, but since this is houston and no one walks anywhere...), but it seems there is a strip mall coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxDave Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Sorry to bring this up again, but I have not checked in for a while. Is it true that Town and Country Center (mall) has been demolished, except for Nieman's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kjb434 Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 I haven't heard of any new development. The land is fairly valuable and will most likely be commercial again. Maybe an expansion of Town and Country Village? An office complex? A residential high-rise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxDave Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 Is Memorial City Mall (after the rennovations) filling the position that Town & Country was originally expected to fill? (i.e. backup upscale center behind the Galleria)?If not, where in Houston do you find a major secondary upscale center to follow the Galleria (which generally includes Highland Village and Post Oak)? Is there a void in the city that needs to be filled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rps324 Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 If there is such a void, I suppose it would be Memorial City that is filling it. Whatever void in retail exists, I don't see it being filled by new malls, the concept seems to be going away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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