There’s so much of that Tuscan charm in Houston, sometimes it’s hard to keep the new developments straight. Maybe this will help:
Villagio, you’ll remember, is the “boutique life-style center” opening in Cinco Ranch, but also planned for the Woodlands and north Austin, and later . . . Round Rock, San Marcos, New Braunfels, and Dallas. Tuscan Villaggio, on the other hand, is the 30,000-square-foot Tuscan strip planned for the corner of League City Parkway and Tuscan Lakes Boulevard. It’s pictured above, and planned for only 15 tenants. The first phase will open next year adjacent to Tuscan Lakes, the 840-acre uh, Tuscan development in League City also developed by Johnson Development Corp.
Villagio in Cinco Ranch has Bookworm and Network Funding Mortgage. But you’ll be able to identify Tuscan Villaggio because a new 31,310-square-foot Tuscan-themed Kiddie Academy will be nearby.
Got it? Which one more convincingly conveys that authentic feeling of historic Italian drive-up retail?
- Shopping center to take on Tuscan style [Houston Chronicle]
- WestPoint to leave; plaza to court grocer [Galveston County Daily News]
- Developer To Take “Tuscany in a Parking Lot†Concept Nationwide [Swamplot]
Drawing of Tuscan Villaggio: Slattery Tackett Architects
