A 2-story Frost Bank with a drive thru will take over the Kirby side of the former Village Plaza shopping center between Dunstan and Bolsover — once the demo company finishes smashing the Bike Barn, Mattress Giant, and the shells of a few other stores its been chewing on, reports the Village News. Frost bought the 35,000-sq.-ft. leftover portion of the center at 5925 Kirby earlier this month from the Children’s Assessment Center. The CAC plans to expand its Rice Village “campus” (named after attorney John M. O’Quinn) and build a parking garage on the back half of the property.
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- Frost Bank Coming to Rice Village [Village News]
- Previously on Swamplot: Daily Demolition Report: The Assessment of Children, Waking the Mattress Giant: CAC Takes Village Plaza To Assess the Children
Photos: Swamplot inbox. Site plan: LoopNet
I’m just glad to know there will finally be a bank on Kirby.
Depressing…
Yes, it was getting tedious having to drive 75 more feet to find a bank.
It’s too bad they couldn’t have worked something out with the owners of the Sonoma site/expanse of dirt. I bet they could fit 3 or four standalone drive through banks on there alone.
Any thoughts on why seemingly dozens of brick and mortar banks continue to be built in this general area?
For Da Money.
Bike shops and mattress stores aren’t eligible for stimulus money.
we need more credit unions, but definitely not banks.
This promises to be more than just another brick and mortar bank! Read more about this swiss-army-knife-like Bank here:
http://www.thesquarefoot.com/houston/houston-commercial-properties-new-mixed-use-frost-bank