- PM Realty Group Breaks Ground on Future Sasol HQ, Fourth Building of Woodbranch Plaza in the Energy Corridor [Houston Business Journal]
- The Center at Pearland Parkway Signs Up 4 More Retailers To Join TJ Maxx and Ross [Prime Property]
- New H-E-B Supermarkets Planned for Lake Jackson and Cypress, Down the Street from Bridgeland [Houston Business Journal]
- Whole Foods Looking for First In-House Brewer; Will Brew at New BLVD Place Store [Beer, TX; previously on Swamplot]
- Petrol Station Owner Opening New Brewery This Summer, Half a Mile from the Bar [The Leader]
- Dallas Developer Breaks Ground on Senior Care Communities in Cypress and Clear Lake [Prime Property]
- HISD Votes To Close Dodson Elementary, Repurpose Jones High into Vocational School [Houston Chronicle]
Photo of the Southwest Freeway: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool
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I love the photo. It looks like it should be in Katy, but it’s not.
The Lake Jackson HEB is going in on the site of the original duplex housing designed for war workers by Alden Dow in 1942. These were the first houses built in Lake Jackson, and it is the site of the tallest trees in a residential area. Those duplexes had mostly become poorly maintained rental housing, and were never particularly architecturally significant, anyway, so there wasn’t necessarily a lot of interest in saving them. They were certainly historically important and warmly remembered by many who grew up there. The Lake Jackson City Council is very much on board with redeveloping the area, and we can only hope that HEB does something like they did on the Wilshire Village property to build an attractive building and preserve large trees.