“I don’t think Friendswood needs to become East Pearland,” Eddie Carpenter told the Friendswood city council last week during a public comment session — responding to another speaker’s references to the chain-rich bustle of FM 518 and Pearland Pkwy. as an example of what Friendswood is lacking. What sparked the pair of assertions? A push to rezone the above corner lot at FM 518 and Leisure Ln., currently up for a potential switch from office use to commercial — with word being that Chik-Fil-A and Panera Breads are both interested in setting up shop on the corner. The space is just over a quarter mile down the road from Friendswood’s own relatively restaurant-franchise-dense hub on E. Parkwood Dr., near the town’s H-E-B. The lot in question has been cleared since the listing shot above was snapped, in conjunction with various acts of dirt-pushing.
- Residents warn city that Chick-fil-A would turn Friendswood into east Pearland [Houston Chronicle]
- Friendswood City Council Meeting (April 3, 2017)Â [City of Friendswood]
Image of lot at FM 518 and Leisure Ln.: LoopNet
I thought Friendswood had been East Pearland for several years now…
Terrific. I am glad these places around Houston have zoning. I am reminded daily why I’m glad Houston has no zoning.
get over yourself. IMO Pearlnad and Friendswood (and Katy and all the rest) are 99% the same.
Call me crazy, but the least difficult path to development will always sound best to me. You’re not going to see office space in this area for a very long long time.
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Why inconvenience residents with lack of access to commercial space just to sit around and wait for an office proposal?
Just make sure the drive-thru doesn’t back up onto the road, like it does at some locations.