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05/22/15 12:45pm

Where the Paragon Outlet Mall for Houston Will Land, Out in Rosenberg

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Malls, Proposed Developments, Retail, Rosenberg
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Map of Paragon Outlets Houston, I-69 at Reading Rd., Rosenberg, Texas

A vote of Rosenberg’s City Council this Tuesday made it official: Paragon Outlet Partners will be building a sprawling outlet mall called the Paragon Outlets Houston on the southeast side of the Southwest Fwy. at Reading Rd. in the eastern reaches of Rosenberg, just southwest of the Brazos Town Center and Brazos Town Crossing shopping centers and FM 762, and 10 miles down I-69 from Sugar Land. Construction of the 400,000-sq.-ft. first phase is expected to begin this summer and finish in November of next year.

Map: Paragon Outlet Partners

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Featured Posts
03/04/15 3:00pm

Single-Story Spread on 3.2 Acres in La Porte Stacks Up to $739K

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Homes for Sale, Interiors, La Porte
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This 2004 custom home with broad shoulders settles into 3 acres of land south of Spencer Hwy. in La Porte. It’s a Mediterraneanish spread that seems to have a thing for columns, posts, and pillars. A year ago, it debuted on the market at $749K, dropping slightly to $745K in May 2014 and $739K in February 2015. A week ago, a relisting by the same agent kept that final price point.

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Homes for Sale
07/20/09 12:16pm

Swamplot Price Adjuster: Hunter Green in Downtown Rosenberg

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Price Adjuster, Rosenberg
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The Swamplot Price Adjuster needs your nominations! Found a property you think is poorly priced? Send an email to Swamplot, and be sure to include a link to the listing or photos. Tell us about the property, and explain why you think it deserves a price adjustment. Then tell us what you think a better price would be. Unless requested otherwise, all submissions to the Swamplot Price Adjuster will be kept anonymous.

Location: 812 2nd St., Rosenberg
Details: 3-4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths; 3,793 sq. ft. on a 33,600-sq.-ft. lot. “Second home” on property “needs work.”
Price: $279,900
History: Listed since June 24th at the current price.

Declares the reader who’s nominating this property:

This house just went up for sale in Rosenberg’s downtown. The problem I have with it is that the listing seems totally incorrect, as there’s no way this is on 33,600 sf lot. The house, built in the 1920’s, can’t possibly be almost 4k sf either. I’ve driven around, looked at the arial view on Zillow from all sides, and I can’t picture it.

Even if it is a large lot, it’s surrounded by commercial property, with some kind of electrical grid (?) right behind it and public street parking right in front. The metal roof is sliding off in chunks, and you can see that from the bridge right behind it, where everyone can see the top of the house. Why is there a bridge? Because the railroad yard is right there! The so-called 2nd house on the property is very old rental units that look so diseased that the only option would be to tear it down. There’s no garage, so at least there’s be a place for one after that’s gone.

The appeal is lacking from the front no doubt, but the inside décor has that beat. Gold and hunter green don’t usually win the interior design popularity contests these days.

What would be a better price?

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New Construction
05/29/09 5:14pm

New Fat Kroger Twins

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Quicklink, Richmond, Rosenberg, Shopping Centers
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NEW FAT KROGER TWINS The largest Krogers in Texas will be opening late this year, 10 miles apart: “The 125,000-square-foot Kroger Marketplace stores, which will both feature the same layout, will be located in Brazos Town Center in Rosenberg and at Waterside Marketplace in Richmond. . . . [Kroger’s Gary] Huddleston says the Brazos Town Center store, located at U.S. Highway 59 and FM 762 in Rosenberg, will primarily serve the Richmond/Rosenberg market, while the Waterside Marketplace location, at Grand Parkway and Mason Road in Richmond, will serve the Katy market. Both Kroger Marketplace stores will feature a Fred Meyer Jewelers’ store as well as a large home furnishing section with Ashley Furniture.” [Houston Business Journal]

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Institutional Buildings
07/21/08 11:34am

Coming to Rosenberg: 60-Acre Yoga Retreat

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Proposed Developments, Rosenberg
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Yoga Camp with Swami Ramdev at the George R. Brown Convention Center, July 2008

A groundbreaking ceremony was held Saturday for a $4.5 million yoga center on 60 acres in Rosenberg. Yoga guru Swami Ramdev announced the project on Wednesday during a 4-day-long yoga camp at the George R. Brown Convention Center.

The Press Trust of India reports that $4 million has already been raised for the project, including $2 million in 2 hours at a fundraiser held in Houston on July 18th:

The project includes a clinic to treat chronic ailments, housing for active seniors and retirees; a herbal garden, retreat centre, vedic Gurukul school for young children and a University.

Two people involved with the project said the center will open early next year.

Photo of Swami Ramdev yoga camp at George R. Brown: Keith Plocek, Houston Press

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Openings and Closings
07/15/08 11:39am

The Death of the Grande Mocha Frappuccino Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

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Quicklink, Rosenberg
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THE DEATH OF THE GRANDE MOCHA FRAPPUCCINO HAS BEEN GREATLY EXAGGERATED Those two or three Starbucks locations in Houston rumored to be closing as part of the coffee company’s 600-store nationwide shutdown? One of them’s in Rosenberg. That means only two Rosenberg Starbucks left! [Houston Business Journal]

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Land Development
10/04/07 12:34pm

Meanwhile, Way Way Way Outside the Loop . . .

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New Construction, Proposed Developments, Richmond, Senior Living, Sienna Plantation, Sprawl, Texas City
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Plan of Grandeur ParkHouston’s middle-age spread continues:

  • Just north of I-10 at the Grand Parkway, Kickerillo is starting a large residential development called Grandeur Park. It’ll be across the street from The Grand, Simon Property Group’s new mall. Homes there will cost 300 to 600 Grand.
  • Houston will soon stretch to Sealy:

    Silvestri Investments of Houston has purchased 1,375 acres just west of Firethorne, which is a mile south of Interstate 10 on FM 1463.

    The new owner will hold the land for future development.

    “With the historical trend of development in Houston, it was only a matter of time before someone purchased land in the next logical pattern of growth,” said Michael Carroll, president of Riverway Properties, who brokered the deal. The price was not disclosed.

  • Ross Perot Jr.’s Hillwood Development Company has bought Sienna Plantation South. What we’ll get there: about 7,000 single-family homes on the 3,827-acre site. Included in that total: 300 acres for offices and retail, 100 acres for schools and churches, and 1,000 acres of parks and open space. No breakdown available on the acreage of cul de sacs, lakes, or driveways.
  • The fourth Del Webb retirement compound in Texas will be near Richmond, at Highway 59 and Thompson Rd. Fifteen hundred homes on 500 acres. You’ll need to be at least 55 years old to live there, and drive at least 55 to get there.
  • It’s tough building slabs in Texas City:

    After what developers described as a “minor slowdown,” the 574-home Grand Cay Harbour project in Texas City is back on track.

    Persistent rain during the summer was part of the problem. But project manager Norman Reed didn’t elaborate about what other factors led to a long stretch of inactivity at the development. The project is on 250 acres beside Galveston Bay at the end of the Texas City levee system.

    And don’t you worry about flooding after the construction’s done. This gated community will keep out the tides, too.

Plan of Grandeur Park: Kickerillo Companies

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