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A few months after abruptly shutting down operations in the Rio Grande Valley, McAllen-based homebuilder Obra Homes appears to have quietly abandoned its Houston-area business as well, leaving one Rosenberg subdivision littered with empty slabs.
So where the heck is Obra Homes anyway? A model home here at this subdivision is empty and closed, and the company’s attorney tells us no more Obra homes will be built here at the Trails at Seabourne Park subdivision. . . .
The company’s huge showroom on 290 looks like a ghost town. And according to a sign on the window, Obra Homes was locked out for failing to pay rent.
This office building on 290 says “Obra Homes” in big letters. but go inside and there’s no mention of the company.
The homebuilder’s attorney tells Fox 26 reporter Randy Wallace that there is no Obra Homes office. But there is a phone number!
Photo of 5010 Cottage Creek Ln., The Trails at Seabourne Park, Rosenberg: HAR
Read more about: 77469, Homebuilders, Master-Planned Communities, Openings and Closings, Rosenberg, The Trails at Seabourne Park
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
Read more about: 77469, 77471, Institutional Buildings, Proposed Developments, Rosenberg
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]
Read more about: 77471, Openings and Closings, Rosenberg
