Comments on: Washington Heights Walmart Companion Strip Stand-Ins: No-Names, Off-Brands, and Imports

By: hisper

hisper — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:23:14 +0000

I’ve never seen such a bitter, negative group of people as most of the commenters here are. Pathetic.

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Couldn’t your comment be considered bitter and negative? Welcome to the club Nancy, we’re glad to have you!

By: Nadine

Nadine — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:15:19 +0000

@Nancy Goff
I love reading the swamplot comments! Its pretty much tongue in cheek humor that goes right over your head or are you just a nay-sayer wet blanket type of person that’s always grumpy? You go be happy and have that glass (or bottle) of wine at the new soon to be wine bar next to the soon to be new Walmart. Better hurry, as we all know in a short time all Walmarts smell like cat pee and french fries!

By: lauren

lauren — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:33:42 +0000

what I don’t get there is a target across the way. i just built 500k home in the heights do u think I wanna step on a McDonald bag when I get out of my bmw? no one likes a walmart bc it brings trash but at the same time we all love to shop there. bottom line the heights has nothing hopefully it will bring a beer bar like whole foods!!!!

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:35:52 +0000

Jeez, Nancy, don’t read the comments if you don’t like them!

For the record, CITYCENTRE is doing quite well. Expansion plans are not “in the works,” rather, they’ve broken ground on a 3rd and 4th office tower building (1 building, 2 towers). An 11,000 square foot flagship Urban Outfitters just opened, Olive & Vine is awesome (locally-owned specialty foods shop), Elaine Turner just opened, etc. So there is more retail moving in all the time. They’re at 100% office capacity, 94% residential rental capacity, and something like 70% restaurant/retail capacity. I would consider that a success. And before anyone starts hating, I also consider the Heights Wal-Mart an ugly disaster, so I’m normally not into that sort of thing. CITYCENTRE is an exception for me. I didn’t want to like it, but I totally like it.

By: Mel

Mel — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:30:27 +0000

Thank you, Nancy!

By: Cody

Cody — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:50:42 +0000

That’s a pretty bitter and negative thing to say

By: Hellsing

Hellsing — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:48:21 +0000

The one on Dunvale was my one and only Walmart experience some years ago. I needed Sudafed before meeting some friends at the movies, but there was a free-range toddler with her pants down doing her business in the decongestant aisle. That was enough for me.

By: Nancy Goff

Nancy Goff — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:28:55 +0000

I’ve never seen such a bitter, negative group of people as most of the commenters here are. Pathetic.

By: Sadz

Sadz — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:56:35 +0000

@Janice – I remember shopping at the Walmart at Dunvale at Westheimer when it was brand new and shiny, just like the one at Silber. It took less than a decade for it to dissolve into it’s current state. Gross during the day, overcrowded, and too frightening to visit after dark. Your Jaguar and your bicycle rides would not blend there today.

While I hope that’s not the fate of the new one on Yale, it seems an inevitable pattern… and one that Walmart doesn’t seem interested in cleaning up.

By: RHP

RHP — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:19:52 +0000

RiceMilitaryBoy, that by far is the stupidest comment on this thread. The influx of people to the central and near-north area is going strong. All that development is going to continue, particularly because the cost of oil/gas isn’t going to go down significantly. The inner loop is booming, or haven’t you heard? New shopping and restaurants will continue to come into the area to accomodate all the new folks. The Heights and West End had zero commercial and it is catching up, as it always does. You build it, they will come and in this case, much new housing was built and now the commercial is coming, no end in sight!

And that is just the way it is. Nobody or nothing can stop it. Peaking, puh-leese!

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:57:16 +0000

Given that the 130,000sq.ft Target down the street is perpetually busy I would say that the community has already pretty clearly shown that large big box retail is acceptable in this area. Having said that I do wish they would make the strip centers show a better face to Yale.

By: ricemilitaryboy

ricemilitaryboy — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:19:05 +0000

So much hand-wringing over a store! Washington Avenue’s already peaking, and will be full of boarded up resturants and bars in a couple of years. The Heights will one day be covered in badly built townhomes, just like here in Rice Military.

All that will remain is Wal-Mart.

It’s just the way it is. Nobody or nothing can stop it.