City Centre Continues to Drive Development in West Houston

HOUSTON - Just a few years ago Town and Country sat at the crossroads of Interstate 10 and the Sam Houston Tollway, major North-South and East-West corridors that could potentially funnel two million people to the site within 20 minutes, adjacent to one of the wealthiest ZIP codes in Texas.

What emerged in mid-2009 was CITY CENTRE, a distinctive mixed-use development that has drawn upscale retail shops and world-renowned restaurants, plus corporate tenants and discerning individual residents.

In the intervening three years, the site has become a hub for unprecedented real estate growth in west Houston — and has even become a locational marker in itself.

The development isn't slowing down. Since January, Kendra Scott has opened a second location of her jewelry boutique there, Texas de Brazil churrascaria has made its Houston debut and Baby, go green, an eco-friendly kids store from Houston mom Debra Ibáñez, made a jump from a web shop to its first brick and mortar.

More tenants are slated to open by the end of the year, from concept restaurants like Grub Burger Bar, Seasons 52 and Salata, to designer women's boutique bevello, to stylish home goods and furniture shop Z Gallerie. Dryden Kreps, a purveyor of contemporary men's clothing, is also planning an expansion of its existing space this summer.

CITY CENTRE FOUR, a six-story, 132,500-square-foot Class A office building at 840 West Sam Houston Parkway N, will open this summer with upscale steakhouse The Capital Grille among its ground floor tenants, opening later this year.

This fall, Midway will break ground on CITY CENTRE FIVE, another Class A building with 195,000 square feet of office space over ground floor restaurant and retail space. Plans for the eight-story structure incorporate parking and three floors with 20-foot ceilings. The last developable tract is at the northern gateway of the property, adjacent to The Tasting Room, where Luby's currently stands.

On the residential side of things, The Brownstones at CITY CENTRE from Carmel Builders is approaching build-out while another project, Ascent at CITY CENTRE, is expected to debut in January 2014. The 160-unit multifamily community has been designed by Steinberg Design Collaborative and Kathy Andrews Interiors with the sophisticated tenant in mind.