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Line 1: {{coord\|29.95779\|-95.54713\|display=title}}▼ ~~{{Automated article}}~~ {{Infobox Venture ▲\| coordinates = {{coord\|29.~~95779~~95799\|-95.~~54713~~54740\|display=inline,title}} \| name = Venture #121 \| image =File:willowbrook_venture.jpg \| storenumber = 121 \| storename =Willowbrook \| location =[[Willowbrook Shopping Center (Houston, Texas)\|Willowbrook Shopping Center]] ~~\| location =~~ \| address = [[17717 Tomball Parkway (Houston, Texas)\|17717 Tomball Parkway]] \| city_state = [[Houston, Texas]] Line 15 ⟶ 14: \| replaced_by = \| previous = \| next =[[Kmart ~~3809\|Kmart #~~3809]] \|temp_closed=March 1996\|reopened=October 19, 1996\|floor_area={{convert\|96000\|sqft\|m2}}}} }} '''Venture #121''', also known as '''Willowbrook''', was a [[Venture Stores\|Venture]] [[discount department store]] located at [[Willowbrook Shopping Center (Houston, Texas)\|Willowbrook Shopping Center]], [[17717 Tomball Parkway (Houston, Texas)\|17717 Tomball Parkway]] in [[Houston, Texas\|Houston]], [[Texas]].<ref>[https://mycpa.cpa.state.tx.us/staxpayersearch/processTaxpyer.do?tpNtrlId=2000160055748 Venture Stores, Inc.], Sales Taxpayer Search, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.</ref> The store opened on July 19, 1993 as one of the first ten Venture stores in Texas,<ref>Narum, Beverly. [https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0D1C2A34C3EF45E0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A10EEA3FE61C5B8B0%2540EANX-NB-1747345D05DD8065%25402449187-17469F8DCC43A50C%254062/hlterms%3A "Venture puts pressure on discounters: Retail chain will open 6 stores here Monday."] ''[[Houston Post]]'', July 18, 1993, p. D-1 and [https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0D1C2A34C3EF45E0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A10EEA3FE61C5B8B0%2540EANX-NB-1747345D05DD8065%25402449187-17469F8DCF90B03F%254068/hlterms%3A p. D-7].</ref> with a formal grand opening ceremony on July 25.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111387509/the-galveston-daily-news/ Full-page advertisement], ''[[The Daily News\|The Galveston Daily News]]'', July 25, 1993.</ref> The store was temporarily closed in March 1996 during a corporate reorganization, and reopened on October 19.<ref>Reeves, Kimberly. [https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0D1C2A34C3EF45E0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A14DB39C1C40322B4%2540EANX-NB-171AC8023B1F66D9%25402450366-171AB2F210B4B7C1%2540382/hlterms%3A "Venture reopens Oct. 19"], [[Houston Chronicle\|''Houston Chronicle'']], October 9, 1996, p. 1 and [https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0D1C2A34C3EF45E0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A14DB39C1C40322B4%2540EANX-NB-171AC8023B1F66D9%25402450366-17190CFEDB7DD59A%2540385/hlterms%3A p. 4].</ref> The store would close for good on August 27, 1997.<ref>[https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0D1C2A34C3EF45E0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A14DB39C1C40322B4%2540EANX-NB-1726057D6994000B%25402450685-1723EF8A10C402E0%254036/hlterms%3A Advertisement], [[Houston Chronicle\|''Houston Chronicle'']], August 24, 1997, p. 38A.</ref> '''Venture #121''' was a [[Venture Stores\|Venture]] [[discount department store]] located at [[17717 Tomball Parkway (Houston, Texas)\|17717 Tomball Parkway]] in [[Houston, Texas\|Houston]], [[Texas]]. The store opened on July 19, 1993 as one of the first ten Venture stores in Texas, followed by a formal grand opening ceremony on July 25. The store ultimately closed on August 27, 1997.<ref>Advertisement, [[Houston Chronicle]], August 24, 1997, page 38A.</ref><ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KCH4c3VWGuudPBGYS1_xilRkI0v46TqWbW2JYaY7mks/edit#gid=0 Venture] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets\|spreadsheet]].</ref> ==References==