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'''Venture #121''', also known as |
'''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 (Texas)|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> |
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==References== |
Latest revision as of 17:09, 3 June 2024
Venture #121 | |
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Store number | 121 |
Name | Willowbrook |
Location | Willowbrook Shopping Center |
Address | 17717 Tomball Parkway |
City | Houston, Texas |
Opened | July 19, 1993 |
Temporarily closed | March 1996 |
Reopened | October 19, 1996 |
Closed | August 27, 1997 |
Retail floor area | 96,000 square feet (8,900 m2) |
Next tenant | Kmart 3809 |
Coordinates | 29°57′29″N 95°32′51″W / 29.95799°N 95.54740°WCoordinates: 29°57′29″N 95°32′51″W / 29.95799°N 95.54740°W |
Venture #121, also known as Willowbrook, was a Venture discount department store located at Willowbrook Shopping Center, 17717 Tomball Parkway in Houston, Texas.[1] The store opened on July 19, 1993 as one of the first ten Venture stores in Texas,[2] with a formal grand opening ceremony on July 25.[3] The store was temporarily closed in March 1996 during a corporate reorganization, and reopened on October 19.[4] The store would close for good on August 27, 1997.[5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Venture Stores, Inc., Sales Taxpayer Search, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
- ↑ Narum, Beverly. "Venture puts pressure on discounters: Retail chain will open 6 stores here Monday." Houston Post, July 18, 1993, p. D-1 and p. D-7.
- ↑ Full-page advertisement, The Galveston Daily News, July 25, 1993.
- ↑ Reeves, Kimberly. "Venture reopens Oct. 19", Houston Chronicle, October 9, 1996, p. 1 and p. 4.
- ↑ Advertisement, Houston Chronicle, August 24, 1997, p. 38A.