Venture 121: Difference between revisions

'''Venture #121''', also known as the '''Willowbrook''' Venture store, 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, followed by a formal grand opening ceremony on July 25.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111387509/the-galveston-daily-news/ Full-page advertisement], [[The Galveston Daily News|''The Galveston Daily News'']], July 25, 1993.</ref> The store was temporarily closed in March 1996 during a corporate reorganization,<ref>[https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-january-12-1996-p-50/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__January_12_1996__p50.pdf "2 Houston-area stores to close, Venture says."] [[Houston Chronicle|''Houston Chronicle'']], January 12, 1996, p. 2C.</ref> and re-opened on October 19.<ref>Reeves, Kimberly. [https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-october-9-1996-p-383/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__October_9_1996__p383.pdf "Venture reopens Oct. 19."] [[Houston Chronicle|''Houston Chronicle'']], October 9, 1996, p. 1 and [https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-october-9-1996-p-386/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__October_9_1996__p386.pdf p. 4].</ref> The store ultimately closed on August 27, 1997.<ref>[https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-august-24-1997-p-37_202210/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__August_24_1997__p37.pdf Advertisement], [[Houston Chronicle|''Houston Chronicle'']], August 24, 1997, p. 38A.</ref><ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KCH4c3VWGuudPBGYS1_xilRkI0v46TqWbW2JYaY7mks/edit#gid=0 Venture] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref>