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| name = Venture #121
| image =File:willowbrook_venture.jpg
| storenumber = 121
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|temp_closed=March 1996|reopened=October 19, 1996|floor_area={{convert|96000|sqft|m2}}|caption=Under construction in 1993}}
'''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,<ref>Narum, Beverly. [https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-post-published-as-the-houston-post-july-18-1993-p-63/News_Article__Houston_Post_published_as_The_Houston_Post___July_18_1993__p63.pdf "Venture puts pressure on discounters: Retail chain will open 6 stores here Monday."] ''[[Houston Post]]'', July 18, 1993, p. D-1 and [https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-post-published-as-the-houston-post-july-18-1993-p-69/News_Article__Houston_Post_published_as_The_Houston_Post___July_18_1993__p69.pdf p. D-7].</ref> 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, and reopened 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>
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