Venture 121
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 |
Next tenant | Kmart #3809 |
Coordinates | 29°57′28″N 95°32′50″W / 29.95779°N 95.54713°WCoordinates: 29°57′28″N 95°32′50″W / 29.95779°N 95.54713°W |
Venture #121, also known as the Willowbrook Venture store, 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, followed by a formal grand opening ceremony on July 25.[2] The store was temporarily closed in March 1996 during a corporate reorganization,[3] and re-opened on October 19.[4] The store ultimately closed on August 27, 1997.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Venture Stores, Inc., Sales Taxpayer Search, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
- ↑ Full-page advertisement, The Galveston Daily News, July 25, 1993.
- ↑ "2 Houston-area stores to close, Venture says." Houston Chronicle, January 12, 1996, p. 2C.
- ↑ Reeves, Kimberly. "Venture reopens Oct. 19.", Houston Chronicle, October 9, 1996, p. 1 and p. 4.
- ↑ Advertisement, Houston Chronicle, August 24, 1997, p. 38A.
- ↑ Venture spreadsheet.