Venture 125: Difference between revisions

'''Venture #125''', also known as the '''Almeda''' Venture store, was a [[Venture Stores|Venture]] [[discount department store]] located at [[Orange Grove Shopping Center (Houston, Texas)|Orange Grove Shopping Center]], [[11542 Gulf Freeway (Houston, Texas)|11542 Gulf Freeway]] 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 closed on or around September 3, 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>