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'''Venture #135''', also known as '''N.W. Freeway''', was a [[Venture Stores|Venture]] [[discount department store]] located at [[Northwest Freeway Shopping Center (Houston, Texas)|Venture Shopping Center]], [[12005 Northwest Freeway (Houston, Texas)|12005 Northwest 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 25, 1994,<ref>[https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-july-23-1994-p-197/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__July_23_1994__p197.pdf "Business news: Venture opens store on Northwest Freeway."] [[Houston Chronicle|''Houston Chronicle'']], July 23, 1994, p. 6.</ref> with a formal grand opening ceremony on July 31.<ref>[https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-july-31-1994-p-67/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__July_31_1994__p67.pdf Full-page advertisement], [[Houston Chronicle|''Houston Chronicle'']], July 31, 1994, p. 5C.</ref> The store closed on or around August 31, 1997.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KCH4c3VWGuudPBGYS1_xilRkI0v46TqWbW2JYaY7mks/edit#gid=0 Venture] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref>