Venture 135: Difference between revisions

'''Venture #135''', also known as the '''N.W. Freeway''' Venture store, 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> followed by 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> It was the seventh Venture in the Houston area, and the 14th Venture in Texas. 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>