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| address = [[300 Meyerland Plaza Mall (Houston, Texas)|300 Meyerland Plaza Mall]]
| city_state = [[Houston, Texas]]
| opened = October 10, 1994
| closed = SeptemberAugust 331, 1997
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| next =[[Kmart 3909|Kmart #3909]]
|floor_area={{convert|107000108000|sqft|m2}}}}
'''Venture #139''', also known as the '''Meyerland''' Venture store, was a [[Venture Stores|Venture]] [[discount department store]] located at [[300 Meyerland Plaza Mall (Houston, Texas)|300 Meyerland Plaza Mall]] 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 or around October 10, 1994,<ref followedname=":0">[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KCH4c3VWGuudPBGYS1_xilRkI0v46TqWbW2JYaY7mks/edit#gid=0 byVenture] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref> with a formal grand opening ceremony on October 16.<ref>[https://archiveinfoweb.orgnewsbank.com/downloadapps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-article2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0D1C2A34C3EF45E0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A10EEA3FE61C5B8B0%2540EANX-houstonNB-chronicle174FCB490118A8F9%25402449642-october-16-1994-p-34_202210174985A0CFD86B9B%254010/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__October_16_1994__p34.pdfhlterms%3A Full-page advertisement], ''[[Houston Chronicle|''Houston Chronicle''Post]]'', October 16, 1994, p. 35AA-11.</ref> It was tied with [[Venture 143]] and [[Venture 131]] for the 10th Venture in the Houston area, and the 17th Venture in Texas. The store closed on or around SeptemberAugust 331, 1997.<ref>[https name="://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-august-24-1997-p-37_202210/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__August_24_1997__p37.pdf0" Advertisement], [[Houston Chronicle|''Houston Chronicle'']], August 24, 1997, p. 38A.</ref> Prior to Venture, the site was previously occupied by [[W.T. Grant]] (later [[Hancock Fabrics]]) and several smaller tenants.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KCH4c3VWGuudPBGYS1_xilRkI0v46TqWbW2JYaY7mks/edit#gid=0 Venture] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref>
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