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'''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 TheVenture storeStores, openedInc.], onSales orTaxpayer around October 10Search, 1994 asTexas oneComptroller of threePublic storesAccounts.</ref> toThe openstore thatopened dayon foror aaround totalOctober of10, 114 overall1994, andfollowed wasby tied with [[Venture 143]] and [[Venture 131]] for the 10th Venture in the Houston area. Aa formal grand opening ceremony was held on October 16.<ref>[https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-october-16-1994-p-34_202210/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__October_16_1994__p34.pdf Full-page advertisement], [[Houston Chronicle]], October 16, 1994, pagep. 35A.</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 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]], August 24, 1997, pagep. 38A.</ref> Prior to Venture, the site was previously occupied by [[W.T. Grant]] 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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