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Jan
27
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Insight: Small businesses wanting to relocate in Houston are having a tough time. Here’s why.

For small businesses trying to relocate or expand in the Houston area, it’s a tough time to be looking. Houston’s retail occupancy rates hit a six-year high in 2022 — 94.7 percent, according to commercial real
  • Jason Baker
  • Houston Chronicle
Jan
27
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Willis ripe to expand retail

Restaurants, businesses and entertainment businesses could come to Willis as Houston-based Baker Katz has purchased 1.89 acres at FM 1097 at Canyon Falls Boulevard. The land sits near two residential developments: The Woodlands Hills and Moran
  • Jason Baker
  • Houston Chronicle
  • Willis
Jan
27
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Pandemic proves far from fatal for brick-and-mortar business

The pandemic was supposed to kill brick-and-mortar retail, which had struggled for years against online competitors. As stores shuttered and malls emptied, online shopping only became more entrenched, and customers only more accustomed to clicking, buying
  • Jason Baker
  • The Courier of Montgomery County
Jan
26

Willis expects financial boon from shopping center

Willis anticipates a boost of nearly $500,000 in monthly tax revenue spurred by a new grocery store opening in a shopping center that city officials have called “the largest development project.” The 200,000 square foot shopping
  • Jason Baker
  • Houston Chronicle
  • Willis
Jan
26

Willis expects financial boon from shopping center

Willis anticipates a boost of nearly $500,000 in monthly tax revenue spurred by a new grocery store opening in a shopping center that city officials have called “the largest development project.” The 200,000 square foot shopping
  • The Courier of Montgomery County
  • Jason Baker
  • Willis
Jan
26
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Willis ripe to expand retail

Restaurants, businesses and entertainment businesses could come to Willis as Houston-based Baker Katz has purchased 1.89 acres at FM 1097 at Canyon Falls Boulevard. The land sits near two residential developments: The Woodlands Hills and Moran
  • Jason Baker
  • Willis
  • The Courier of Montgomery County
Jan
22
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Someburger, Mod Pizza, Rakkan Ramen ink new leases

Someburger, a hamburger restaurant with locations in Baytown and the Heights, is expanding to Mont Belvieu. Somerealty purchased a 0.75-acre site on the northeast corner of Langston Drive and Edgeton Avenue in Mont Belvieu for the
  • Jason Baker
  • Ben Brown
  • John Frazier
  • American Family Care
  • EōS Fitness
  • The Houstonian News
Jan
17
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Inflation Deflation

Inflationary pressures are altering the retail development landscape It is not exactly breaking news to point out that inflation was one of the biggest economic storylines of 2022. At one point over the summer, the 12-month
  • Kenneth Katz
  • market trends
Jan
04
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Greatest Accomplishments of the Past Year

With a new year on the horizon, Commerce + Communities Today contributing editor Joel Groover asked eight decision makers from across the Marketplaces Industry to share their proudest moments from 2022, a year characterized by strong
  • Jason Baker
  • Brenham
  • Pecan Park Plaza
  • XTeam Retail