CityCentre

[eastsider]

The Midway Cos. is set to begin work on CityCentre, a ten acre urban style mixed-use project that will replace the former Town & Country Mall. The $500 million project at I-10 and Beltway 8 will be made up of buildings ranging between 2 and ten stories in height that will be centered around an one acre plaza. It will consist of residential, office, hotel, retail, restaurant, and entertainment uses and will be opening in phases over 2008 and 2009.

Some features of the project include:

665 residential units

• 375 apartments

• 250 urban lofts

• 40 brownstones

  Hotel Valencia - 217 rooms with 16 condos

  Studio Movie Grill - 9-screen movie theater with dining during shows

  Lifetime Athletic - 3-story, 140,000 sf fitness center

  Retail - 400,000 sf including

  • Sur La Table

  • Sunglass Hut

  • Papyrus

  • Lucy

  Restaurants:

  [*]Eddie V.'s

  [*]Z Tejas

  [*]Taco Milagro

  [*]RA Sushi

  [*]Brio Tuscan Grille

  [*]Chipotle

  [*]Potbelly Sandwich Works

  Houston Chronicle: Suburban space meets urban style

  Houston Business Journal: Midway discloses CityCentre components

[brijonmang]

Interesting that they call it CityCentre when it's on the beltway. Either way, this project will hopefully clean up the area and bring some new development in this under-utilized area of town.