New development makes waves in Webster From the cover
The big picture
Webster's development Now open 1
There are nearly 20 completed or ongoing developments in or near Webster.
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17 The Heart Hospital at HCA Houston Clear Lake 2 UTMB Health Clear Lake Campus Hospital 3 Topgolf | Webster 4 Cinemark NASA and XD 5 Hilton Garden Inn Houston/Clear Lake NASA 6 SpringHill Suites by Marriott Houston NASA | Webster 7 Great Wolf Lodge | Webster 8 Chicken N Pickle | Webster 9 Main Event | Webster Coming soon 10 Sunset Amphitheater 11 Gauchos Do Sul 12 Ale & Ivy 13 IKEA 14 Sprouts 15 Slick City Action Park Expansion 16 HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake
Driving south of I-45, visitors encounter development around Baybrook Mall, new hotels and increased retail along NASA Parkway, and early infrastructure work tied to the Flyway district, an 80-acre hub planned to combine entertainment, dining and hospitality uses. While the city is just under 7 square miles in size and has a population of 12,500, Webster sits along a “prime position” of the I-45 Gulf Freeway corridor, which encounters about 250,000 vehicles that travel daily, according to city documents. With the city of Webster being about 80% commercial, strides have been made to support regional destination development, Webster Marketing and Tourism Specialist Katie Vela said. “Webster’s approach evolved from a clear understanding of our commercial footprint and where we are positioned regionally,” Vela said. “We are a predominantly commercial city with limited undeveloped land, so being strategic about how and where we grow has always mattered.” Just outside of Webster sits Baybrook Mall, NASA’s Johnson Space Center and Midline—a 1,600-acre master-planned development slated to start bringing 2,800 single-family homes this
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How we got here
Gulf Freeway opens 1972: Clear Lake Hospital opens on Medical Center Boulevard in Webster 1978: Baybrook Mall opens in Friendswood 2008: Medical Center expands from Live Oak Street to Orchard Street, allowing openings of new medical offices.
2019: Costco and American Furniture Warehouse open 2017: Gulf Freeway expands to 10 lanes in Webster with a plan to stretch the expansion to Galveston with a slated completion in 2029. 2016: Project Genesis opens for Odyssey Park and Costco, which opened in 2019, with Genesis Boulevard.
2023: Shops at Baybrook opens at the intersection of Gulf Freeway and Bay Area Boulevard, offering retail options, such as Shake Shack, Velvet Taco and Ethan Allen, among others. 2024: Great Wolf Lodge opens, and Flyway begins picking up with openings of Chicken N Pickle and Vida Mariscos. Midline and IKEA break ground
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Timeline of Webster’s major development
SOURCE: CITY OF WEBSTER/ COMMUNITY IMPACT
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