Pearland - Friendswood Edition | March 2025

Development

BY JAMES T. NORMAN

The new Pearland Asian Town development is likely to have its rst of two buildings completed in the summer, with ocials looking for businesses to be set up by the later part of the year. The development, totaling nearly 12 acres, will include two buildings. One will total about 52,000 square feet and the second about 76,000 square feet, said Peter Wood, developer and CEO of Pearland Asian Town. Work on the project began in July, Wood said. Pearland Director of Communications Josh Lee conrmed the city won’t oer any assistance to the development. Pearland Asian Town to be done in late 2025

Harris County ocials on Feb. 11 broke ground on a new $5 million project at Challenger 7 Memo- rial Park in League City. The full story The project, according to county documents, will take place in three dierent areas: • Boardwalk area , which will include replacing the current boardwalk with a new, improved one • Trailhead and boat ramp area , which will include installing a new trailhead and repurpos- ing the existing boat ramp • Playground , which will include renovating the current playground with new equipment Diving in deeper The cost for the project totals $5.3 million, Challenger 7 park to get $5M revamp

Existing trail New trail and drainage improvements A look at Challenger 7 Memorial park

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Looking ahead

Existing amenities

Existing amenities receiving improvements

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Wood said the development has conrmed several businesses, including a supermarket, a bakery, a tea house, a Korean barbecue restaurant and a sushi spot. “I don’t know how many businesses there will be,” Wood said. “Some may be small or big.” Citing demographic studies, Wood said he felt the spot in Pearland was perfect to meet the needs of a large Asian community in town. Wood said he expects the smaller building to be completed in June or July and the second, larger building to be ready in September or October. Once those are complete, businesses will start moving in around the end of the year.

1 Challenger 7 Memorial 2 Pond 3 Memorial Knoll 4 Wetlands 5 Learning center

6 Mother Earth Eco Sculpture 7 Playgrounds

8 Boardwalk 9 Boat ramp

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SOURCE: HARRIS COUNTYCOMMUNITY IMPACT

RENDERING COURTESY PEARLAND ASIAN TOWN

which will be paid for by the county with the help of a $1.5 million grant from the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Alonzo Guadarrama, special projects specialist for Harris County Precinct 2, said in a Feb. 11 email. The rest, $3.8 million, will come from the county. Ocials expect construction to begin in the rst quarter of 2025 and take about a year to complete, county documents show.

$1M project led with TDLR for new restaurant

128K total square feet in size

16% Asian population in Pearland

21 miles away from closest Asian market

SOURCES: PEARLAND ASIAN TOWN, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATIONCOMMUNITY IMPACT

A new trailhead is among the many upgrades coming to Challenger 7 Memorial Park.

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