From the cover
Changes underway at Missouri City intersection
BY KELLY SCHAFLER
Fort Bend Town Center
Two-minute impact
New retail tenants and restaurants are set to join the intersection of Hwy. 6 and Fort Bend Parkway Toll Road in 2024. Most businesses are coming in Phase II of Fort Bend Town Center, according to NewQuest’s release and previous Community Impact reporting. Data shows at least seven businesses opened in Phase II—in the northwestern corner—in 2023 alone, with four more confirmed to open in phases I and II. EoS Fitness has preleased space in Phase II and will open before the end of 2024, according to NewQuest’s release. Beauty retailer CoCo Bella will open in February in Phase I. Other developers are also eyeing the intersection due to the population growth happening in the area, Rodriguez said. The 1-mile area surrounding the development has seen a 24% population growth since the 2020 U.S. census, according to METRO data. “Fort Bend Town Center will be not only a major retail destination for residents, but will also serve as a transit-oriented mixed-use development with the addition of both residential units and new METRO Park & Ride facility,” NewQuest Senior Vice President Andrew Alvis said in an emailed statement.
TRAMMEL-FRESNO RD.
Opened in 2023 • Five Below • MOD Pizza • Olive Garden • Ulta Beauty • James Avery • The Joint Chiropractic • Cava Coming soon • Dollar Tree • EoS Fitness • McAlister’s Deli
Phase II
6
Coming soon • Coco Bella
Phase I (Completed)
Phase III
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SOURCE: NEWQUEST PROPERTIES/COMMUNITY IMPACT
What’s next
The context
Digging deeper
In addition to apartments, Phase III of Fort Bend Town Center will include a park and ride garage opening in 2025, METRO Public Information Officer Monica Russo said. “A significant number of Missouri City Park & Ride commuters take [the current route] to the Texas Medical Center,” Russo said via email. Additionally, NewQuest’s site plan shows Phase III will feature more than 509,000 square feet of retail space, but Alvis said details on when commercial construction will begin aren’t available. Upon completion, the center’s total retail space will be 1 million square feet. However, Rodriguez said the corridor’s growth won’t stop with Fort Bend Town Center. “We are talking to the folks that are looking to keep that expansion going,” he said.
More than 1,500 multifamily units are planned for the intersection, with hundreds set to break ground this year, according to informa- tion from Missouri City and developers. Rodriguez said the apartment growth is driven by employment and educational oppor- tunities and the area’s accessibility. “The amount of commuters who use [the toll road] allows for the density of traffic in and out of this corridor versus traffic in other corridors without a major highway,” he said.
To improve corridor accessibility, the FBCTRA finished a $43.4 million project extending the toll road from Sienna Parkway to Sienna Ranch Road on Nov. 3, said Lisa Castañeda, deputy operating officer with Mike Stone Associates. Design will wrap up in December 2024 on B3, the $19 million extension to the levee east of the Brazos River, with future plans to connect it to FM 2759, Castañeda said.
Segment B3
600 units
Skymark Development (north of Phase III) Breaking ground: TBA
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Completed
BRAZOS RIVER
250 units 670 units
Sueba USA (in Phase III) Breaking ground: late summer 2024
Levee
Dhanani Group (west of Phase I) Breaking ground: second quarter of 2024
Segment B4
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2759
SOURCES: HERMAN RODRIGUEZ, SUEBA USA/COMMUNITY IMPACT
SOURCE: FORT BEND COUNTY TOLL ROAD AUTHORITY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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