Long before office towers and shopping centers spread across west Houston, a cluster of towering silos served as a storage hub for the region’s largest grain processors. Now those forgotten agricultural relics could become a new kind of landmark along Katy Freeway.
Houston developer Moody National plans to transform the 132-foot-tall concrete structures on Shadowdale Drive into the centerpiece of a new waterfall feature similar to the Galleria’s Waterwall. The silos would anchor a broader 17-acre mixed-use project called Silo Village near the intersection of Beltway 8 and Interstate 10.
Moody is the latest developer to repurpose Houston’s aging grain silos, following projects such as The Dryer in Katy and Sawyer Yards near Washington Avenue. These projects are part of a wave of industrial conversions across Houston over the past decade, as developers increasingly view the city’s industrial past as an asset rather than a liability…