Forget another strip mall. Houston suburb has a $520M plan for a new town center

Two multimillion-dollar projects could transform vacant properties in a Southeast Texas city, turning empty lots into a sprawling new town center with sports courts, shops, housing and entertainment.

The Fulshear City Council discussed a proposed agreement Tuesday to develop and finance Fulshear Town Square, the mixed-use town center planned along FM 1093. A related project, Fulshear Village Luxury Lofts, is proposed for a separate property along FM 359 and would include apartments, townhomes and live-work units, together totaling roughly $520 million.

“Fulshear, citizens of Fulshear, City Council, this is your River Walk opportunity,” developer Joe Veytia said during Tuesday’s meeting, invoking San Antonio’s River Walk as he pitched the proposal. “That town center, it’s something different than all the other retail centers out there.”

What could be built?

The town center would feature the city’s first hotel, with Hallmark Hilton as a prospective tenant…

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