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The first Globe Discount City opened in Houston in November 1960 by United Mercantile Inc. United had formed earlier in 1960 to operate the existing seven-store chain of Danburg's Department Stores which had existed since the 1930s and the forthcoming big-box Globe retail locations – the first three of which were each built with over 100,000 square feet of space. [2]
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In 1931 he moved to Houston by buying the stock of a bankrupt army-surplus store known as Crawford-Austin and liquidated its inventory. He discovered in the process that sporting goods, especially fishing and hunting supplies, sold well. In 1933, he opened the first Oshman Outdoor Store, [3] in Downtown Houston at Capitol and Fannin. Founded as ...
In 1983, the Circle K Corporation bought all of the stock of Utotem Inc. for 225 million dollars from American Financial Corporation, and in 1984 rebranded the stores as Circle K stores. Herb Ralston was an early partner. Ralston made history when he designed, built and opened the first convenience store in the United States that also offered gas.
"We have 2,000 to 3,000 people a day in this one store," B & E Salvage grocery owner, Hugh Hartford says. B & E Salvage sells items that have been taken off the shelves of main markets.
After the destruction of the vacated JCPenney in May 2010, a movie theater was built opening on the anchor pad, with a connection into the mall. [21] Lacking the promised, unified refresh of Greenspoint Mall combined with high crime rates resulted in escalating vacancies. In May 2010, Sears announced that its store at Greenspoint Mall would ...
History of Houston County, Tennessee 1871 - 1996 - History and Families. Nashville: Turner Publishing Company (1995). Nashville: Turner Publishing Company (1995). ISBN 1-56311-194-2
Almeda Mall is a shopping mall located in the Southeast Houston neighborhood of Genoa on Interstate 45. The mall opened in 1968. [1] The anchor stores are dd's DISCOUNTS, and 3.6.5. One vacant anchor store was once Burlington. [2] The other was Macy's, closing in 2025. [3] The mall has 782,353 square feet (72,683.0 m 2) in leasable space. [4]