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Howard Hughes Holdings broke ground on the highly anticipated Village Green at Bridgeland Central on Feb. 26. The 70-acre mixed-use project will be anchored by an H-E-B grocery store spanning more than 100,000 square feet, which is scheduled to open by the end of 2024.

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Howard Hughes breaks ground on HEB-anchored mixed-use project in Bridgeland Central

By Olivia Pulsinelli – Assistant managing editor, Houston Business Journal
Feb 26, 2024

Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HHH) broke ground on the highly anticipated Village Green at Bridgeland Central on Feb. 26.

The 70-acre mixed-use project is adjacent to the Grand Parkway and bound by Bridgeland High School Drive, Bridgeland Creek Parkway and Summit Point Crossing. It's part of the 925-acre urban core of the 11,500-acre Bridgeland master-planned community in Cypress.

Village Green will be anchored by an H-E-B grocery store spanning more than 100,000 square feet, which is scheduled to open by the end of 2024. Additionally, the mixed-use project will include more than 28,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space slated to be complete in spring 2025.

Marissa Moreau with Howard Hughes and Jacob Weersing with Capital Retail Properties will oversee retail leasing for Village Green. The goal is to "deliver a blend of premier national brands as well as a curated mix of homegrown local and Texas brands," The Woodlands-based Howard Hughes Holdings said.

Plans for Village Green — including a 49,000-square-foot, three-story office building — were first announced in October 2022. The office building, called One Bridgeland Green, will be the first mass timber office development in the Houston area. The project team includes San Antonio-based Lake Flato as the design architect, Houston-based Kirksey Architecture as the architect of record and Houston-based Tellepsen as the general contractor.

Howard Hughes will move its Bridgeland development office to One Bridgeland Green and also open a community welcome office there, Jim Carman, Houston region president at Howard Hughes, told the Houston Business Journal in 2022.

Although Village Green is slated to span 70 acres, the first phase will be on 23 acres, according to Bridgeland's website.

Meanwhile, the 925-acre Bridgeland Central urban core has been in the works for years.

“These developments take a lot of time. They're very large,” Carman said in 2022. “And thankfully, with the tremendous growth in the community over the years, Bridgeland Central is now ready to launch and to be an attractive destination for these retailers and these businesses to locate.”\