HomeMy WebLinkAboutEconomic Development News-City Publications-11/1/2012Economic Development News From The City of Colleyville, Texas November 2012
Colleyville Back Filling Empty Big Box Spaces
The vacant Kroger and Borders Books & Music are once again
vibrant, bustling retail destinations in Colleyville, thanks to the opening
of a new Walmart Neighborhood Market and JumpStreet. The empty
big box spaces are being back filled because Colleyville has what the
retailers are looking for in the way of space and demographics.
Walmart Neighborhood Market opens in
Colleyville
Walmart has opened a new Neighborhood Market in the Colleyville
Plaza Shopping Center, 4904 Colleyville Boulevard. The site is a
former Kroger store which Walmart purchased earlier this year.
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Walmart has invested in Colleyville by making numerous
improvements to the property, including
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upgrades to the building facade as required
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by the City Council for approval of their
special use permit.
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Overview
The new 52,618 square foot Walmart Neighborhood Market is
permitted for beer and wine sales. The Colleyville location is one of
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three Walmart Neighborhood Markets that opened in North Texas in
the fourth quarter of 2012. The other new stores are in Plano and
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Carrollton.
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JumpStreet hops on Colleyville bandwagon
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JumpStreet Indoor Trampoline Park of Colorado has opened its 10th
Occupancy
location nationally in Colleyville at the site of
the vacated 23,000 square foot Borders
Home Based Businesses
Books & Music, 5615 Colleyville Boulevard,
Suite 100. JumpStreet will eventually
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include its own Which Way Pizza restaurant,
Beverages
located in the former Seattle's Best Coffee
area that was inside Borders. Which Way
Pizza has a separate entrance to the exterior
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of the building so that customers can dine at
the restaurant without entering the
trampoline park. JumpStreet is a family
Tim Crawford
business owned by and
Marty Brooks
of Denver. After its opening
in September, JumpStreet officials told the
city that Colleyville had the best opening attendance numbers among
all of their other locations.
www.gotjump.com
NutriShop selects Colleyville
A NutriShop Sports Nutrition & Weight Loss
Superstore has opened at 5615 Colleyville
Boulevard in Colleyville's Town Center.
NutriShop has more than 100 locations
across the U.S. and is one of the fastest
growing retail nutrition chains today.
Ryan Latham
NutriShop store owner ,
pictured here, said Colleyville's upscale,
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affluent demographic made the city an easy
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site selection.
www.nutrishopusa.com
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Colleyville welcomes Home Theater
100 Main Street
Technologies
Colleyville, TX 76034
Home Theater Technologies, which handles sales, design, installation
817.503.1060 direct
and service for home and corporate theater
817.503.1159 fax
systems, relocated to Colleyville from
neighboring Keller. The new home theater
design and technology center is located in
2,760 square feet of space at 6100
Colleyville Boulevard. The location is also
headquarters for Home Theater
Technologies' two affiliated companies,
Automated Home Technologies and
Westbrook Infinite Solutions. Colleyville City
Council members voted to award a $15,000
matching grant to Home Theatre
Technologies to assist with relocation and tenant improvements.
www.hometheatertechnologies.com
Colleyville gets creative with "Cash Mob"
Coming to
ICSC Dallas
In a show of support for local retailers, the City led the way to create
C-STARR (Colleyville Services to Support
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Restaurants/Retail), a partnership involving
the Economic Development Department
Marty Wieder, Economic
and the Colleyville CloseBuy program, in
Development Director of
conjunction with the Colleyville Area
Colleyville and Jennifer
Chamber of Commerce, and SCORE. Their
Fadden, Colleyville's City
latest initiative is a "cash mob" that
Manager, would like to
descends on local retailers when they least
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expect it. The Colleyville Cash Mob
about the retail sites and
operates like the social media-driven "flash
big box redevelopment
mobs." In an organized fashion the Cash
opportunities that
Mob unexpectedly appears at a Colleyville
Colleyville has to offer.
restaurant or retail establishment to support
The Cash Mob was here!
the business by making purchases and
The Cash Mob was
Marty will be at ICSC
creating a scene of excitement.
introduced this fall when the
Dallas in booth 549 from
group besieged Mooyah
3 to 4 on Wednesday
"We want to show our businesses our
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and on Thursday either
appreciation, and we want them to know
Marty or Jennifer
that we're glad they're here, that we support them," commented Marty
Fadden will be in the
Wieder, Colleyville's Economic Development Director, "
booth from 9 to 5.
Sales Tax revenues remain strong
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meeting with Colleyville
Colleyville's October sales tax revenues are the highest sales tax
allocation ever received in this same month. The General Fund sales
at ICSC Dallas now
tax is up 15.37% ($28,958) from revenues reported for the same time
by calling 817.503.1060
period last year. Year-to-date, the General Fund sales tax is up
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8.99% ($209,940). In Tarrant County, all cities are up an average of
1.94%.
Colleyville hometown retail hero
Anna Phillips, The Lash Lounge
Photo courtesy of Dallas Business Journal
Anna Phillips
Congratulations to , founder and owner of The Lash
Lounge, for all of your growth, success and
media attention. Six years ago, Anna started
her specialized beauty boutique in Colleyville
and has grown the businesses nationally
with franchising opportunities. There are
currently six Lash Lounges in D/FW and
franchises in Houston, Austin and
Scottsdale, AZ. By this year's end, Anna
expects 10 Lash Lounge locations to open.
"Colleyville has played a huge part in
the success of The Lash Lounge."
- Anna Phillips
The Lash Lounge focuses on eyes by offering eyelash extensions,
eyebrow tinting, lash perming, permanent makeup and other beauty
services for women's eyes.
www.TheLashLounge.com
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