Debra Davison, mayor of Manvel, Texas, notes with pride that her town is about to arrive: In just a few weeks, it will welcome its first Starbucks. The 10,000-person community south of Houston largely consists of people who work in the Texas Medical Center, about a 30-minute drive away. Residents drive to Pearland, to the northeast, for their groceries, as the only food retailer in town is a dollar store. Within its city limits, Manvel has no real business hub or even a Main Street, merely a smattering of restaurants along Highway 6 and some scattered mom-and-pop shops. 
But that is about to change. And a new Starbucks is just the start of the development coming Manvel's way in 2022.At the end of the year, the area will see the new Manvel Town Center, a Weitzman-developed retail center set to encompass a whopping 1M…  Read the full story here. | | |
