Target to Open at Former Houston Sears Site

A new 129,490-square-foot, ground-up Target store is slated for 4000 N. Shepherd Drive in Garden Oaks, Houston. The new $19.1 million store is expected to break ground in April 2026 and be completed in March 2027.

The site is where a Sears store once stood (photo). The store was demolished in recent years and closed in 2020. It opened in 1949 and had been in operation for more than 70 years before shuttering in 2020 as part of a wave of Sears closures. The Sears stores at Willowbrook Mall in northwest Houston and Deerbrook Mall in Humble also closed.

RSP Architects is set to design the new store.

The Houston Business Journal reports that Target bought the property from Lamasar Capital, which acquired the 11.7-acre property with financial support from Summit Capital and Delta LP.

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