Nearly three years have passed since drivers first entered the Tomball Tollway—the tolled portion of Hwy. 249—yet commercial development continues along the Hwy. 249 corridor in southern Tomball.
Between the Grand Parkway segments F-1 and F-2—which opened to drivers in February 2016—and Spring Cypress Road, numerous restaurant, retail and office spaces have opened along Hwy. 249 in 2017. More facilities are slated to open in the area this year, including office parks, retail centers, Restaurant Depot—a wholesale food service supplier—and the Honda of Tomball dealership.
“There aren’t many areas in Houston like this Hwy. 249 corridor,” said Jonathan Hicks, senior vice president and market leader at SRS Real Estate Partners. “You have a lot of houses already built, you have high incomes, and you have houses continuing to be built.”
Hicks is developing the Shops at Spring Cypress, a proposed retail development on Spring Cypress Road.
The number of commercial building permits issued for new structures along heavily traveled thoroughfares in the 77377 ZIP code, which encompasses part of the Hwy. 249 corridor, increased from four permits in 2014 to about 17 permits in 2017, according to data from the Harris County Engineering Department. About
35 additional permits were issued to commercial tenants in 2017 as well.