KATY, Texas (Covering Katy News) — A groundbreaking ceremony is planned for April at The Green at Katy Park, a new 46-acre shopping and dining destination coming to the northwest corner of Morton Road and Katy Hockley Cutoff Road. It will be across the street from the H-E-B shopping center and Katy Park.
The development will feature more than 60,000 square feet of shops and restaurants, plus 13 additional freestanding building sites. At its heart will be a roughly 10,000-square-foot open-air plaza surrounded by five buildings with large patio restaurants and some second-floor retail. The plaza will include a children's play area and host outdoor concerts and movie nights, according to managing partner Cort King.
The retail center will also connect to a nearby 3-mile trail system that winds around a 50-acre detention pond park adjacent to the property.
Read King has already signed a handful of leases but is declining to name tenants before the April groundbreaking. Tenants both signed and in lease negotiations include a mix of sit-down and fast-casual restaurants for what King is calling a "restaurant village," fast-food restaurants, fitness concepts, hardware and pet stores, and medical offices, King told the Houston Business Journal.
"Just hitting all the categories to serve this area of Katy that doesn't really have a lot of retail, restaurant and grocery amenities," King told the Houston Business Journal. "For these north side Katy residents, really to go to restaurants, you have to cross I-10 to go to Katy Mills mall (or) LaCenterra in Cinco Ranch."
The Green is the second phase of a larger development called Katy Park. Just across the street on the northeast corner, The Market at Katy Park is already open and anchored by an H-E-B that drew more than 2.5 million visits last year, according to tracking data cited by Read King. Other tenants there include McDonald's, Mavis Tire & Brakes, Tune-Up Manly Salon and Jersey Mike's Subs.