toucan alley

This center is Beautiful, they have ocean views and has many great tenants, right on the Kemah Boardwalk. The center is 90% occupied and the remodel is beautiful.
The building has new owners and is great for shopping.

This is a great place for business services, but has been a disaster for retail and restaurants. In the last few years, I have seen almost 50 establishments come and go in this building. Some left on their own, but most either went belly up or were evicted. I got to know almost all of them and the Texas Store, Central Park Hot dogs, Pier Treasurses, etc… all kind of told me the same thing… that the landlord makes Leona Helmsly look like a saint… The rents are ridiculously high and the nutty landlord would not allow them to have banners or bandit signs. The café on the second floor was great, but couldn’t get any foot traffic because the «insane» landlord wouldn’t allow him to have banners. No one could find his restaurant… Studio Fit was doing well and expanded to another suite and then the landlord made her remove her bandit signs and shortly after that it was bye bye Studio Fit. Currently, most of the building seems empty… could it be the absurdly high rents or maybe the lack of banners… Twisted Sister seems to be the last hold out retail shop in the building… I urge you to rush to this shop, because, one, it is great, and two,…who knows how long they will last… Twister Sister will not say anything bad about the management, half of her store is shared with the landlord… The poor people who owned the Texas Store really got screwed. They were evicted, because they didn’t want the landlord to start repairs until they had a chance to see the damage from Hurricane Ike. The landlord put the eviction notice up before they could return from the evacuation. She said she evicted them for inhibiting her repair efforts after the storm…
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