NORTH HOUSTON TO RECEIVE FIRST WHOLE FOODS MARKET

HOUSTON — Houston-based Read King Commercial Real Estate has begun to develop a 40,443-square-foot Whole Foods Market. The store, which will be located at Louetta and Cutten roads in north Houston, will be the area's first Whole Foods store. The grocery chain will anchor the first phase of Vintage Marketplace, an 18-acre development within The Vintage, a 630-acre mixed-use development. Gensler Architects will design the new store, in addition to its 31,000 square feet of small shop space, and Arch-Con Corp. will serve as the project's general contractor. Read King was self-represented by Tony Patronella and Christie Amezquita in the land transaction. Read King worked directly with the seller, LCSE Limited Partnership. Amezquita also represented the landlord in the lease transaction with Whole Foods. Jeff Hayes and Tal McIver of New Quest Properties represented Whole Foods.