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HOUSTON — Daiso California LLC has signed its first lease for retail space in the Houston area, where the company plans to open 12 stores in the next two years. Japan-based Daiso Industries Inc. designs and manufactures private-label products, offering more than 90,000 items ranging from $1.50 to $10 in its stores. Daiso has jump-started its push into Houston with a 10,998-square-foot lease in Mason Park Shopping Center at 501 S. Mason Road in Katy. Currently, five other leases are at various stages of negotiation. Heather Nguyen and John Nguyen of Houston-based NewQuest Properties are Daiso’s tenant representatives in Texas.