After five years operating in the Waterway Square district of The Woodlands, the Hubbell & Hudson Market will close its doors March 12. The closure will not affect the Hubbell & Hudson Kitchen location on Research Forest Drive, although the Bistro—located next to the Market—will undergo a significant expansion.
Kent Johnson, Hubbell & Hudson president and CEO, said the Market has not been financially sustainable since its inception in 2008 and will close March 12. A Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed Jan. 10 with the Texas Workforce Commission revealed 80 Hubbell & Hudson employees would be laid off as a result of the closure.
A letter from Johnson to the Texas Workforce Commission, Precinct 3 Commissioner James Noack and Woodlands Township Chairman Bruce Tough said the layoffs were expected to be permanent, attributing the closure to "current economic conditions."
"It has been a difficult decision to close the Market, a concept we believed could have been successful under different circumstances," Johnson said in an email. "In addition, being a sole-operation with limited buying power and the increased competition of other specialty food retailers in The Woodlands, made it evident that this decision must be made."
