Development Updates1. The Center at Pearland Parkway, a 165,000-square-foot shopping center, opened in Pearland in January 2015. Panera Bread and Pei Wei, which each opened in January, are the newest tenants in the center that includes Ross Dress for Less, T.J. Maxx and Petco.

Development Updates The Shops at Pearland Parkway opened across from The Center at Pearland Parkway.[/caption]

2. Across the street, tenants began opening in The Shops at Pearland Parkway in September. The nearly 15,000-square-foot shopping center includes Mattress One, Wingstop and an AT&T authorized dealership.

3. Texas convenience store chain Buc-ee’s will relocate a portion of its headquarters operation to Pearland from Lake Jackson in first quarter 2016. Located in the Pearland Town Center, the new 4,900-square-foot office will house about 20 human resources and legal function employees.

4. Tool-Flo Manufacturing, Inc.—a Houston-based manufacturer of products for the oil and gas, automotive, aerospace and medical industries—announced plans in May to relocate its headquarters to the Lower Kirby Urban District in Pearland. The 80,000-square-foot facility will also serve as a manufacturing and training center. International viral and cell therapy manufacturer Lonza Houston, Inc. will also add to development in Lower Kirby. Lonza is expected to open its new biotech facility in third quarter 2017.

Development Updates The Tannos Land Holdings retail center in Friendswood was completed in late 2015.[/caption]

5. Tannos Construction and Development, LLC completed Tannos Land Holdings in late 2015. The 9,000-square-foot center in downtown Friendswood features Anytime Fitness, Aria and Best Body in addition to a new office for Tannos Construction.

6. Memorial Hermann Pearland Hospital is expected to open in March on the health care system’s medical campus in the city. The $116 million, 250,000-square-foot facility will have 64 beds with infrastructure in place to expand to 128 beds. The hospital will employ 350 people.

7. After breaking ground in April 2014, Masa Sushi Japanese Restaurant opened in September. The 5,200-square-foot Japanese-French fusion eatery anchors a shopping center that includes Friendswood Modern Dentistry, which opened in mid-January. The accompanying retail building has more than 4,200 square feet of space.

8. Ground broke on Townes Square Center in Friendswood in mid-2015. After being approved for a $10,000 grant through one of the city’s economic incentive programs, RE/MAX Top Realty will renovate the existing 10,300-square-foot facility on-site and construct a new 9,300-square-foot, two-story office building.

9. Lifestyle Financial Advisors, Inc. was also approved for a Friendswood municipal grant worth $20,000. The nearly $2 million building, which began construction in 2015, will have 10,000 square feet of space and will be two stories tall. The development is expected to create 12 jobs.