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Greentown Labs Houston

Imported, unreviewedReinhabitedRetrofit builtHouston, TX

Completed retrofit of former supermarket into climate tech incubator; no further action needed. · summary, model-written

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Place

3+ other atlas sites within 10 km

This site: 11 within 10 km computed · all sites with this

County permitting 2,000+ apartment units a year

This site: 8,623 units, Harris County census-bps · all sites with this

Strategy

Reinhabited

This site: …climate technology and sustainable energy incubator with office space, labs, and community spaces. record · all sites with this

New use

Office

This site: …climate technology and sustainable energy incubator with office space, labs, and community spaces. newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

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Now

Status	Retrofit builtnewtypes-extraction reported
Strategy	ReinhabitedWikipedia no source
New uses	office, otherWikipedia no source
What is there now	climate technology and sustainable energy incubator with office space, labs, and community spaces.newtypes-extraction reported
Retrofit year	2021newtypes-extraction reported
Redeveloper	Greentown Labsnewtypes-extraction reported

Site context

Housing permits, Harris County (TX), 2024	8,623 units in 5+ unit buildings, 1,226 in 2–4, 20,087 single-family; 2023: 13,263 in 5+Census BPS
Other atlas sites nearby	11 within 10 km, 18 within 25 km: Georgian apartments (0.0 km); Power Center (0.0 km); Park Eight Master Plan (0.0 km); Ion (3.1 km); River Oaks Shopping Center (4.0 km)computed
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	210,476 jobs in 13,134 establishments; average annual pay $44,568; employment location quotient 0.87; employment -0.8% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	71,374 jobs; 179 in retail trade, 2,427 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 48201980700)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 40th income percentile as adults; 2.9% incarcerated at the 2010 count (85 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	not a low-access tract at 1 mile; 0% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 16.0%; median family income $217,273; 157 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Houston Independent School District (PK-12); 4 public schools within 1 mile: HARRIS COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER; KINDER H S FOR PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS; SCHOOL FOR ACCELERATED LRN; HERITAGE CLASSICAL ACADEMY SCHOOLNCES EDGE
Elevation	36 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	489 county-logged events: 176 thunderstorm wind, 143 hail, 92 flash flood, 33 tornado; $10,324,991,000 property damage reported; 54 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 77002, 2026-09	median list price $273,725 (-8.8% on the year); 88 active listings; median 69 days on market; 21% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	13,613 establishments (+8%); 213,745 jobs (+11%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $276,524 (-2% 1 yr, +11% 5 yr); typical rent $1,583/mo (-0% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	13,363 vehicles a day (minor arterial, 4 lanes); 30 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Former Fiesta Mart supermarket (40,000 sq ft) closed in 2020. Greentown Labs retrofitted it in 2021 as a climate technology incubator with office, lab, and community spaces. The project is complete (status: built).

Why. The site was repurposed under the 'reinhabit' strategy. It is located within 3.1 km of the Ion development (built) and 4.0 km of River Oaks Shopping Center (operating).

Where it stands. No further development is needed (retrofit already built). Housing market shows stable growth (ZHVI up 11.3% over 5 years). Retail establishments increased 7.5% from 2012–2023 in Harris County.

For a planner

Adjacent to active retail (River Oaks Shopping Center) and proposed master plans (Park Eight).
Traffic: Minor arterial road with 4 lanes (13,363 ADT).

For a developer

No active opportunity (retrofit complete).
Peer comparison: Ion (3.1 km away) is a similar reinhabited project in Houston.

What we do not know yet

Occupancy rate unknown.
No data on current tenant mix or revenue.
County growth rate (3.4%) cited but not explained in record.

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Similar sites

Ion, Houston, TX · Big boxes · closed 2018; same strategy: reinhabit; also in TX
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Circuit City, Portland, OR · Big boxes · similar GLA (33,300 sq ft); same strategy: reinhabit

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retrofit already built
county grew 3.4% 2018–23

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History and original facts

Closed	2020newtypes-extraction
Gross leasable area	40,000 sq ftnewtypes-extraction reported
Anchors	Fiesta Mart
County	Harris County
Census division	7 · West South Central
Notes	Draft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: A former 40,000 sqft Fiesta Mart supermarket in Houston was retrofitted by Greentown Labs into a climate technology and sustainable energy incubator, opening in 2021 after a $10 million renovation.

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Timeline

2020 Greentown Labs announced plans for incubator
2020 Plans confirmed to retrofit former Fiesta Mart
2020 Building construction began
2020 Closed
2021 Incubator opened
2021 Retrofit: reinhabit

Sources

Ion District · CC BY-SA 4.0
5 quoted sentences
Greentown Labs Houston
Greentown Labs announced plans to open a second incubator in Houston
In September 2020, the firm confirmed plans to retrofit a former Fiesta Mart store
building construction began the following month.

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Greentown Labs Houston, Houston, TX." Record n-7759283ae9, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/big-box/tx/houston-greentown-labs-houston/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_houstongreentownlabshouston,
  title = {Greentown Labs Houston, Houston, TX},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/big-box/tx/houston-greentown-labs-houston/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-7759283ae9, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}

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