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    hipster H-E-B on Wash Ave

    H-E-B rolls out highly anticipated new mixed-use 'hipster' store in Buffalo Heights

    Holly Beretto
    Oct 9, 2019 | 9:31 am

    The new Buffalo Heights H-E-B, which opened on October 9,marks a series of firsts for the grocery company that first got its start outside San Antonio more than 100 years ago.

    It will be the first of the Texas chain's stores to be in a mixed-use development that includes residential and office space — the new spot is adjacent to an apartment complex and an office suite. It's made a commitment to environmental sustainability, installing technology that allows it to reduce its waste from refrigeration and help save the planet.

    When it debuted to media on October 8, the 96,000-square-foot store was an oasis of everything H-E-B loves to embody: Texas products, friendly team members who were happy to show off the new space, and a host of amenities made with the members of the Washington Avenue corridor in mind.

    A part of the community
    Store general manager Donna Theriot has been with H-E-B for 13 years, and this is her second store opening.

    "I'm so excited to be here and looking forward to being part of the neighborhood," she tells CultureMap. "This community is such a huge part of Houston, and the way it's grown has been amazing. The arts district is over here, we're looking forward to working with parks and recreation on projects. This is really one of the best places in Houston and it's incredible to be here."

    Artsy atmosphere
    Incorporating community into the store was vital to the planning process. Like its Bellaire and Heights counterparts, Buffalo Heights has the work of local artists throughout the space, anchored by "Sluice." and installation by Flying Carpet Creative.

    The wall sculpture is inspired by the fresh produce found in abundance at H-E-B and takes its name from an interesting hybrid citrus variety. A flock of juicy disks flies through the foyer, gushing from the origin on the wall. The artwork is made with upcycled and repurposed materials.

    And the foyer's hanging color drops are disks of once-molten plastic, discarded from a Houston industrial casting facility, and now have a second life in this art application. The sculpture’s bright skin and pulp is constructed from wood that was saved from going to the landfill and painted by H-E-B Partners (the term the company uses for its employees) earlier this year.

    A "hipster store" for the new Houston
    As H-E-B continues its march inside the Loop, the company's president, Scott McClelland, tells CultureMap the move has forced it to think differently about its spaces.

    "You're seeing us go vertical," he says, moving away from the idea of a large store with a large parking lot. "This is the first store we've had with both retail and residential space attached to it. We wondered, when we began building inner loop stores how people would respond to our ingress and egress issues, and we worked to make our parking garage lighting inviting, and give thought to the sizes of parking spaces. The result has been tremendous."

    McClelland is excited to see how Buffalo Heights' personality reflects that of its neighborhood.

    "This is the hipster store," he quips. "We have a lot of younger people living in the neighborhood, younger families who haven't started to have children yet. What are their needs? And how can we meet those? I think they'll see immediately that we've worked to cater to their lifestyle."

    Salad bar sensation, simple meals, and more
    Among those amenities designed with busy young professionals in mind is a massive salad bar, boasting something in the area of 60 items. It will be open for breakfast from 6 am to 8 am, and become a hub for lunch and DIY dinners after that.

    Adjacent to the space is a huge section of H-E-B's popular Meal Simple offerings, allowing shoppers to pick up a kit to cook themselves or a series of proteins and pastas and veggies to design their own easy-to-make lunch or dinner. And McClelland promised something else that should resonate with the urban professionals who should make the new store their shopping destination.

    "We've got a serious coffee bar," he says. "And craft beer and wine were incredibly important to us as we put this concept together. I really think the community will see its needs and wants reflected here."

    He also said he loves the idea of having his office on the third floor of the development's office space.

    Going green
    As if all that weren't enough, H-E-B made a commitment to sustainability in the new store. The Buffalo Heights location received a gold-level award from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) GreenChill Partnership for green refrigeration technology. As part of the GreenChill Partnership, H-E-B continues its path to adopt more environmentally friendly refrigeration technologies, strategies and practices that will reduce refrigerant emissions and their impact on the environment.

    And earlier this year, store partners joined forces with local residents to help clean up debris along Buffalo Bayou. And at the store's media opening event, H-E-B presented a check for $10,000 to the Buffalo Bayou Partnership, in praise of their efforts to continue turning the lazy brown waterway that gives Houston life into a showplace for walking, biking, paddling, and other recreation.

    A neighborhood gathering spot
    The new H-E-B should bring to Washington Avenue the kind of experience-based shopping so popular among Millennials and young professionals. Between the healthy offerings in the salad bar, the curated selections of Texas-made products, the focus on well-selected beers and wines, and the ease of Meals Simple, the store is likely to hit a lot of sweet spots.

    Beyond that, there's an inviting patio that's the perfect place for lunching or sipping wine, and the store is an easy walk to area apartments. But for all that, it's still a large H-E-B, with virtually everything shoppers could ask for. In a city that's getting ever more living density, having a store like this in a place like Buffalo Heights is sure to be another win for the community.

    The sleek fish market.

    H-E-B Buffalo Heights Houston Fish Market
      
    Photo courtesy of H-E-B
    The sleek fish market.
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    eyes on the road

    5 Houston highways rank among deadliest roads in America, per report

    Amber Heckler
    Jun 12, 2025 | 9:30 am
    I-45 Houston downtown
    Photo courtesy of TXDOT
    I-45 is in the hotseat again.

    Heads up to Houstonians commuting on the city's freeways: Five busy Harris County highways were just deemed among the deadliest roads in the country, with I-45 in Houston ranking as the deadliest road in Texas. That's according to a new study based on the latest National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data.

    The study, commissioned by Santa Ana, California-based company Future Bail Bonds, compared fatal crash data across 96,000 U.S. roads from 2019-2023. The top 150 "deadliest" roads were ranked by the total number of fatal crashes that occurred during the five-year period.

    The No. 1 deadliest road in America is I-15 in San Bernardino County, California, the study found. The interstate, which runs from Southern California to Las Vegas, experienced the highest rate of deadly car crashes from 2019-2023 with 196 crashes.

    For comparison, I-45 in Houston had 88 fatal vehicle wrecks during the same time period to rank as the 16th deadliest U.S. road and No. 1 deadliest in Texas. Considering that tens of thousands of people drive the road every day, a fatal crash is relatively unlikely, but the data underscores the need for drivers to remain aware of their surroundings at all times.

    The crowded highway stretches from Dallas to Galveston, and the I-45 North Freeway earned its own spot on the list as the 124th deadliest U.S. road. I-45N experienced 44 deadly crashes between 2019 and 2023, the report said. I-45's controversial expansion project between downtown Houston and the north Sam Houston Tollway (and portions of connecting freeways) also earned it a new reputation as a "freeway without a future" by the activist group Congress for the New Urbanism.

    Elsewhere in Harris County, I-10 ranked as the 22nd deadliest U.S. highway on the list with 76 fatal crashes during the five-year span. It was dubbed the third most fatal Texas highway, with I-35 in Austin splitting up the two Houston roads as the second deadliest statewide.

    "From 2019 to 2023, motor vehicle crashes claimed 186,284 lives across 96,257 roads in the United States, underscoring the persistent danger on American roadways," the report said.

    Two more Houston highways ranked much farther down the report, but still remained among the top 150 deadliest U.S. roads: FM 1960 ranked 114th on the list with 45 fatal crashes, and I-610 ranked No. 131 with 43 fatal crashes.

    Nine other Texas roads that were deemed the deadliest in America with the highest rates of fatal vehicle crashes from 2019-2023 include:

    • No. 23 – I-30 in Dallas County (76 crashes)
    • No. 27 – I-410 in Bexar County (73 crashes)
    • No. 32 – I-10 in El Paso County (69 crashes)
    • No. 63 – I-20 in Tarrant County (56 crashes)
    • No. 66 – I-820 in Tarrant County (55 crashes)
    • No. 115 – SR-12 in Dallas County (45 crashes)
    • No. 130 – I-35 in Bexar County (43 crashes)
    • No. 132 – I-635 in Dallas County (43 crashes)
    • No. 141 – I-10 in Jefferson County (42 crashes)
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