Lakes of Bella Terra is surrounded by an exciting mix of amenities, great restaurants, entertainment venues, shopping and more. Whether you want to spend the day shopping or just need to pick up a few necessities, it's all right down the street such as the Shops at Bella Terra. And we're thrilled that a new luxury shopping center, District-West, is opening just 3 miles down the road next to the Westpark Tollway.

Here's the latest news on the development of District West, according to a recent article by the Houston Business Journal.

Construction has begun and leasing is heating up at District West, a 100-acre mixed-use development within the west Houston master-planned community of Parkway Lakes near the Grand Parkway. 

Locally based Parkway Lakes Development Inc. recently signed two restaurant tenants — Luna Y Sol and Los Cucos Mexican Café — and a ground lease for a 90-room hotel at District West, President Bobby Ferguson said. About 10 more leases are currently under negotiation, and construction work is already underway. 

All in all, District West will contain roughly 500,000 square feet of retail, restaurant, office, health care and hospitality developments. It'll cost around $250 million to develop District West, Ferguson said.  

Midtown’s Luna Y Sol will open its second location in a 4,500-square-foot space at District West, Ferguson said. The upscale Mexican restaurant will be one of up to five concepts in the development’s restaurant corridor. Luna Y Sol’s first location is at 2808 Milam St., suite G. 

Meanwhile, Los Cucos has leased 7,500 square feet on a pad site near the 42,000-square-foot Kelsey Seybold clinic that opened in 2016 on the west side of the development. The Mexican café currently has more than 20 locations in greater Houston, other Texas cities, Las Vegas and Utah. 

Houston-based Chodrow Realty Advisors represented Los Cucos in the deal, and Kristen Barker of Houston-based Wulfe & Co. is handling retail leasing for District West. Parkway Lakes Development is handling leasing for nonretail tenants.  

Additionally, Ferguson said that a ground lease for a small hotel has been signed. The 90-room hotel will sit on a 1.5 acres. Parkway Lakes Development is also in talks with a hospital that wants to build on 10 acres, and about 1,000 multifamily units are planned and under contract on three different tracts.

Construction has already begun on utilities, the previously announced 50,000-square-foot Star Cinema Grill — which is a year behind due to updates to the designs, Ferguson said — and the 15,000-square-foot Whiskey River, a country dance hall and grill. Construction will begin immediately for Los Cucos, Ferguson added. 

The 12-screen Star Cinema Grill is expected to open in early 2019, according to a May 2018 press release from the chain. The first phase of District West is expected to be complete in fall 2019. 

The entirety of District West should be complete within three to five years. 

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