Dirt is moving (and excitement is building) for the new Heights H-E-B

2300 N. Shepherd Drive via Google Maps

The city’s newest H-E-B is looking like more of a reality.

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According to Swamplot, construction is under way at the store, located at 2300 N. Shepherd Drive.

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This comes nearly one year after Heights-area voters approved a modification to dry-zone prohibitions–allowing H-E-B to green light a store there.

Fencing surrounding the property is up between 23rd and 24th streets, trailers are visible, and a groundbreaking is marked for Oct. 24.

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The two-level store will hover above a parking garage.

The news comes one week after the San Antonio-based grocer announced it would shutter a Hurricane Harvey-damaged store in Meyerland–but vowed to reopen nearby.

 

 

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