Katy residents could see six proposed charter amendments in the May 3 election including some related to term limits and the mayor’s powers.

NewQuest is building a 750,000-square-foot project with retail, apartments, medical office and restaurants along Texas Heritage Parkway west of Houston.

When complete, the Texas Heritage Marketplace will include 750,000 square feet of retail and restaurants and 550 apartments in two communities.

Elsewhere, NewQuest has started construction on The Grand at 249, a 65-acre, 404,000-square-foot retail center at the intersection of state Highway 249 and the Grand Parkway in Tomball. Alvis expects the first tenants to open there this year.

The $400 million development is anticipated to have more than 1 million square feet of retail, restaurants, medical office space and self-storage. Retail chain Target will be its anchor tenant.

Locally based brokerage firm Oxford Partners has negotiated a 12,899-square-foot office lease renewal in West Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 11511 Katy Freeway, which was built in 1978 and renovated in 1996,

Houston Shaolin Kung Fu Academy's lion dance team will be performing throughout the week, helping usher in good luck and prosperity for the New Year.

January typically marks the slowest month of the year for the restaurant industry. Houston winters are especially tough for business; they're an ugly marriage of cold temps, wet weather, and overcast skies.

Deputies responded to reports of an active shooter at a Katy Walmart Monday afternoon, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.

GOGO Charters, which began renting out charter buses in major U.S. cities in 2012, is planning daily bus routes between Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth as well Houston and San Antonio, with in-between stops in Katy and The Woodlands.

A D.C.-based luxury charter bus company plans to expand its intercity services across Texas and the country over the next two years.

GOGO Charters, which began renting out charter buses in major U.S. cities in 2012, is planning daily bus routes between Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth as well Houston and San Antonio, with in-between stops in Katy and The Woodlands.