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Dining

Urban8 Isn’t Clear on the ‘Urban’ Concept

Not exactly walkable
By Tim Rogers |
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The image you see above is taken from Google Street View on the access road to the Sam Rayburn Tollway in The Colony. On the right there, you can see something still under construction called Urban8. It’s a food court with eight restaurants, and it officially opens at the end of this month.

Let me repeat that for those who might have been reading too quickly. It’s a food court. On the access road to a tollway. In The Colony. And it’s called Urban8.

Good job, people.

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