The Old Kroger on Hwy 6 Goes Back to Groceries on November 19
November 12, 2026
November 12, 2026
The big box at the back of Market at First Colony, 3665 Hwy 6, covers 64,169 square feet on 5.6 acres. It was built in 1987, renovated in 2014, and fronts Hwy 6 near Settlers Way Boulevard, a short drive from Sugar Lakes. It started out as a Kroger. In 2014 Bisnow reported that Floor & Decor had leased 65,000 square feet there to backfill the former Kroger. For about ten years, the biggest building in the center sold tile and hardwood.
On Thursday, November 19, it sells food again. H Mart opens at 10 a.m. that day with an 11-counter food hall inside. The food hall is what sets this tenant apart from the box's earlier grocery years. For the first time in a decade, the center's anchor gives people a reason to come for a meal as well as an errand, and it opens in a center that already has a good number of places to eat.
These details come from H Mart's November 5 announcement and the Houston Chronicle's report the next day:
At 14 hours a day, seven days a week, the store will be open 98 hours a week. That covers an early start before work and a late stop after a weeknight game. H Mart's store locator shows the Sugar Land store as "Coming Soon" until opening day.
The food hall is the part that changes how the building gets used. A grocery store is a weekly trip. A food hall with eleven counters can be lunch on a Tuesday or a casual dinner when nobody wants to cook. Here is the lineup from H Mart's November announcement, with each counter described the way the company describes it:
| Counter | What it serves |
|---|---|
| Paik's Noodle | Korean-style Chinese cuisine |
| Tosokchon | Authentic Korean food |
| Sogongdong Tofu Village | Authentic Korean food |
| Dduk Dabang | Korean street food |
| G.O.L.D Dumpling | Authentic Chinese food |
| Puradak Chicken | Korean fried chicken |
| Kumo | Japanese food, including katsu and ramen |
| Wok Bar | Malatang and Korean-style Chinese cuisine |
| Cam On | Vietnamese food |
| Tous Les Jours | French-Asian bakery |
| Hey Yogurt | Beverages and desserts |
Six of the eleven counters lean Korean, which fits a chain that began in Queens in 1982, according to Community Impact. The others cover Chinese dumplings, Japanese katsu and ramen, Vietnamese food, a bakery and a dessert bar. A table of four could each order from a different counter and still sit down together.
G.O.L.D Dumpling joined in the November announcement. Earlier coverage, including the Chronicle's October 13 story, named ten food-hall brands.
H Mart arrives in an occupied center. The center's owner, Perform Properties, lists 35 tenants anchored by T.J. Maxx. It calls H Mart the center's new "shadow anchor" and reports average occupancy of 93.9 percent over the last ten years.
Many of those tenants serve food or drinks, and several of them complement what opens inside H Mart:
Once the food hall opens, the center will hold Vietnamese, Japanese, Indian, Cajun, Korean and Chinese food within one parking field, along with two specialty grocers. That is the real change at this address. One trip can include the weekly shop, a pastry from Tous Les Jours, and a stop at T.J. Maxx, First Colony Florist or Pedal Hut, all without moving the car.
The same list shows the center's other tenants: The Little Gym of Sugar Land, Bollywood Dance Studio, IQ Learning, AFC Urgent Care, Bright Eye Care & Vision and an H&R Block office. These businesses depend on weekday visits. An anchor that draws people at lunch and dinner every day of the week brings more traffic past their doors than a flooring store did.
The center has nine driveways. Perform Properties lists six entrances from Hwy 6 and three from Williams Trace Boulevard. The anchor box itself has 288 parking spaces. Hwy 6 carries about 67,660 vehicles a day along this frontage, and Settlers Way about 8,867.
The grand opening starts at 10 a.m. on a Thursday. Anyone who wants a quieter first visit can choose from the other 97 hours the store is open each week.
Until now, Fort Bend shoppers had to drive farther for an H Mart. The chain's store finder lists Houston-area stores at 9896 Bellaire Blvd., 1302 Blalock Rd. and 23119 Colonial Pkwy. in Katy. Sugar Land becomes the fourth, and the first in the city.
Mayor Carol K. McCutcheon welcomed the store in remarks reported by the Houston Chronicle: "H Mart brings a wonderful addition to our retail offerings, giving residents greater access to Asian foods and products."
Floor & Decor did not leave Sugar Land. Community Impact reported in June 2024 that the store would move about 3.8 miles to 7120 Cotesworth Ave., at The LaVance at Telfair, alongside Starbucks, Genova Nails, Parry's Pizzeria & Taphouse and Independent Bank. The flooring store moved to a newer center at Telfair. The Hwy 6 box goes back to groceries, the use it had as a Kroger before 2014.
The center's owner reports average occupancy of 93.9 percent over the last ten years, and its largest space has now been filled. When a box like this sits empty, the smaller tenants around it lose the steady foot traffic an anchor brings. When it is filled by a grocer with a food hall, the anchor gives people a reason to visit several times a week instead of once in a while.
On Hwy 6 between Settlers Way and Williams Trace, that is what opens on November 19. It is a grocery store, a lunch counter and a bakery in the same building, inside a center that already had pho, kolaches and frozen yogurt.
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