{"id":266137,"date":"2026-04-25T18:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T18:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/266137\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T18:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T18:35:13","slug":"uncertainty-over-future-of-northwest-mall-as-texas-high-speed-rail-could-be-in-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/266137\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncertainty over future of Northwest Mall as Texas High-Speed Rail could be in development"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Northwest Mall has been sitting empty for years, and now there’s movement of some kind out there.<\/p>\n

Near Hempstead Road and North Post Oak Road, there’s been chatter that something has been going on at the Northwest Mall that’s been sitting empty for nearly ten years.<\/p>\n

SkyEye was over the site of the former mall on Thursday, capturing images of crews working on the demolition of the building.<\/p>\n

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Through the years, people have confirmed to ABC13 that the abandoned Northwest Mall could become a train station for a high-speed rail from Houston to Dallas.<\/p>\n

REALTED: $64M grant pushes Houston to Dallas high-speed rail closer to reality, but still far from completion<\/a><\/p>\n

On Friday, Eyewitness News tried to get answers from anyone tied to the Northwest Mall or what could take the abandoned building’s place.<\/p>\n

The ABC13 team made calls and sent emails to developers, partners, and organizations tied to the once-proposed Texas High Speed Rail, since records show they’re the owners of the former mall’s site.<\/p>\n

There have been reports that the recent work happening here at this site could become a train station.<\/p>\n

It has Waller County Judge Trey Duhon, who is also the president of Texas Against High Speed Rail, very frustrated<\/p>\n

“Putting out this information that, for lack of better words, is propaganda…that they are close to starting construction or beginning construction, and this is the first step, ” Duhon said. “We’ve been fighting this for ten years now, and they continue putting out this garbage for lack of better words. It’s a lie. If they’re telling people that this project is moving forward, they’re lying to people and lying to their faces.”<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO: History of Texas bullet train project<\/a><\/p>\n

It seems no one wants to talk about what’s going on here at the Northwest Mall. It’s unclear why there’s so much secrecy.<\/p>\n

Eyewitness News even called someone with the Kleinheinz Capital group, the owners of the Texas High Speed Rail Project, but they told ABC13 they wouldn’t comment.
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