{"id":385566,"date":"2026-07-24T21:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/385566\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T21:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:26:08","slug":"houstons-first-thursday-boots-co-location-to-hit-the-ground-running-with-construction-plans-bellaire-meyerland-west-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/385566\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston&#8217;s first Thursday Boots Co. location to hit the ground running with construction plans | Bellaire &#8211; Meyerland &#8211; West University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Construction of Houston\u2019s first Thursday Boot Co. location, a retailer specializing in leather footwear and apparel, is anticipated to begin in early August, co-founder and executive chair Connor Wilson confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Per a filing from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tdlr.texas.gov\/TABS\/Search\/Project\/TABS2026025475\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation<\/a>, the 2,625-square-foot storefront will occupy a property along Kelvin Drive in Rice Village.<\/p>\n<p>How it started<\/p>\n<p>Thursday Boot Co. was founded in 2014 by Wilson and his business partner, Nolan Walsh, who serves as its current CEO and acting creative director.<\/p>\n<p>Together, the pair created a footwear brand\u2014which later expanded to jackets, bags and other accessories\u2014centered around \u201ctimeless\u201d shoe styles built with durability and comfort in mind, Wilson said.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s craftsmanship is shown in its extensive offerings of booties, sneakers, loafers, heeled shoes and even western-style boots for men and women. These shoes are handcrafted from ethically sourced materials obtained from around the world, including partners across North America and Europe, according to its <a href=\"https:\/\/thursdayboots.com\/pages\/our-product\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Among the different types of materials available, customers can purchase shoes finished with Thursday Chrome, a combination veg-chrome tannage option developed in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/lefarc.com\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Le Farc Tannery<\/a>, or WeatherSafe Suede, which is designed to keep the wearer\u2019s feet dry in wet conditions, per website details.<\/p>\n<p>How it\u2019s going<\/p>\n<p>Wilson noted that construction plans aim for the new location to be open by October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had amazing support from customers in the Houston area and are thrilled to offer the option to shop in-person,\u201d Wilson said in a statement via email to Community Impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Construction of Houston\u2019s first Thursday Boot Co. location, a retailer specializing in leather footwear and apparel, is anticipated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[37016,277,6708,56,58,57,135966,2563,135969,135968,135967,135965],"class_list":["post-385566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-apparel","tag-fashion","tag-footwear","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-leather","tag-new-business","tag-new-storefront","tag-premium-materials","tag-retail-store","tag-thursday-boots-co"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}