A growing community with an eye to the future, La Marque offers a coastal, family-friendly atmosphere, ideally located on Interstate 45, just minutes from Houston and Galveston.
La Marque is the geographic center of Galveston County. It is the ideal location for growing families and business expansion, with easy access to I-45, beautiful neighborhoods, parks, churches and new schools under construction. La Marque is experiencing a housing boom with a 31 percent growth rate from 2010 to 2020. More than 18,000 people call La Marque home.
The Emmett F. Lowry flyover area is nearly complete, and once finished, it will revitalize a gateway into the city of Texas City. With a total of 14.3 miles of I-45 frontage property, the city of La Marque anticipates that the expansion will have a vast positive impact on the city, putting long-established businesses on display and enticing new businesses to the city. The city and EDC teamed up with landscape architects to create a true sense of place along the miles of frontage that stretch through La Marque.
In 2021, Amazon opened its first 180,000-square-foot delivery station in Galveston County at 4975 Gulf Freeway. In La Marque, one of the prime commercial corners is the intersection of Interstate 45 and FM 1764, where Sam's Club anchors a 50-acre retail development and Walmart Supercenter, along with about 20 other local and national businesses and restaurants, including Jersey Mike's and Panda Express.
Name-brand hotels and restaurants serve vacationers and visitors for lodging and conference-stay needs. The city's location offers an easy commute to Galveston Island, Kemah Boardwalk, NASA Space Center and Houston. A selection of RV Resorts round out the overnight stay options.
The outdoor center of Gulfway Plaza offers an excellent combination of national retailers, locally owned and operated boutiques, shops and dining options, including Barcenas, Boot Kikkers Bingo, Dollar Tree and Serious Tackle. Texas Parks and Wildlife, Barcena's Mexican Grill and Sweet Treats operate from Gulfway Plaza.
Downtown La Marque, dubbed the Renaissance District, stretches down Laurel Street from Bayou Road to Yupon Drive and First Street to State Highway 3. Revitalization efforts on the city's historic east side continue with significant streetscape improvements. The newly renovated 401 Laurel building is restaurant ready with a $1 million exterior remodel and is home to Art of Coffee, a locally owned coffee and art gallery concept with several locations across Bay Area Houston. These improvements will make the area more walkable, bikeable, and pedestrian friendly. Innovation Safety Solutions and Choice Analytical join Kin-Tek Labs as downtown La Marque continues to draw industrial support businesses and global headquarters. Longtime businesses, including Albrecht Construction, Alex's Air, Benito's Mexican Restaurant and Crescent Electric, continue to thrive in the Renaissance District. New businesses, including Small Events and El Lugar Event Center, are building their business downtown.
La Marque, Economic Development Corporation, works to attract more businesses, restaurants and beautification efforts to the area. Improving the Renaissance District is a priority for the City of La Marque, including planting trees, creating pocket parks and hosting community events.
New home construction continues in Borondo Pines, Saltgrass Crossing, Delany Cove, Painted Meadows and Trails at Woodhaven Lakes. But, the growth isn't only on the west side of town.
The east side of La Marque is home to established neighborhoods with big lots and tree-lined streets. There were 250 recent home starts in La Marque on the east side alone. Residential lots that have sat undeveloped for decades are transforming into beautiful new homes.
Trails at Woodhaven Lakes is the newest development in La Marque and will feature a single-family neighborhood, active senior cottages, and a resort-style assisted living facility. The 83-acre development aims to provide a blend of different housing types designed to allow family members of different generations to live near each other. There will be approximately 246 single-family homes, 22 "cottages" geared toward active adults, and a 9-acre, 160-unit, resort-style retirement community all within the same development. A 3.5-acre commercial reserve on the corner of Delany and Texas Avenue will be able to accommodate a future restaurant, retail, medical or other commercial uses as the rooftops continue to grow exponentially in this area. The development will bring about 70 full-time jobs to the City of La Marque, ranging from managerial positions to nurses, caretakers, maintenance personnel, cooks, and the like. No medical procedures will be performed in this community, as it is not a nursing home. The developer hopes and complete construction in 2023.
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