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March 2, 2020 | by
Reviewed by real estate expert Michael Colacino
Houston’s Chinatown district is located in the south west part of the heavily populated Texas city. This multi-ethnic area is a terrific place to enjoy dining on different cuisines, from Chinese food to Vietnamese or Korean eats, and is also blessed with tons of great shopping everywhere. As a result, commercial real estate is growing in demand in the area.
While many people might assume Chinatown is relatively small, like some of the more compact, urban Chinatown areas in cities such as New York City, Washington D.C., and Philadelphia, Chinatown Houston is more expansive, with a total area of more than two square miles. According to Wikipedia, the area is “roughly bounded by Redding Rd and Gessner Rd to the East, Westpark Dr. to the North, Beltway 8 to the West, and Beechnut St. to the South.”
Some people actually refer to this Texas Chinatown as “Asiantown,” since it is a district that not only features Chinese culture, but also reflects the cuisines and cultures of many other Asian nations.
In addition to its many restaurants, Houston’s Chinatown has karaoke bars, clothing shops, and massage businesses, to name a few. Visit Houston’s guide to this neighborhood has numerous excellent recommendations for visitors, including the Hong Kong City Mall for avid shoppers, Saigon Pagolac for great pho, and Asian Heritage Tours for getting an extensive taste of the local cultures.
As one of the most vibrant communities in Texas, Chinatown Houston is drawing new companies and businesses that are looking for commercial real estate properties in the area, whether it’s to open a retail storefront or an office.
Bellaire Boulevard is a major thoroughfare in Chinatown Houston, running through a few different parts of Houston. Therefore, Bellaire Blvd is a prime place for commercial real estate seekers to look for properties, especially if they want to increase the likelihood that their business will be easily visible and reachable for visitors to the Chinatown district.
One of the most common ways for people to find out what properties are available in Chinatown, Houston, TX is to simply use the popular Google search engine. If you enter a search for “Chinatown Houston TX” or “Southwest Houston,” you should be able to quickly bring up a number of results from various commercial real estate listings websites.
Commercial real estate listings websites such as ours, will list properties in the Chinatown and southwest Houston area that show photos of properties for rent, along with key data like the property’s address, price, square footage, number of rooms in the building, and so on. If you want to narrow your results down (for instance, if you only want to see properties of a particular size), many property listings sites provide search filters that you can use to pull up listings that meet your criteria.
Be aware that if you are specifically interested in viewing commercial properties in Chinatown, Houston, TX, you should also specify “commercial real estate” in your Google search terms. Otherwise, you will end up getting lots of listings for homes in residential areas.
When you search for Chinatown Houston commercial real estate, the listings that come up will include photos, information about the square footage of the property and the land, and of course the price. You can filter for the type of commercial space, whether it is industrial (for factories or farms, for example), office (for a corporate headquarters or retail business, for instance), medical, flex space, or even just land only.
Chinatown Houston commercial real estate listings also tend to include a Google map data embedded, so that viewers can quickly and easily discover exactly where in Chinatown or the south west Texas area the industrial, medical, or office building is located.
Online real estate searching can be a bit exhausting sometimes. The search for properties available can be overwhelming as you are looking through pages and pages of listings of properties.
Many property seekers break through the noise by turning to a commercial real estate broker for assistance in the search. Real estate professionals have better knowledge and tools at their disposal that they can use to help you target the exact types of office spaces that interest you without you having to waste so much time poring through irrelevant internet listings.
In addition to having the relationships and information that make it easier to zero in on the ideal building, a commercial real estate broker will also be better equipped to walk you through the lease, terms, financing, and other aspects of real estate leasing.
A commercial real estate broker from the Houston area would also be much more likely to have the inside track about Chinatown, helping to ensure you have all the important information you need about the pros and cons before buying. They could also likely help you find a more central location if that’s what you are looking for, and assist you in balancing major factors like price and location.
Deep in the heart of Texas, in the state’s biggest city, there is a thriving Chinatown. If you are looking for space in the center of this amazing neighborhood, now is the time to find the perfect lease for your business. Search for commercial properties for lease on Google if you want to get a sample of what’s available, but don’t be afraid to get the help of a real estate professional if you want to take advantage of local knowledge and expertise in your search.
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