In June, construction is expected to wrap up on a new gas station and shopping center in New Caney. 

Latest update: A grand opening for the gas station will be held, and the date for the celebration will be announced soon.

The setup: The center will be called ArchPoint at 1485 and feature 14,000 square feet in retail space. Construction began in March 2025.

• Opening date TBD
• 19255 & 19261 FM 1485, New Caney

A total closure of Ford Road is planned for April 22, officials with Montgomery County Precinct 4 Commissioner Matt Gray's Office announced via Facebook on April 21. 

What's happening? Ford Road will be closed between Loop 494 and Clennie Needham Road from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. April 22. Traffic will instead be detoured onto Needham and East Martin roads.

Throughout the duration of the closure, Precinct 4 officials noted that businesses will still be able to access their driveways.

Some context: Precinct 4 officials said the road will be closed for paving as part of the Ford Road Segment 1 project. As previously reported by Community Impact, the project will reconstruct the two-lane asphalt pavement between Hwy. 59 and Loop 494, and widen the existing two-lane asphalt to four lanes with a continuous turn lane between Loop 494 and Needham Road. The project also includes modifications to Loop 494 for improved conditions.

Construction on the project began in October and is expected to wrap up by the fourth quarter of this year.

The final phase of ticket sales for the 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament will drop April 22 at 10 a.m. on a first-come, first-served basis. The drop coincides with the 50-day countdown to the tournament.

What to expect: Tickets across all 104 matches, including the seven held in Houston this summer, will be made available for public purchase on the FIFA website, according to an April 21 news release.

Fans can choose tickets from across categories 1 to 3 and the front-row seat categories, depending on the match. Along with this ticket set, additional tickets will continue to be released to the public on an ongoing basis up until the final match July 19 in New Jersey.

Something to note: Ticket demand for the 2026 FIFA World Cup has been the highest in history. Over 5 million tickets have already been sold, leaving roughly 2 million seats left across the 16 World Cup stadiums.

According to the April 15 Houston Association of Realtors’ March Rental Market Update, Houston's rental market has seen an increase in leased listings.

The details: For March, HAR reports there were 4,718 leased listings for single-family rentals on the market, a 15.8% increase compared to last March. For pending listings, there was an increase of 7.8% compared to last year, totaling 6,172 homes on the market. Lease prices in comparison to last March dipped by 2.1% to $2,242 from $2,290. Homes have also spent slightly longer in the market, from 43 to 47 days.

What else: According to HAR, the townhome and condominium market has also seen changes in March; 673 properties were leased this March, leading to a 12.4% increase compared to the 599 properties last March.

Alongside the rental market, the number of new listings for townhomes and condominiums has grown by 10.1% to 1,082 properties; last March’s listing amount was 983 properties. Meanwhile, the number of days on market has grown to 61 days this March from 53 days last March.