Village Plaza at Bunker Hill shopping center.
This Toys R Us visit did not go well. This is the first time where an employee kicked me out of a part of the store, which is why you will only see a part of the store. Some of the back of the store was barricaded, but other parts were not so how could I have known I wasn't supposed to be in the back of the store. I did not cross a single barricade to take these photos. This store opened on October 23, 2009, with 65,000 square feet of retail space and was the first "Toys R Us Superstore" location in the Houston area, click here for that Houston Chronical story. This store replaced a smaller 1990's era store across the highway which has since been demolished.
If you want to see how a similar store looked, visit my Willowbrook Toys R Us post by clicking here. The main difference is the layout of the store is flipped at Willowbrook.
The entryway glass with the R designs.
So just past this customer service desk, I walked past an unbarricaded area to the back of the store.
Here is the Babies R Us section of the store.
The back main aisle of the store.
More of the Babies R Us and Kids R Us areas of the store.
Looking from the back of the store to the front entrance.
At about the time this photo was taken, a TRU employee asked me what I was doing back here. When I told him looking at fixtures, he said I needed to be accompanied and said to go up to the front and wait for an employee to bring me to the back. I hadn't found anything worth buying so I ended my tour at this point without going to the other side of the store. I apologize for not continuing the tour. 
Another view of the entire storefront.
View of the former Toys R Us in 2021. Store split in half to accommodate Burlington and Ross.
This isn't the only big box spot here to have turnover. The speed at which these vacancies were addressed show what a strong shopping center this is. These big box stores are sandwiched between Academy and HEB.
This big box pad has gone through three uses since it was constructed.
Use #1 2009 Circuit City. The store was under construction and never opened as a result of the Chapter 7 liquidation of Circuit City in 2009.
Quickly after Circuit City failed, the building opened as a Comp USA. Comp USA only lasted a couple of years as their parent company decided to close all locations.
Not too long after Comp USA closed, this photo was taken.
Now the store is a very popular Nordstom Rack location. Photo taken in 2021.
More to come, stay tuned.
