[4] The district's growing residential population houses over 4,400 people, largely concentrated in a series of high-density apartment complexes.

[5] The mall's opening catalyzed development in its immediate vicinity, with the construction of new apartments and the first portions of the neighboring hospital complex through the late 1960s.

[6] By the early 1970s, the Memorial area was one of the fastest-growing regions in Houston, with the Spring Branch Independent School District adding roughly 4,000 new students per year.

In August 1973, a third major anchor store, Montgomery Ward, joined the original two (Sears and Weingarten's).

[9] The area's rapid growth generated enough demand for a second major shopping center, and in February 1983, Town & Country Mall opened at the southeastern corner of Interstate 10 and Beltway 8 with 90 stores.

Town & Country quickly grew to 150 stores by 1985, with four lead tenants: Neiman Marcus, Marshall Field's, Joske's, and J. C.

[10] Shortly after its successful debut, a reconstruction project along Interstate 10 commenced, followed by the construction of the Sam Houston Tollway adjacent to the property.

By 1986, long-term closures on Interstate 10 depressed visitor numbers so severely that 39 tenants shuttered and retail sales reached an all-time low.

[11] Town & Country's developers threatened to sue state and local highway officials, but in 1988, an agreement was reached to adjust the construction schedule.

[12] Compounding the mall's struggle to attract shoppers was the onset of the 1980s oil glut, which resulted in a severe local recession in Houston.

[15] The addition of the new movie theater and other entertainment options, such as a roller-skating rink and an arcade, helped Memorial City weather the early 1990s recession.

The new stack interchange at the intersection of Beltway 8 and Interstate 10 obscured the development, which did not have direct access to the Katy Freeway frontage roads.

[19] A June 1999 area mobility plan accompanying the TIRZ proposal included controversial suggestions to extend roads through existing park space.

[20] Ultimately, with the support of mayor Lee P. Brown, the TIRZ was approved by Houston City Council in July 1999[21] despite a visible and contentious campaign by over 1,200 area residents.

[29] In 2004, the property was sold to developer Midway Companies, which immediately announced Town & Country's demolition.

[30] In 2007, Midway announced a new $500 million mixed-use development on the 37-acre (15-hectare) site, CityCentre, which was designed to reduce automobile dependency by combining high-density office, retail, and residential components in a pedestrian-oriented urban space.

[34]Following the expansion of Memorial City Mall, MetroNational began developing large tracts of land along Interstate 10 in the late 2000s and early 2010s.

To the west, Memorial Hermann expanded with the addition of a 33-story office tower, architecturally notable for its "futuristic crown,"[35] a Westin hotel,[36] new professional buildings, and a retail center dubbed "The Gateway".

[37] To the east, a large tract between the mall and Bunker Hill Road was gradually filled with high-rise office, hotel, and residential developments, including the U.S. headquarters of Air Liquide.

Using the data the district estimated that its annual retail sales were $1.1 billion in 2006 dollars, making an average of about $300 per square foot.

[45] 11 distribution, industrial, and warehouse facilities in Memorial City have a total of about 700,000 square feet (65,000 m2) of space.

The office, which opened on 1990, has operations involving co-product marketing, energy and hydrocarbons purchasing, optimization and pipeline activities, and polypropylene commercial and corporate auditing.

[52] Sumitomo Corporation operates its Houston Office in Suite 1000 in Three Memorial City Plaza at 840 Gessner Road.

Of the commute zone population, 513,362 (37%) were non-Hispanic White, 493,336 (35.5%) were Hispanic, 231,020 (16.6%) were African-American, 121,876 (8.8%) were Asian, 25,189 (1.8%) were Other, 2767 (0.2%) were Native American, and 874 (0.1%) were Pacific Islander.