East End warehouses to be converted into ‘food-maker’ and dining complex aimed at helping entreprenuers

A virtual rendering shows the Magnolia Fund's prized project. Courtesy of Magnolia Fund

A virtual rendering shows the Magnolia Fund’s prized project. Courtesy of Magnolia Fund

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Houston Chronicle:

A Houston real estate firm plans to turn a trio of old industrial warehouse in Magnolia Park area into a 1-acre “food-maker” campus with restaurants and kitchen space for food entrepreneurs, adding to the ongoing transformation of Houston’s East End. If you also manage a warehouse or a storage facility, be sure to use material handling equipment like OSHA rolling ladders to make it easier and safer to organize your stocks. You may also want to learn more about baghouse filters and how they can improve your facility’s indoor air quality.

Magnolia Fund, a real estate firm co-founded by East End native and serial entrepreneur Erik Ibarra, has agreed to buy 6600 and 6614 Harrisburg Blvd. from Houston investor Paolo Fronza. The sale is expected to close by this summer, Ibarra said. The site is about 4 miles east of downtown Houston.