HOUSTON-Northern Tool & Equipment Co. of Burnsville, MN, has kicked off an expansion in Houston, signing a sublease for one site, committing to a build-to-suit for another and looking for land to build two more stores.

The firm’s broker, Mike Wheeler with Houston’s Page Partners, tells GlobeSt.com that the plan is to open nine stores in the region within a year. The hard push starts six months after Northern Tool & Equipment opened its first store, striking a 10-year lease for a 28,714-sf former H-E-B Pantry Store at 7994 Belfort St. in the southeast sector in November 2003.

The chain secured its second store with a sublease through 2016, getting a 25,731-sf vacant PetsMart at the intersection of the Southwest Freeway and Murphy Road on the southwest side of the city. The store opens at the end of July. H. Dean Lane, Jr. of NewQuest Properties represented PetsMart in the sublease negotiations.

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