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Chapel Hill Shopping Center
46-4700 W. Freeway - 2001
For many years, the Lena Pope Home was situated on this commanding
hillside in West Fort Worth. A great deal of the home's site was open
land with grass and trees. In the late 1990's the home's directors
made the decision to help more children by leasing out the open portions of
the site for development. Chapel Hill Shopping Center was constructed
around the home's administration buildings and the Marty Leonard Chapel
designed by Fay Jones. The bulk of the center opened in late 2000,
with the main anchor Central Market following in October 2001. Hodges
Associates of Dallas were the architects for the center featuring an Old
World European design with landscaping and bronze sculptures sprinkled about
the development. Views of the chapel are preserved throughout the
site. The main anchor to the center is the 80,000 square feet Central
Market, an upscale grocery store by H.E.B. grocery chain. (Henry E.
Butts Grocery Co.) Central Market was H.E.B.'s first entry into the
North Texas Market and it opened with great fanfare and record crowds. |