At the southeast corner of Hwy. 105 and FM 2854, a 127,000-square-foot H-E-B sits at 20025 Eva St. It has a gas station and a car wash out front, a bakery and Meal Simple inside, and an outdoor seafood boil area. H-E-B picked Nov. 11 as its opening date. Community Impact first reported the date earlier this month, and the company has been preparing the site since April 2025.
For anyone living in Montgomery, the bigger story is what the store's plans put on this one corner. Groceries, prescriptions, fuel, a car wash, a business center and at least half a dozen hot-food counters are all planned for one site inside city limits.
Eleven Miles in Three Directions
H-E-B's own store page for the Montgomery location, Corporate #823, lists the next three closest H-E-B stores. All three are more than 11 miles away, and they sit in three different directions.
| Store | Address | Distance from 20025 Eva St. |
|---|---|---|
| Conroe Market H-E-B | 3875 W. Davis St., Conroe | 11.24 miles |
| H-E-B Magnolia Place | 13663 FM 1488, Magnolia | 11.39 miles |
| H-E-B Willis | 12350 Interstate 45 N., Willis | 11.40 miles |
Those three stores are spread almost evenly around Montgomery: east toward Conroe, south toward Magnolia and northeast toward Willis. Before Eva Street, a trip to any of them meant a round trip of more than 22 miles. The Montgomery store lists hours of 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day, and all three of those stores also list 11 p.m. closings.
H-E-B had a long time to plan this. Houston Style Magazine reported in March 2025 that H-E-B LP had owned the 16.75-acre grocery site since 2014. The magazine called the project an estimated $30 million build and noted the city ran a feasibility study to confirm its water and sewer lines could serve it.
What Replaces the Drive
The new store is set up to fold several separate stops into one parking lot. H-E-B's store page lists these services at the Montgomery location.
Hot food and ready meals
- True Texas BBQ, with catering
- Bayou Boil House
- Hot Soup Bar
- South Flo Pizza, plus take-and-bake pizza
- Sushiya Sushi
- Meal Simple
Pharmacy
- Drive-thru window
- Immunizations
- Prescription delivery
Everyday errands
- Business Center
- ATM and Coinstar
- Texas Lottery
- Plastic bag recycling
- Self-checkout
- Curbside pickup and delivery
The gas station and car wash are part of the same site, according to Community Impact.
The food counters matter most for a weeknight. True Texas BBQ, the boil house, sushi, pizza and a soup bar under one roof add up to a dinner menu that a Montgomery household used to piece together from several different stops. The catering listing for True Texas BBQ also puts party and event orders on the same corner.
The Hours Worth Saving in Your Phone
The departments keep different hours, and the gaps between them shape how a trip gets planned. Here is the schedule as posted on H-E-B's Montgomery store page:
- Store: Monday through Sunday, 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Phone (936) 272-0120.
- Pharmacy: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone (936) 681-0091.
- Business Center: Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The pharmacy closes three hours before the store on weeknights and six hours before it on Sundays. A pickup after work has a firm 8 p.m. cutoff on weekdays. A Sunday refill has to happen between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. The drive-thru window and prescription delivery are the two ways around a full parking lot.
The Corner Keeps Filling In
The city has already approved more for the H-E-B tract, and the land next door has its own plans.
In September 2025, Montgomery City Council approved a special use permit for a drive-thru serving a future restaurant on the H-E-B tract, as Community Impact reported. The permit covers a 31.97-acre tract at the southeast corner of Hwy. 105 and FM 2854. City staff told council the drive-thru would sit on the east side of the building, with cars lining up toward the back of the store. City officials said it would not affect traffic flow on Hwy. 105. The vote was unanimous, and no residents spoke at the public hearing.
Next door is a separate parcel. Houston Style Magazine reported that H-E-B sold an adjacent 12.7 acres to SR 105 LLC, a subsidiary of Houston-based Williamsburg Enterprises, which plans a retail center beside the store. The project is listed as the "SR 105 LLC Montgomery Retail development," Dev. No. 2507. The Montgomery Planning and Zoning Commission put its utility and economic feasibility study on the Jan. 6, 2026 agenda.
The grocery choices at this intersection are wider, too. The Houston Style Magazine piece described the H-E-B site as catty-corner to a Kroger, with Brookshire Brothers just down the road. That puts three grocers within a short drive of one another on the Hwy. 105 side of town, in a city the same article put at just over 3,000 residents.
Two Newer Stops on the Same Highway
Hwy. 105 West gained two more spots this fall, and both fit the same weekly circuit.
Sunrise Nook Bagels and Pastries opened Sept. 3 at 15250 Hwy. 105 W., Ste. 154. Community Impact describes it as a family-owned shop serving bagels, croissant sandwiches, croffles, coffee and matcha. It gives the early side of a Saturday errand run a breakfast stop.
Casa Feliz Mexican Bar & Grill is open at 19794 Hwy. 105 W., Ste. 400, in the space that used to be Patio Cafe & Bar. It announced the rebrand on Oct. 5 and serves a Tex-Mex and Mexican menu, according to Community Impact. At 19794, it sits a short drive along the highway from the H-E-B at 20025 Eva St.
The First Big Saturday on the New Map
Christmas in Historic Montgomery runs that day from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., per the City of Montgomery calendar. The event listing gives the schedule:
- Holiday Marketplace at 14420 Liberty St., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Lone Star Christmas Parade at 10 a.m.
- Cookie Walk, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Candlelight Home Tour, 4 to 7 p.m.
The Eva Street store's posted Saturday hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. for the pharmacy and until 11 p.m. for the store. On that schedule, a morning refill, the parade at 10, a run through the Liberty Street marketplace and a True Texas BBQ pickup before the 4 p.m. candlelight tour all fit inside Montgomery city limits, with no drive toward Conroe, Magnolia or Willis.
New anchors like this H-E-B change how buyers weigh nearby land and homes along Hwy. 105 and FM 2854. Our team follows this corridor parcel by parcel. If you own property near the new store and want to know where it stands now, Coldwell Banker Properties Unlimited can give you a free property valuation built on what's actually being built around you.
