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Rice University to Revitalize Historic Sears Building in Houston

Proposed Innovation Hub Takes Shape With The Ion, a Startup Incubator Offering Academic Programming
A former Sears store in Houston is being converted into an innovation hub called The Ion. Illustration: Rice University
A former Sears store in Houston is being converted into an innovation hub called The Ion. Illustration: Rice University
By Kyle Hagerty
January 31, 2019 | 6:00 P.M.

Rice University plans to transform a former Sears department store in Houston’s Midtown neighborhood into The Ion, the hub of a proposed 16-acre innovation district that the mayor hopes will boost the city's technological appeal.

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