Lowe's Sets November 20 Opening for 121,000-Square-Foot Willis Store
Lowe's will open its new Willis store on November 20 at 12220 Interstate 45 North, adding 121,000 square feet of home-improvement retail to The Market at Willis.
The Willis location will be Lowe's fifth new Texas store of 2026 and its third Houston-area opening since 2025.
A major piece of The Market at Willis now has an opening date. Lowe's says its new Willis home-improvement store will open Friday, November 20, at 12220 Interstate 45 North, near the southeast corner of I-45 and FM 1097.
The store includes about 95,000 square feet of indoor retail space and a 26,000-square-foot outdoor garden center, bringing the combined customer area to roughly 121,000 square feet. Lowe's says this will be its fifth new Texas store of 2026 and its third opening in the Houston area since 2025.
A New Look Inside
The Willis location will be among the first Lowe's stores to receive a redesigned tool department. The company says the department uses a more open layout, wider aisles, lower fixtures and product groupings intended to make tools easier to find.
The store also includes a redesigned kitchen showroom. Lowe's has not published a complete list of grand-opening events, giveaways or special opening-weekend hours, so shoppers planning a first-day visit should check the official Willis store page before leaving home.
Jacob King has been named store manager. King has worked for Lowe's for 16 years and has managed three stores, but Willis will be the first newly built location he has opened.
Why Willis—and Why Now
The new store is another sign of how quickly retail is following residential growth in northern Montgomery County. Lowe's said the population of Willis has grown by nearly 20 percent since 2020. Montgomery County added more than 30,000 residents between July 2024 and July 2025, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates cited by the company.
That growth is visible at The Market at Willis. The 510,493-square-foot shopping center is anchored by H-E-B and was reported by developer Fidelis to be 93 percent leased. Academy Sports + Outdoors opened nearby at 12268 Interstate 45 North earlier this month, giving the same corner two large new retailers within weeks of each other.
For residents north of Conroe and around Lake Conroe, the practical change is more local access to lumber, appliances, tools, garden supplies and installation services without relying only on stores farther south.
What Shoppers Should Know
The official Lowe's page for Store No. 3599 is already live and lists the Willis address, a main telephone number of 936-272-6233, curbside and in-store pickup, installation services and the usual Lowe's departments. Because the page was activated before the announced opening date, posted hours may change as the store moves from preparation into normal operations.
The November 20 opening will continue a busy stretch at I-45 and FM 1097. What was once primarily a pass-through corner is becoming one of Willis's main retail destinations—and the next wave of rooftops suggests the transformation is not finished.
Photo credits: Featured image — Social Woodlands via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0); storefront — Angelsharum via Wikimedia Commons (CC0); shopping carts — Michael Martin via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0); self-checkout — WhisperToMe via Wikimedia Commons (CC0). These are representative Lowe's photos, not the Willis location.
