Press & In the News

  • ULI Houston's 2022 Development of Distinction Award Winners

    2/2/2022

    Urban Land Institute (ULI) Houston named East End Maker Hub the 2022 Impact Award winners on February 22, 2022.

  • Industrial Startup Incubator Opens in Houston's East End

    10/18/2021
    A much-anticipated industrial incubator opened last week and is continuing to score new tenants as Houston seeks to support economic development in the downtown's East End.

  • Largest Innovation Maker Hub in Texas Launches in East End Houston

    06/04/2021
    East End Houston is on its way to becoming the manufacturing epicenter for the entire country, opening the new East End Maker Hub (EEMH) on June 3, 2021.

  • $38M innovative maker hub space opens in Houston's East End

    06/04/2021

    A new 300,000-square-foot innovation and manufacturing hub with a goal of creating 1,000 new companies in the next five years has officially celebrated its grand opening.

  • How public funding enabled creation of $38M East End Maker Hub

    06/04/2021

    The 300,000-square-foot East End Maker Hub held a grand opening for its first phase on June 3, 2021.

  • East End Maker Hub to create a sustainable Houston workforce, 'good-paying jobs' as it opens June 3

    06/02/2021

    UP CDC and TXRX aim to house Houston innovators and other manufacturing businesses including fabricators and crafters, under one roof.

  • New innovation hub grows with the addition of 6 Houston startups

    04/29/2021
    The East End Maker Hub in Houston's East End District is growing with the recent addition of six startups.

  • East End Maker Hub Adds Six New Start-up Tenants

    04/28/2021

    Six new startups with focuses ranging from pediatric medical device manufacturing to aerospace and marine software development are moving into Houston’s new East End Maker Hub

  • Bioprinting startup Volumetric inks 11K-SF lease in East End Maker Hub

    12/07/2020

    The East End Maker Hub, expected to be the largest makerspace in Texas once completed, continues to bring on new tenants.

  • East End Maker Hub inks lease with biomanufacturing company

    12/07/2020

    The East End Maker Hub will welcome Houston-based Volumetric, a biotech startup specializing in 3D printed human tissues and organs, as a tenant in the first phase of its campus at 6501 Navigation Blvd.

  • City council approves $24M for East End hub, TMCx opens apps, and more Houston innovation news.

    11/19/2020
    Houston is busting at the seams with innovation news as the ecosystem prepares to wrap up its year of growth.

  • Additive manufacturing co. Alchemy Industrial to hire after raising seed funding, signing lease

    10/13/2020

    The startup leased over 5,400 square feet of space in the East End Maker Hub, raised seed funding and is looking to grow its headcount.

  • East End Maker Hub signs Alchemy Industrial, Waste Management, Rugged Robotics as tenants

    10/12/2020

    The East End Maker Hub, expected to be the largest makerspace in Texas when construction is completed, recently signed new tenants.

  • Sneak peek: More details about 300,000-SF East End Maker Hub revealed

    09/28/2020

    The East End Maker Hub is expected to be the largest maker hub in Texas and one of the largest in the state, said Veronica Chapa Gorczynski, president of the East End District.

  • Slowed by Covid-19, leasing continues for 300K-SF East End Maker Hub

    09/13/2020

    The East End Maker Hub is a collaboration between Urban Partnerships Community Development Corp. and TXRX Labs.

  • TXRX Labs president aims to supply startups with the technical skills needed to thrive.

    07/13/2020

    TXRX Labs Volunteer President Roland von Kurnatowski hopes to catapult Houston’s status as a physical innovation hub.

  • New Makerspace in Houston's East End to Bring Corporate Names, Startups Under One Roof.

    05/21/2020

    In a boon for Houston’s startup community, a nonprofit real estate developer is launching an industrial innovation incubator and makerspace in the East End that is expected to house high-tech startups and the innovation arms of Fortune 500 companies.

  • New Maker Hub to Create Jobs and Provide High-Tech Training in East End Houston

    11/15/2019

    Houston City Council approved $24 million in federal funding to develop a new high-tech maker hub in East End Houston.

  • New Maker Hub aims to spur job creation, economic development in Houston's East End

    11/15/2019

    One of the organizations behind the new East End Maker Hub expects the facility to create over 400 jobs.

  • Houston city council OKs $24M HUD loan, grant funding for East End startup hub.

    11/13/2019
    Houston city council on Wednesday approved $24 million in federal funding to construct an East End hub for new startups, allowing businesses to lease collaborative space out of a 300,000-plus-square-foot warehouse in the Second Ward.