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Bloomingdale’s, The Outlet Store to open at The Shops at Park Lane

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The Shops at Park Lane has announced that Bloomingdale’s, The Outlet Store will open this spring. The new 25,000 square-foot store, located across from Nordstrom Rack and Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH, will offer women’s, men’s and children’s clothing, women’s shoes, fashion accessories, jewelry, handbags and intimate apparel.

Plans announced for northwest corner of Walnut Hill-Central
A walkable, urban development with new retailers Dallas has never seen — that’s the plan for the 42-acre site at the northwest corner of Walnut Hill and Central Expressway just across the freeway from Lake Highlands. “We are talking with some very cool tenants that aren’t in the market right now,” says Leon Backes, president and owner of Provident Realty. The company has partnered with the Missouri-based Kroenke Holdings, which bought the land in fall 2010. Backes cannot comment yet on any specific tenants interested in the development, but it includes housing, a bank, “very nice restaurants” and a “relatively small” anchor. Backes confirms there will be no big-box stores at all, minimal surface parking and a pedestrian-friendly atmosphere with a plaza, water features and high-quality landscaping. The development will happen in stages over the next several years, and the first stage will make up about one-third of the project.

Contact

• The Shops at Park Lane
Park and Greenville

• Dallas Indoor Soccer Center
Plano and Northwest Hwy.
214.503.3404

• Once Upon a Child
6300 Skillman
214.503.6010

• Dougherty’s Pharmacy
11970 N. Central
469.248.1000

• Spec’s Liquor
9500 N. Central
214.369.2800

• Trader Joe’s

• Send business news tips to livelocal@advocatemag.com

New Italian restaurant coming to White Rock
Verona Italian Café is coming soon to the White Rock Lake area, near Hypnotic Donuts and Barbecs. Owner Zeqir Lokaj has opened locations of the reasonably priced Italian restaurant in Plano and Alba. The menu includes classic Italian specialties: calamari, fried mushrooms and bruschetta on fresh-baked bread, pizza, hot and cold subs, soups, salads and, of course, pasta.

Indoor soccer center opens at Plano-Northwest Highway
An indoor soccer center has opened on the Lindsey Tree Service property at Plano and Northwest Highway. The tree service remains in the back, behind the 60-by-100-foot artificial turf soccer field. Father-son owners Juan Villa Jr. and Juan Villa Sr. have opened registration for the Dallas Indoor Soccer Center leagues and will form divisions based on demand. “If we get calls from adult men, we will form teams for them — boys, girls, women, co-ed, I will set things up depending on who calls,” Villa Jr. says. The Villas live in Balch Springs but are familiar with Lake Highlands and East Dallas. Villa Jr. attended Lake Highlands Freshman Center before transferring to Mesquite, and he grew up playing soccer at Hobby Soccer Fields.

More business bits

1 Once Upon a Child on Skillman near Abrams recently celebrated its one-year anniversary.
2 Preston and Royal’s Dougherty’s Pharmacy has opened a second location on North Central near Medical City.
3 Houston-based Spec’s Liquor has opened its first North Texas store at Walnut Hill and Central.
4 Trader Joe’s plans to open its first Dallas store in late 2012 on Lower Greenville between Bell and Sears. Catch up on our Trader’s Joe coverage here.