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Lakewood Shopping Center

Sugarbacon Proper Kitchen, a McKinneybased restaurant serving comfort food with an upscale twist, will soon take over the former Dixie House location on Gaston. Extensive construction has already begun. Expect to see dishes like collard greens with smoked duck and fried green tomatoes with crab remoulade on the menu. The Lakewood Shopping Center also acquired a cold pressed juice store. Roots Juices is located next to the T-Shop and will also serve coffee and tea.

Lippas Dental Implant Center has rebranded itself as Walnut Glen Family Dental. The owners, Lakewood residents and dentists Marc and Katie Lippas, believe the new name will better reflect their practice, which includes general, cosmetic and implant dentistry. The office has been around for more than 25 years and is currently located near Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital.

For three decades now, Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate agents have not only represented buyers and sellers seeking to deepen their family’s Lakewood roots, but have put down roots here as well.

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Razed apartments

The historic apartment complex at 5716 McCommas was razed last month by Stillwater Capital, which plans to build 36 new condominiums on the property. All of the units will be two- or three-bedroom flats. Developers also say they’re putting in a subterranean parking garage with private parking spaces. Many neighbors have expressed concern over the loss of this building and the construction that will ensue.

Sweet tooth

Things couldn’t get much sweeter on Garland, where James and Amy St. Peter just opened an ice cream and candy shop right next door to Hypnotic Donuts, which they also founded. The new spot has a retro vibe and is called Hypnotic Emporium. Ice cream goes for 75-cents an ounce. Check it out any day of the week between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m.