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NorthPark Center expansion

CH Carolina Herrera will relocate its NorthPark Center fashion store to the former Barneys New York home between Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom this fall. Kate Spade New York will undergo an expansion modeled after its Madison Avenue flagship store. The expanded location will open fall 2013 and will be the second largest Kate Spade store in the country. Home furnishing stores Arhaus Furniture and Fixtures Living will also move in between Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom summer 2014.

Single-family home development

Land on the corner of Skillman and Church sold to Lake Highlands resident Stephen Davis of MasterPlan Development will be home to 37 new single-family homes to be called Bordeaux at Lake Highlands. Some homes are expected to be completed by spring 2014. Prices for the homes will start around $650,000, says Mark Dann of Highland Classic Homes, who is building a few of the development’s homes. The homes will range from 3,000 to 4,000 square feet, he says. The average lot size is 60 feet by 125 feet, but “some lots are pretty deep,” Dann says, including a 16,000-squarefoot lot at the top of one of the cul-de-sacs. “These lots are detached single-family homes, not zero lots, and they’re typical compared to a lot of other Lake Highlands lots,” he says. Dann adds that builders have committed to almost all the lots. He believes the Bordeaux will appeal to a similar demographic as the families who bought homes in the White Rock Place addition at Walnut Hill and Audelia. Dann built six homes in that development, and all the buyers are families with young children, he says.

Apartment demolition

The former Toscana apartment complex, located on the northeast corner of Skillman and Merriman Parkway, just south of Prescott Realty’s Lake

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Town Center

Highlands Town Center, will soon be demolished to make way for a new residential multifamily development, which, according to Dallas Department of Development documents, will comprise three stories and 365 units.

Lake Highlands Town Center apartments emerge

The first multifamily and retail development at the Lake Highlands Town Center, developed by Prescott Realty, will be called Haven Lake Highlands. Leasing will begin later this year. The building will have 200 multi-family units and also 7,450 square feet of retail on the ground floor. The 200 apartments will be a combination of one-, two- and three-bedroom units sized from 505 to 1,250 square feet. The project’s modern units also will also feature 9- to-10-foot ceilings, as well as upgraded appliances and finishes. People who live in the Town Center will have amenities such as “a clubhouse, modern fitness center, resort pool and outdoor dining areas made more enjoyable by views of the Town Center park and lake … and each unit will rent for market rates ranging from $950 to $1,950,” according to the most recent press release.

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1 Tom Thumb at Skillman and Abrams closed down in June, prompting the Sigel’s Liquor in the same center to close as well. No word yet from Brixmor Properties, owners of the development, on which new businesses will go into the vacant storefronts.

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2 Monster Yogurt in Casa Linda Plaza celebrated its birthday with four days’ worth of special events in May. Brobee from Yo Gabba Gabba and Abby from Sesame Street visited, and Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl performed live. 3 Starbucksowned Seattle’s Best Coffee is open at Skillman and Northwest Highway in the Timbercreek Shopping Center. The location is one of 10 Dallas drive-thrus opened this year by the company.

4 After 15 years in Lakewood, Snow Pea Chinese Restaurant relocated to Northwest Highway.