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A Tennessee-based real estate developer wants to build a shopping center in this Hays County city that could have a location of Sprouts Farmers Market. That would fulfill a dire need for more retail options and fresh produce, according to a local politician. Click through to read more about the plans, including the incentives requested by the developer, and to access a data-packed list of retail centers in the region.

QSR released its annual rankings earlier this month.

The new place is slated to open in October, more than six years after it started from a Foggy Bottom farmers market.

Catalan Tapas Bar in Cary is shutting down, with its owner citing the difficult economic environment for independent restaurants.

Castellucci Hospitality Group and Krog Street Market owner Asana Partners are working together “to design a space that better fits” the restaurant's operations.

The biggest challenge for Horizon Theatre co-founder Lisa Adler is raising money. “Audiences love our intimate theater,” she said, “but that small size means that ticket sales cover less than half of our costs, and post-pandemic, those costs have risen by more than 30%.”

Papa John's International Inc. is initiating a review of its national marketing agencies, according to a news release, in order to accelerate its “refreshed, customer-centric, analytics-led approach to marketing.”

The experiment with a more relaxed format lasted less than 18 months, and a different restaurant is moving in.

Zafer Ak owns Golden Grain Gourmet Pizza shops on Troy Road in East Greenbush and on Wolf Road in Colonie.

The chain focuses on Nashville hot chicken tenders and sandwiches.