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100,000-SF Fry's Ramping Up for Austin First

AUSTIN-Fry's Electronics is launching its first Central Texas location, a 100,000-sf big box at the Parmer Crossing shopping center. It's the 19th store in the CA-based electronic wares retailer's three-state portfolio.

By Tim Green | Updated on August 07, 2001

AUSTIN-A Fry’s Electronics store opening in far north Austin could give the area’s retail market a boost as well as provide a new hangout for the high-tech crowd. The store has begun the process of hiring 300 full-time employees for the 100,000-sf store.

The company is not sure when the store, its first in Central Texas, will open, Manuel Calerio, its community relations manager, tells GlobeSt.com. Fry’s, a privately held company based in San Jose, CA usually gets the stores up and running before announcing openings, he says. It has other Texas stores in Arlington, Dallas and Houston with 18 overall in California, Arizona and Texas.

In Austin, Fry’s is refurbishing a former Builder’s Square store in the Parmer Crossing shopping center at MoPac Expressway and Parmer Lane. Williams Industries of Houston is the general contractor. Other stores in the center include a Big Kmart, Roomstore and Hometown Buffet.

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