DALLAS-Known for their passion for shopping, Texas consumers are getting another nine stores as retail operations close off 41,311 sf in North Texas deals ranging from 1,271 sf to 8,000 sf.

One of the smallest commitments carries significance in that it takes pre-leasing to 28% in the 95,002-sf Main Street Center at 307 Main St. in Frisco, where Jacksonville, FL-based Regency Centers is building on the southeast corner of FM 720 and FM 423. Lakeside Dental, eyeing a Sept. 1 opening, took 1,700 sf for five years in the 48-acre project anchored by a 62,322-sf Albertsons store. Ernie Kennedy, Regency's in-house leasing representative, brokered the pact.

A mid-May opening is planned for Keep U-N Stitches, which took 2,000 sf at Casa Linda Plaza, an 86%-leased Regency center at 1152 N. Buckner Blvd. Regency's Scott Singleton negotiated the five-year lease to fill a space recently vacated by Books Under $10.