CEDAR PARK, TX-The last remaining vacant Albertson’s in the Austin metro area has been backfilled by Big Lots. The closeout retailer inked a 10-year lease for 33,742 square feet in Cedar Park Plaza in this Austin suburb.

The new Big Lots is scheduled to open its new store at 850 North Bell Blvd. in November, according to Lance Morris with The Weitzman Group. He and Parker Estes represented the landlord, a joint venture headed by Kimco Realty. Terri Twomey with The Weitzman Group handled negotiations for Big Lots.

Morris tells GlobeSt. that Big Lots shares the former Albertson’s with a 20,000-square-foot Office Depot that opened in 2008. The grocer closed its doors in 2006, leaving 10 vacant stores in the Austin market. This space in Cedar Park Plaza is the last of the stores to be leased or sold, he notes.