Texas

CYPRESS — The Kroger Company has purchased 18 acres in the Towne Lake master-planned community, owned by Caldwell Cos., in Cypress to build a 120,000-square-foot store. Kroger will break ground in the fall at the southwest corner of Tuckerton Road and Barker Cypress. Besides the new Kroger, Towne Lake will also have a new mixed-use development known as The Boardwalk at Towne Lake, which will feature waterfront restaurants, shops and office space. The Boardwalk will break ground later this year and will include waterside parking for resident's boats.

WYLIE — B&B Theatres has begun construction of a 12-screen movie theater, located along FM 544 and Country Club Road in Wylie. Lewisville-based Parkway Construction Co. is the general contractor for the theater, which is slated to open in April 2013. The all-digital projection theater will feature stadium seating, leather high-back rocker-style seats and wall-to-wall curved screens.

EL PASO — Best Buy has signed a lease to open a 37,740-square-foot store at The Fountains at Farah, a 600,000-square-foot power lifestyle center located at the northeast corner of Interstate 10 and Hawkins Boulevard in El Paso. The center is under construction and will open in the fall of 2013. Susan Ridley of Venture Commercial represented Best Buy in the lease transaction, and West Miller of Centergy Retail represented the landlord.